Established two decades ago, AGC Ehitiki has grown to be the largest production rental company in Cyprus. And what better way was there for the company to celebrate it’s 20th anniversary, than by the acquisition of a DiGiCo SD8 console?
Based at large premises in Kaimakli, close to the centre of the island’s capital Nicosia, the company was founded by Loris Demetriades who still takes a very hands-on role in the day-to-day running of the business. Loris is keen for the company to offer the very best production technologies available and the success of the SD8 since its launch in 2008 hadn’t gone unnoticed.
“There was a clear market demand for us to offer DiGiCo consoles to our clients, so this was the ideal time for us to buy our first one,” he says. “The SD8 is also way ahead of any other digital console within its price range,”
The SD8 made its debut this Autumn, as monitor board at a show by massively popular Cypriot singer and pin-up Michalis Hatzigiannis, at the 23,000-capacity GSP Stadium in Nicosia.
“It is a measure of our confidence in the SD8 that we were more than happy to give it its debut on such a massive show,” smiles Loris. “Michalis is a huge star in Cyprus, it was the final show of his summer tour and so we had to be absolutely certain that everything would run smoothly.”
As you would expect, Michalis’ monitor engineer, George Panolaskos, was more than happy to work with the SD8 and the show was a complete success.
“The SD8 is a very easy to use, very flexible desk,” says Loris. “Sonically it’s excellent, with plenty of headroom, and the effects are brilliant. Personally I don’t see any reason for patching outboard units.
“It’s fully booked for all the future shows we have coming up and I haven’t had a single ‘no’ or complaint from sound engineers I have recommended it to.”
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