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New Elation Fixtures

Our Elation Lighting rep stopped by the office yesterday with some great new fixtures!

Here’s what we saw:

Platinum Spot 5R
List Price $2,799.95

Lightweight with a great output. About the size & weight of a standard 250 fixture, but with the output of a 575 fixture. Uses a Philips Plasma lamp source.

Design Spot LED
List Price $3,599.95

I’ve been waiting to see a profile fixture with an LED source in person, and I wasn’t disappointed. This fixture uses 4 – 45w white LED chips as its light source and has color and gobo wheels. The optics are great – nice even field and sharp edges.

It still doesn’t have the output for a large venue (it has an output similar to a 250 fixture), but it would be great for the short throws.

E Spot LED
List Price $1,999.95

Similar to the Design Spot LED above, but half the size. Quiet and smooth.

The output is slightly better than a 150 fixture.

Design Wash LED Pro
List Price $4,399.95

Great little wash fixture! Features Red, Green, Blue & White LEDs – all 3watt.

Design Wash LED 60
List Price $2,599.95

Similar to the fixture above, but with a third of the LEDs. (red, green, blue, white – all 3w)

Design LED Par Zoom
List Price $1,199.95

This one is sharp! There’s an internal motorized lens that lets you adjust the beam spread right from the console! 36 LEDs – all 3w.

Opti Tri 30
List Price $399.95

Nice little truss warmer! It uses the "tri-LED" concept – RG&B LEDs all behind a single lens, which eliminates the rainbow shadows.

Design Brick 70
List Price $2,199.95

Nice and bright! Uses a total of 70 red, green, blue, white & amber LEDs – all 3w.

Accu SSL Par 30 Dimmable Lamp
List Price $99.95

When you’re ready to replace your CFLs to save even more money, Elation has a whole line of DIMMABLE LED par lamps! This one has an output of about a 75w halogen lamp.

If you have any questions about any of Elation’s products, just let us know. They’re dependable and road-worthy! One of my customers bought a fairly large rig with Design Spots, Impression washes, and LED Par fixtures, and he’s had nothing but great things to say about them!

Contact your JSHAA sales person for more info!

Grand Rapids, MI (616) 451-9245 (800) 466-9245
Madison, WI (608) 280-0985 (800) 414-7543

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New Vendors, New Gear, New Info!

We’ve recently added some new vendors to our line card!

I’m very excited, particularly, about ProCo Sound. ProCo is based in Kalamazoo, MI and is one of the leading manufacturers of audio cables. Check out their website. They’ve got everything!

Also new is Mackie! Speakers, mixers, recording gear…

In this month’s newsletter from City Theatrical, they had a nice background article on why their fixture irises are the best. Good pictures of the manufacturing process, too. Here’s a link to the article.

City Theatrical also announced yesterday that they have acquired all designs and patents for Candle Lite Unlimited, for which they have been the exclusive distributor since the beginning. With this aquisition they plan on adding improvements and new technologies to these great flicker candles.

Our sales rep from Rosco stopped by for a quick visit last week. He brought along the Rosco X-Effects projector, which has now been replaced by the X24 X-Effects projector. It’s a little difficult to describe what it does, so take a look at the video clips on their website.

We have our Apollo Right Arm and ETC SmartFade ML set up in our Grand Rapids demo room. We will be part of our rental inventory once we’ve finished showing them off. If you haven’t seen them, make arrangements to stop by! The SmartFade ML is a great little moving light console, and the Right Arm is smooth as silk.

As always, for more information and pricing, contact your nearest JSHAA sales office:

Grand Rapids, MI
(616) 451-9245
(800) 466-9245
Madison, WI
(608) 280-0985
(800) 414-7543
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 438-9555
(888) 438-9555

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Elation LED Fixture Demo

We’ve recently obtained an Elation OPTI RGB High Output LED Color Changer. It’s pretty slick, but not for every application. Would I hang it in a large performance hall? No way. But a small theatre, club, or church? Absolutely!

SYSTEM FEATURES:

  • High output L.E.D. Color Changer
  • Powerful 1 Watt LEDs
  • Total of 24 LEDs (8 red, 8 green, 8 blue)
  • Full RGB color mixing
  • 7 DMX channels
  • On-board DMX (addressable via 10 dip switches)
  • Full dimming capacity
  • Built-in sound active programs
  • Sturdy, high-impact aluminum construction
  • Heavy duty rigging yoke
  • Very low power consumption
  • Very low heat output
  • Long-life LEDs (50,000 hr. life)
  • 3-Pin DMX Input & Output

DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT:

  • 11.5" x 8.5" x 8.5" (not including hanging bracket)
  • 11 lbs.

We currently have this fixture set up in our lobby, along with an ETC SmartFade console.

If you’re in the area, stop by and play with it!

Oh yeah, manufacturer’s suggested list price is $799.99

As always, for more information and pricing, contact your nearest JSHAA sales office:

Grand Rapids, MI
(616) 451-9245
(800) 466-9245
Madison, WI
(608) 280-0985
(800) 414-7543
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 438-9555
(888) 438-9555

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JSHAA News › It’s Valentine’s Day – Products I Love

Coming up on the best holiday of the year, so I thought I’d better send something out!

Even though I’ve suggested it, Apollo still hasn’t come out with a gobo for Groundhog Day, but they do have plenty for Valentine’s Day (if you’re into that mushy stuff!).

Speaking of Apollo, at LDI they introduced the Right Arm.

Right Arm

As soon as they’re available, we will have one in the Grand Rapids office for rent and demo.


Elation Professional has been coming out with some great products lately. My current favorite toy in the office is the High Power LED Lamp.

Of course everything is priced separately, the lamp, the remote, that Par 20 fixture…

Just think, a shiny par can, and color changing lamp with a remote, John Hyatt……..


Pathway Connectivity recently released the Pathport Uno.

According to Pathway: “Pathport® Uno is a single port DMX node providing access to Pathport DMX management and distribution. Compared to other Pathport models, Pathport Uno is ideal for venues and applications where simple, single DMX ports are appropriate.”

Being the trailblazers that we are, we installed a couple of the first ones off the assembly line! And they work!


ETC is continually adding to the functionality of their website. It’s by far the most informative and friendly manufacturer’s site out there.

Recent additions include mini-sites for the Source Four and the new Eos console (mmm… Eos….).


Products that I’m still in love with:

I know, it takes very little to amuse me…!


As always, for more information and pricing, contact your nearest JSHAA sales office:

Grand Rapids, MI
(616) 451-9245
(800) 466-9245
Madison, WI
(608) 280-0985
(800) 414-7543
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 438-9555
(888) 438-9555

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