UK specialist Event Light & Sound (ESL) has taken delivery of a sizeable Nexo 45°N-12 Line Monitor system to service its growing corporate and high-end event schedule. Supplied by Nexo’s UK main dealer and service partner Orbital Sound, the system was selected after a comprehensive market review, with the 45°N-12 scoring for design, technology and arrayability.

ESL was introduced to the 45°N-12s by one of its regular monitor engineers, Chris Wibberley: ‘I was offered the chance to try out the Nexo 45°N-12 monitors a couple of years ago,’ he says. ‘I have found them to be the loudest and clearest wedge I have used. I like the way they couple as pairs and how narrow their pattern is, so you don’t have one mix bleeding over another.’

‘Chris is a real fan, and we felt we had to listen to them,’ says ESL Director, Paul Galley. ‘We were invited to Nexo’s HQ in France so that we could get to know the brand and its design philosophy – which removed a lot of our preconceptions. Orbital Sound then put on a demo in London, which blew us away.

‘Nexo’s design is completely original, giving you such precise focus with the audio. It enables us to control the sound on the stage very accurately – for the artist, you get the quality and gain at the volume they want. But just step away to the side, and it dramatically drops off. Everyone’s happy – the artists can have their monitors as loud as they want without affecting the rest of the stage.’

The new system, comprising 12 45°N-12s and a Nexo Nuar touring amplifier rack, was put straight to works at the Lodestar Festival in Cambridge. Monitor engineer Paul Keeble worked the 45°N-12s hard, commenting: ‘Lovely clear vocal sound and very controllable on stage.’

First launched in 2011, the 45°N-12 has built up a strong international following. In the US, Kenny Chesney’s sell-out stadium tour currently features the wedges, with other top artists including Alfie Boe, Russell Watson, Ray Davies and DJ Deadmau5.

‘We have always had a reputation for making decisions based on our ears and not our eyes, and this investment is no different,’ Galley says. ‘We wanted to do something that was outside of the regular UK bubble – the Nexo 45°N-12s are most certainly not run of the mill. The great support from Orbital Sound and the insight we now have into what makes Nexo tick as a high-end brand have given us real confidence in the product. We think that there is a niche gap in the market, and we are ready to fill it.’

Orbital Sound has now been appointed as sole UK reseller for the Nexo 45°N-12 monitor system.

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