JBL LSR6300 Series Studio Monitors and VERTEC® Line Arrays Shine at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

On a night full of surprises, JBL Professional loudspeakers

were once again called upon at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards to ensure predictable,

high-quality live sound and audio for television broadcast. Held at the STAPLES

Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 13, the GRAMMY Awards were broadcast live

in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network. As it has for the past

several years, ATK Audiotek of Valencia, California provided JBL VERTEC® line arrays

for live sound reinforcement, while JBL LSR studio monitors were used in the

critical listening room for the telecast.

The annual GRAMMY Awards telecast, known as Music’s Biggest Night®, is presented by

The Recording Academy® to honor outstanding achievements in the production and

performance of recorded music. This year’s awards were marked by a variety of

elaborate stage productions bringing together some of the biggest names in music

today, including Lady Gaga, Eminem, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Lady Antebellum, Cee-Lo

Green and Katy Perry. Lady Gaga and Eminem both earned multiple GRAMMY Awards, while

Arcade Fire won Album Of The Year for The Suburbs.

During the telecast, JBL LSR6300 Series studio monitors were used to monitor the

broadcast in the critical listening room. Since the critical listening room was set

up in a provisional space at the STAPLES Center, engineers took advantage of the

LSR6300 Series’ on-board RMC Room Mode Correction system to compensate for acoustic

anomalies of the room. “We used a 5.1 JBL LSR6300 Series studio monitor system to

carefully listen to details in the mix, as we have for the past several years,” said

Michael Abbott, Audio Director for the GRAMMY Awards. “Once again, the LSR monitors

performed extremely well and helped us accurately hear the subtleties of the show.”

For live sound reinforcement, ATK Audiotek deployed 70 JBL VERTEC VT4889 fullsize

line array elements in multiple overhead arrays, supplemented with JBL VRX932LA

compact constant-curvature loudspeakers. “With such a variety of performers on stage

during the Awards, and with such elaborate productions, providing live sound for the

GRAMMY Awards poses its own unique set of challenges,” said Scott Harmala, CTO/VP

Engineering, ATK Audiotek. “We have enjoyed tremendous success with the VERTEC line

arrays for the GRAMMY Awards in the past and this year was no different. They

provided powerful and accurate sound throughout the arena.”

For more information on ATK Audiotek, please visit www.atkaudiotek.com