SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Ricky's Audio Corporation used Harman JBL VerTec and VRX line array systems for musicians entertaining some 15,000 runners and walkers participating in Puerto Rico's annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The event, held recently at the Coliseum of Puerto Rico in San Juan, raised awareness and funds for breast cancer research.
The main stage featured 22 JBL VerTec VT4888DP midsize powered line array elements equipped with JBL DrivePack technology. Ricky's crew used four separate array locations arranged to cover 270 degrees around the stage. These were supplemented with four VRX932LAP Constant Curvature powered loudspeakers and five VRX918SP Constant Curvature powered subwoofers.
The stage monitoring system included 14 JBL VP7212MDP powered monitors. Eight Crown MA3600vz amplifiers provided additional power for fill speakers. The entire loudspeaker system was managed with two dbx 4800 Driverack units, used to configure and equalize 12 discrete coverage zones.
Ricky's owner Ricardo Heredia and engineer Nestor J. Heredia, designed and deployed the system to handle a variety of performances and to serve as the general public address system.
"The system performed very nicely and the entire event went according to plan," Heredia said. "We continue to rely on VerTec line arrays for our biggest events and they continue to impress everyone, from the engineers to the artists to the crowds. We have very high expectations for JBL, and the VerTec line arrays met those expectations at the Race for the Cure."
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