WORK PRO has made a significant inroad into the Chinese market by supplying the country with its first WORK PRO ARION 21 Line Array system.

The Line Array has been delivered to Freelancer Production Company, a theatre and event production company that specializes in audio equipment rental to theatres in Hong Kong and touring artists on the mainland China. Since its delivery in September it has already been used at the 3000 seater Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong for a musical theatre production celebrating the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

The ARION 21 Line Array was specified by Sound System Designer Camus Chan, director of Equipson's Hong Kong distributor All Solution Ltd.

He says: "Freelancer Production Company contacted us as a result of a promotion we were running to showcase WORK PRO products to the theatre market, We recommended the ARION 21 system as we felt it best met their requirements. Freelancer Production Company was really impressed with the system, in particular, its sound quality, innovative features, and price point. They tested the system in our demo facilities and immediately placed an order as they felt the system complemented their existing and extensive audio equipment hire stock."

Sound Designer Wan San Hong, who is the director of Freelancer Production Company, adds: "The ARION 21 Line Array is the right size and has the right amount of headroom to service the venues that we most often work with. It is a very great system and fits everything the show requires." 

The ARION 21 is a bi-amplified Line Array system that features two class D power amplifiers delivering 1000W of peak power per track. Each enclosure incorporates two 10" speakers one passively filtered to control the directivity in the Mid-Low range and one compression driver featuring a polymer PM-4 membrane coupled to a 120º Horizontal coverage horn. The system's frequency range runs from 100Hz up to 18kHz (-10dB) and it is capable of delivering an impressive 135dB Peak sound pressure level. Different units can be easily connected to each other and each unit has its interface and controls positioned at the rear of the enclosure, thus allowing users to manually navigate through the menu and the different parameters of the system. Thanks to its powerful DSP, the ARION 21 Line Array can be configured to suit a wide variety of applications, from medium to large venues where power, quality, and controlled directivity are required through to theatres and concert halls.

The system specified for Freelancer Production Company includes  4 SL218A subwoofers and 22 SL210A enclosures, 18 for FOH and 4 for front fill. These loudspeakers all feature built-in DSP and are remotely controlled by ethernet using WORK PRO's dedicated management software, Speaker Manager.

Following its delivery to Hong Kong, sound engineers from Freelancer Production Company were given hands on training with the system and its software to ensure the best possible results for their clients.