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Newly acquired L-Acoustics L2 arrays power Katie Melua performance at Poland’s Ladies Jazz Festival
Katie Melua’s technical rider specified L-Acoustics for her performance at the 21st edition of the Ladies Jazz Festival, Europe’s only recurring festival dedicated to female jazz artistry, held at the 4,500 capacity Polsat Plus Arena in Gdynia, Poland.
The response came through a strategic partnership between Polish rental company Krupski Sound and L-Acoustics Certified Partner Audio Plus, deploying flagship L2 arrays that transcended the venue’s difficult acoustics. Krupski Sound’s path to L-Acoustics’ flagship technology is a development of its partnership with Audio Plus, which began in 2023 when Krupski was persuaded by systems engineer Krzysztof Polesinski to acquire L-Acoustics’ A-Series line array systems. Krupski expanded into Kara II systems for larger productions before reaching the current L-Series.
When Melua’s rider arrived specifying L-Acoustics with emphasis on even coverage throughout the venue, Krupski’s newly acquired L2 arrays positioned them to meet the most exacting technical requirements. The Polsat Plus Arena presented multiple acoustic and logistical challenges: a glass panel separating the rear balcony from main seating, absence of rear wall diffusers, as well as a specially created suspended truss structure to accommodate the festival’s extensive lighting design, and a television production crew on-site broadcast the performances.
Audio Plus deployed experienced trainer Jerzy Kubiak to work alongside Krupski’s team, ensuring optimal system configuration and performance. “When you’re deploying a new system in challenging conditions, hands-on support makes all the difference to achieving the best results”, notes Pawel Kuhn, Marketing Director at Audio Plus.
The final configuration featured L/R main hangs of one L2 and one L2D per side, supported by seven Kara II units per side as out-fill arrays, and seven A10 units (five Focus, two Wide) for front-fill coverage. Twelve KS28 subwoofers were ground-stacked in cardioid pairs to control low-frequency directivity, with the entire system operating via Milan-AVB protocol through a P1 processor and AES/EBU redundancy. Last-minute lighting design changes by the television production team required repositioning parts of the system. The L2’s design enabled Krupski’s team to execute rapid system adjustments while maintaining the desired coverage patterns.
Katie Melua’s response resonated beyond technical achievement. Taking to social media, she wrote: “Thank you for the most epic evening. I loved every second of that gig”, highlighting her crew as “genius technicians” while noting feedback from venue regulars: “On this trip I was told ‘that’s the best sound I’ve heard in this venue and I’ve been coming to shows here for years.’”
(Photo: Krzysztof Sklodowski/Audio Plus)
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