Nolan Sound ramps up with RCF's HDL10-A

With over 40 years’ experience in providing technical services for the Irish market and beyond, Nolan Sound & Lighting recently extended its four year relationship with RCF by investing in the company’s HDL10-A compact line array.
Company director, Alan Nolan, has sold various brands of loudspeaker over the many years that he has worked in the business. But in RCF he has at last found a brand that is sufficiently versatile to suit all his clients. “The quality and convenience of RCF’s products, particularly the HDL10-A, is what makes them so great,” he says.
Based in Co. Westmeath, the company made its first investment in RCF’s stylish, composite enclosures back in March 2015, purchasing eight elements with a view to using the new rig as a four a side system for small/medium sized shows. They subsequently added a further eight HDL10-A enclosures, which they run with four SUB 8006-AS subwoofers.
“With this configuration we are covered for the majority of shows we do at this time of year,” states Nolan. However, the system size is set to increase further enabling them to have 16 boxes a side, accompanied by further SUB 8006-AS LF enclosures.
The HDL10-A was originally bought specifically due to the increase in attendance at shows by a group for which Nolan Sound provides full production. “Another reason was that it could be broken down in various configurations in order to fit the particular needs of different shows — such as two a side (pole mounted), four a side ground stacked and four to eight a side flown etc.”
Housing two 8in woofers, 2in compression driver, 1400W peak 2-way digital amplifier and powerful DSP processing, the ultra-compact size, unique composite cabinet design and fast rig/derig characteristics, make the HDL 10-A ideal in live sound reinforcement and reliable installed situations.
Aside from the quality of the product, the outstanding relationship that his company has with RCF was a further factor in the decision, he said. “The idea was that we would use and promote RCF as we are a registered supplier of RCF products in the Republic of Ireland.”
However, the use of RCF products by Nolan Sound & Light extends beyond the HDL10-A, as Alan Nolan explains. “Since our affiliation with RCF, we have used different RCF systems, the most recent being RCF TT25-A high power active system with TTS26-A subs.
“This system is ideal for 600-800 people in a concert setting — and it was the quality of this that convinced us to add the larger RCF system to our hire inventory.”