Direct Pro Audio Provides Sound For the Durham Museum's Christmas at Union Station

Direct Pro Audio is proud to be the sound system provider for the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. Join us for Christmas at Union Station 2010!


Direct Pro Audio has provided 4 Renkus-Heinz ICONYX IC-16 speakers and a wireless head end consisting of Audio-Technica 5000 series wireless microphone systems. The ICONYX digitally steered system provides beautifully clear sound for the entire Great Hall museum space, an extremely challenging acoustic environment. 


As the home to Omaha’s largest indoor Christmas tree, The Durham Museum’s Christmas at Union Station is one of the region’s most cherished traditions. Union Pacific Railroad began the tradition over 75 years ago by cutting down a Christmas tree from along its right of way in the Pacific Northwest and transporting it to Omaha’s Union Station. The tree greeted the thousands of passengers arriving on trains during the holiday season in the heyday of passenger rail service.


The Durham Museum, with the assistance of many community partners has continued the tradition by accepting donations of trees from local homeowners and putting it on display during the holiday season. Each year, Union Pacific employees cut down the tree and place it in The Durham’s Suzanne and Walter Scott Great Hall. Then the talented design team from Mangelsen’s decorates the tree.




Tree Lighting Ceremony Friday, November 26, 4-7PM
The annual Tree Lighting Ceremony is a holiday favorite! Renowned vocalist, Michael Lyon will give a live performance in front of The Durham’s beautiful Christmas tree. His Frank Sinatra style of music is certain to put you in the holiday spirit. During this family-friendly event, you can also take part in cookie decorating, create holiday crafts in Mangelsen’s Craft Corner, and children can share wish lists with Santa and Mrs. Claus under the glow of the tree.

Direct Pro Audio Provides Harman Sound Solutions for Bar Louie Locations across the United States

Awarded "Concept of Tomorrow" by Restaurant Hospitality Magazine, Bar Louie is a casually cool neighborhood restaurant & bar, featuring warm, upbeat surroundings with contemporary photography, mosaic tiling, wood-paneled walls, modern lighting and plasma televisions. It is a favorite gathering place for family and friends.

Specializing in oversized sandwiches and artfully concocted signature cocktails, Bar Louie also offers an extensive selection of appetizers, pastas, entrees and a wide assortment of interesting beers, microbrews and wines by the glass or bottle.

Direct Pro Audio has provided professional sound equipment from the Harman family of brands, including JBL MRX speakers, Crown XTi amplifiers, and DBX Zone Pro processors to Bar Louie locations across the United States; including St. Louis and Kirkwood Missouri, Naperville Illinois, West Homestead and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Boyton Beach Florida, Evanston Illinois, and Milwaukee Wisconsin.

For more information about Bar Louie, visit http://www.BarLouieAmerica.com/.

To check out the extensive offerings of the Harman Family visit http://www.harman.com/EN-US/Pages/Home.aspx

Direct Pro Audio New Location Now Open!

Direct Pro Audio is proud to announce the opening of our new Omaha, Nebraska location! We are still in the process of moving, so please excuse a little mess.


Our new location in Omaha will provide local customers a more convenient location to find and shop from. We plan an updated and expanded sales experience with interactive lighting, sound and video demonstrations and more product in stock.

"We know this new location in Omaha will provide our customers with the best possible shopping experience in the Metro Area." said John Manhart, Partner with Direct Pro Audio LLC. "We look forward to inviting all our Metro area customers to our grand opening in early December 2010."

New Address:
4022 South 108th Street
Omaha, NE 68137

The new location is just north of 108th and 'I' streets. To access from Interstate 80 westbound or 680 southbound, exit on 'I' street and take a left (East). Drive to 108th Street and take a left (North). We will be on the left (West), just next to Oriental Trading Company.

To access from Interstate 80 eastbound, exit at 'L' street. Merge onto 'L' street then take a left (North) at 108th Street. Go north past 'I' street and we will be on the left (West), just next to Oriental Trading Company. 

From the north, we can be accessed from the Rockbrook Village area by going South from 108th and Center, and over Interstate 80.

Our phone numbers 866-444-8090 and 712-256-5446 will continue to work. Our new Omaha number will be 402-991-1488 and fax 402-991-1499.

Omaha Art Space Gets Focused with Renkus-Heinz

Kaneko Bow Truss Room Outfitted with Renkus-Heinz Self-Powered Speakers  

Omaha, NE, November 2010. Founded by renowned artist/sculptor Jun Kaneko, the Kaneko organization is a public non-profit established to provide a space and resource for creative arts in the Omaha area.

The Bow Truss Room is a large open gallery space that's described as "not a museum, gallery, library nor research center, but an open space for open minds that nurtures and promotes creativity in the arts, sciences and philosophy." The space hosts a wide range of programs, performances, exhibits and presentations, ranging from artists' exhibitions and lectures to music and dance.


The space, designed by Los Angeles architect Mark Mack, joins three warehouses together via a glass and steel atrium, creating a light and airy environment that is exceptionally conducive to the arts. One of the buildings, a former truck garage, has been converted into the Bow Truss Room, a large flexible 92,000-square-foot space with concrete floor and walls and a high, curved ceiling. It's an acoustically live space with more than enough reflective surfaces to make intelligibility an issue.


Audio for the hall was designed by Chicago-based Threshold Acoustics LLC, who specified four Renkus-Heinz PN82 self-powered two-way loudspeakers to cover the space. The system was installed and commissioned by Direct Pro Audio of Omaha.


"The room is exceptionally challenging, acoustically, with lots of hard, reflective surfaces," says Direct Pro Audio's John Manhart who, along with DPA's Dan Allen, performed the installation. "The PN82's tight focus contributed to the overall even distribution of sound, and the built-in amplification and RHAON processing let us precisely tune the system to meet the challenging requirements of this room. The Renkus-Heinz speaker voicing sounds amazing, and there is plenty of headroom and clarity in the system."


The space and the system made their debut with a night of music and conversation starring musician Roseanne Cash and noted musicologist Dr. Daniel Levitin.

Direct Pro Audio Announces New Omaha Nebraska Location

Direct Pro Audio is proud to announce plans to move to our new Omaha, Nebraska location, starting in early December 2010. The specific grand opening date will be announced shortly.

Our new location in Omaha will provide local customers a more convenient location to find and shop from. We plan an updated and expanded sales experience with interactive lighting, sound and video demonstrations and more product in stock.

"We know this new location in Omaha will provide our customers with the best possible shopping experience in the Metro Area." said John Manhart, Partner with Direct Pro Audio LLC. "We look forward to inviting all our Metro area customers to our grand opening in early December 2010."

New Address:
4022 South 108th Street
Omaha, NE 68137

The new location is just north of 108th and 'I' streets. To access from Interstate 80 westbound or 680 southbound, exit on 'I' street and take a left (East). Drive to 108th Street and take a left (North). We will be on the left (West), just next to Oriental Trading Company.

To access from Interstate 80 eastbound, exit at 'L' street. Merge onto 'L' street then take a left (North) at 108th Street. Go north past 'I' street and we will be on the left (West), just next to Oriental Trading Company.

From the north, we can be accessed from the Rockbrook Village area by going South from 108th and Center, and over Interstate 80.

Our phone numbers 866-444-8090 and 712-256-5446 will continue to work. Our new Omaha number will be 402-991-1488.