Dynacord a big hit for small summer festivals

A Dynacord Xa system fitted the bill for the Monticello Riverfest in Monticello, MN, headlined by country rockers The Mason Dixons. “This was a typical small-town summer street festival,” says Brent Naylor, Owner, Windy Shores Sound, “but the sound quality was definitely a cut above—without breaking the bank. The Mason Dixons played for a crowd of well over 3,000 using my Dynacord Xa system—comprising six Xa subs and four Xa top boxes—and eight Electro-Voice powered monitors (four SxA360 & four SxA100+). I didn’t know how big the turnout would be, and the Xa handled it easily. The sound was phenomenal; it’s hard to believe the horizontal coverage this system produces from such a small footprint, and we weren’t even pushing it. The whole audience was covered, and the stacked system threw a nice combination of punch and intelligibility right to the back of the crowd. And, of course, the band loved the powered EV wedges; I roll them in inside a custom-designed road case with a compartment for each box, and then lift them out onto the deck. The whole system is really streamlined and quick to set-up, yet it has muscle for miles.”

At Psycho Suzie’s, a hip bar/eatery in NE Minneapolis, Naylor brought out the Xa’s big brother, the Cobra-2 (with PWH subs): “This was a six-band parking lot show sponsored by Pabst; though it was a far smaller show, they had a few more dollars to spend on PA rental. In terms of the Cobra’s capabilities this was a smaller event, but the dedicated drive rack makes it quick and easy to fit the system to the show, optimizing performance with the presets on the DSP 244 system controller. Like the Xa, only minimal tweaking is ever required to get this rig sounding superb. Though we had enough headroom on hand to fill up a small arena, we precisely addressed the space, providing just the right balance of power and intelligibility for the indie bands onstage. I was also pleased at how precisely these boxes can be aimed; we wanted people to be able to talk amongst themselves in certain parts of the lot, and were able to aim the boxes to maintain a lower SPL in specific areas. Rather than blasting into the car park with a pile of trap boxes, the Cobra helped make the lot into a proper venue for the evening.”

“There’s no one else out there delivering this kind of power, coverage, and pure audio quality in such portable packages,” Naylor adds. “Both the Xa and the Cobra are so easy to set up and hardly require any EQ adjustments to sound excellent. They always impress the acts, the engineers, and the audiences—everyone’s happy. Even the smallest parking lot concert can sound like a top-notch production with these rigs; we roll them in, a couple of guys can set them up, and from then on it’s pretty much plug and play, thanks to the dedicated amp/processing racks. I have a large inventory of loudspeakers, including large-format line arrays, and Dynacord sound quality is my new benchmark. Both these systems have been a great investment for me. Between these two systems we can address an incredibly wide range of events and budgets, always guaranteeing excellent audio performance.”