MIAMI–At a recent special appearance at a large Miami Verizon wireless store, Wyclef Jean was so impressed with sound of a Dynacord Cobra system that he extended his set, turning a brief public appearance into a free concert. Bayshore Sound of Tampa, FL, handles sound for Verizon in-store events across Florida. For Wyclef Jean's outdoor appearance at the busy Miami location, Bayshore wanted to take the sound reinforcement spec to the next level. Having recently demo'd and ordered a Dynacord Cobra system, they felt Cobra would be perfect for the job. That said, their EV & Dynacord dealer pointed them in the direction of Miami-based Drummer Boy Sound, who supplied Bayshore with an interim Cobra rig, complete with EV QRx monitors and RE-1 wireless mics, a Midas Venice console and Klark Teknik EQs. "Once heard, word spreads fast about the Cobra, and a growing network of Cobra users is helping keep sound reinforcement standards high at small to medium sized events like this," Harold Cummings of Drummer Boy Sound explained
"Wyclef Jean usually performs a couple of songs with his DJ and signs autographs at these appearances," Cummings added. "The Cobra helped make this a special event: the sound quality was so good that Wyclef kept going, bringing his guitar player and bass player up on stage for an eight-song set. Usually people pay a lot of money for a show like this–it was Wyclef's gift to the fans that came out to see him, and it sounded fantastic.
"We ran six biamped QRx monitors on EV CP3000S and Dynacord L2400 amps. It all added up to concert-quality sound, and at a price and footprint that made it viable for a gig like this," Cummings continued.
Cummings finished: "During soundcheck, the guys from Bayshore and I walked across six-lane Biscayne Boulevard to a large shopping plaza. This is a busy, noisy part of town, and, even at 500-feet away with six lanes of traffic between us, we could still hear the Cobra rig clearly with great intelligibility."
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