Port Elizabeth based AV rental company, Magnetic Storm, also added to their Martin inventory recently with the purchase of 4 x MAC Entours. “After many years of use, and unintentional abuse, we needed to upgrade our Martin MAC 250+s, and chose its successor, the MAC 250 Entour,” said Andrew (?)

“The MAC 250 Entour has become the workhorse for many of the smaller - and some not so small - rental companies in South Africa, and there are literally hundreds of them in daily use around the country,” said Bruce Schwartz of Electrosonic.

“We have no doubt that Magnetic Storm’s older MAC 250+s, which were introduced in 1999, will not become entirely obsolete and will still be used when required.”

Sattech, a company based in George which provides AV equipment and services for residential home entertainment systems, hotels, resorts and the television and broadcast industry, recently contacted Electrosonic for a professional lighting solution for one of their clients,

After Chris Van Zyl from Sattech had visited Electrosonic’s newly completed demo room, he went away convinced that Martin offered the solution. An order was placed for 6 x MAC 250 Washes, 2 x MAC 575 Krypton, a Martin LightJockey controller, 6 x ½ ton CM Lodestar motors to lift the new fittings and 40m of the Litec Cable Cross product to protect the multi-core cable. 

Also, having viewed various follow spot options and on Electrosonic’s recommendation, the Robert Juliat Buxie 1124, 575W MSD was chosen as it is compact yet powerful, and road ready

AV Unlimited expanded their range of Martin equipment recently with the purchase of 6 x MAC 700 Washes. With an increasing number of television and broadcast events, as well as complex corporate functions, on their bookings, it required no deliberation when deciding to add to their existing MAC 700 Profiles.

“The MAC 700 Profiles have been worked hard since the day they arrived, and the MAC 700 Washes hot re-strike capability and their ‘punchiness’ make them perfect for the kind of work we do,” said Joshua Cutts.

 

The Yebo Radio studio at Vodaworld in Midrand doesn’t match most people’s picture of a radio station. It’s super-trendy and super-cool – more like an upmarket cocktail bar or an advertising agency. A lot of that atmosphere is created with innovative lighting effects …