Urdile Audio & Iluminación, PR Lighting’s Chilean
distributors, are just one global partner that has been achieving extraordinary
success with the Chinese manufacturer’s XR440 BWS, and its smaller sibling the XR330
BWS (denoting that these hybrid, high output moving heads combine beam, wash
and spot effect).
The XR440 BWS houses a powerful Osram Sirius HRI 440W lamp, and
features include an advanced colour index with CYM linear colour mixing system,
with macro; colour wheel with 12 colours and CTO plus open; bi-directional
rainbow effect at variable speeds; step/linear colour changer; fixed gobo wheel
with 13 fixed gobos plus open, and much more.
Urdile have been working with PR Lighting for the past four years,
both as a distributor, but at the same time demonstrating product durability
through its rental division.
This year alone the 15,000-seat Movistar Arena in Santiago has
played host to Juan Luis Guerra y Los 4.40, Slayer, Maroon 5 and Farruko, all
of whom have used large quantities of the XR440 BWS in the different set
designs.
According to the company’s MD, Andres Urdile, “This enables our
rental clients to see just how effectively PR fixtures function in our shows,
and gives them the confidence that if Urdile says that PR Lighting is good,
then they will trust it and buy it. We offer them as perfect alternatives to
brands they are used to, and they readily accept.”
Andres
is clear as to how the XR440 BWS has earned its popularity – largely through
high quality at an attractive price. “It is a durable luminaire, which has
proven itself time and time again. Also, the price allows us to specify these
in large quantities on the overhead truss; this makes a huge difference and
enables the lighting designers to really see the difference.” While they use
the BWS in all aperture modes, the Beam function is a particular favourite, he
says.
