Loud & Clear Deploys Absen Jupiter Pro Series for Fast-Paced Festival Production

Danny Wimmer Presents’ (DWP) Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival, one of the nation’s premier hard rock and metal festivals, brings thousands of fans to Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, for four days of performances across multiple stages. With audiences filling the venue front to back, large-format LED displays are essential to giving every attendee a clear view of the action.

To support the festival’s demanding production schedule, Concert Stuff Group’s (CSG) Loud & Clear selected Absen’s JP5 Pro from the Jupiter Pro Series. Designed specifically for touring applications, the Jupiter Pro Series combines rapid deployment, high-brightness performance and rugged reliability, helping production crews meet the compressed schedules and demanding conditions of large-scale outdoor festivals.

For Loud & Clear, Absen’s Jupiter Pro Series became an essential extension of the live performance, keeping fans throughout the venue connected to the artists on stage.

“At a festival like this, there are so many people here. This entire stadium is full,” said Corey Willard, head of video production for Loud & Clear. “The people in the back have to be able to see the bands performing. Primarily, they’re seeing that through the screens we’ve built, so it’s a super important part of the festival experience.”

Sonic Temple marked Loud & Clear’s first deployment of the Jupiter Pro Series. For touring production companies, introducing a new LED platform requires confidence that it can withstand festival production, where crews have limited time to assemble large display systems safely before showtime.

“The biggest challenges are that it has to go up fast, it has to come down fast, it has to go up safely and it has to look great in a variety of outdoor situations,” said Nick Thieme, general manager for Loud & Clear. “The JP5 went in super quickly. We were really impressed with how easy it went together.”

Despite the scale of the deployment, Loud & Clear built out two stages — four IMAG walls and two upstage walls — in a single day.

The Jupiter Pro Series’ large-format cabinets reduce the number of panels required and simplify installation, while lightweight composite construction makes the displays easier to transport and position. Precision locking technology and an integrated alignment feedback system create a stable, seamless surface across large-scale installations — reducing setup time without compromising structural integrity or image quality.

Outdoor festivals present significant visual challenges. Throughout the day, displays must remain visible under changing weather conditions and direct sunlight while continuing to deliver the image quality required for both live audiences and camera systems. Maintaining brightness and contrast is essential to preserving the viewing experience from the front row to the back of the venue.

“Brightness is very important because you’ll have the sun directly hitting the screens,” noted Willard. “If you can’t get bright enough to compete with the sun, you’re going to have a hard time seeing the content. They are excelling at the job they were created to do.”

The Jupiter Pro Series delivers up to 5,000 nits of brightness with black LED technology that reduces surface reflections and improves contrast. Combined with 16-bit grayscale, a 7,680 Hz refresh rate and an 8,500:1 contrast ratio, the displays produce detailed, high-contrast imagery in bright outdoor environments while supporting live production and broadcast workflows.

Reliability remained equally important throughout the deployment. Touring equipment is repeatedly transported, assembled, disassembled and shipped between venues, making long-term durability just as critical as visual performance. Even small equipment failures can increase maintenance requirements, delay productions and impact the audience experience.

Willard said, “You can have the best-looking panels in the world that go up super quickly, but if they’re not reliable, if you’re constantly dealing with modules or pixels going out or power issues, it doesn’t matter. You need something that’s going to be robust enough to get you through the show and hopefully through many, many years. The JP5 panels are perfect for that.”

By combining rapid installation, high-brightness performance and dependable operation, Absen’s Jupiter Pro Series helped Loud & Clear deliver the visual experience fans expect — and gives touring companies a display platform that performs consistently as they balance compressed schedules with growing audience expectations.