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news about microphones – mic stands – and microphone stand products

Do You Really Want This In Your Hand?

Posted on July 10, 2007 by Jeff

I have periodically written in this space about the problems with using rechargeable batteries in wireless microphones. My primary concern regards being able to accurately predict the discharge rate for this type of battery and the problems they can cause … Continue reading →

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I’m Not An Ebay Fan

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Jeff

We’ve been trying, with some success, to establish an Ebay presence for some time. Our Ebay store, BuyMicStand, has had some limited sales success and I guess we will stick with it for awhile longer. The difficulty of posting. selling, … Continue reading →

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Los Lonely Boys

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Jeff

We have quite a few touring acts as customers, but its rare when we get an order from one that everyone in our office gets excited about. A battery order that we got overnight has everybody humming “Heaven“. We love … Continue reading →

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This Mic Does It All

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Jeff

Its been a while since I reviewed a cool new microphone. Calling the new FlashMic form HHB a microphone is like calling a computer a typewriter. Microphone just begins to describe this great new technology. The FlashMic combines a handheld … Continue reading →

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Just How Smart Is An “Intelligent Microphone Cable”?

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Jeff

My son and one of his friends have started podcasting. They record audio only to a digital camcorder and then transfer it to his computer for uploading. This works pretty well and I applaud him for coming up with a … Continue reading →

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Is More Better?

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Jeff

We’re ready to roll out a new domain, and my task is to create new content to support this domain. We want to both make it more useful to our customers and appealing to search engines. While I enjoy the … Continue reading →

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A Tip of The Hat To Heil

Posted on April 23, 2007 by Jeff

The online newsletter from Pro Sound News is a great source of news for the pro audio industry. It is avialble through a an online subscripton and there is always an item I find interesting. Heil Sound, a company that … Continue reading →

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Customer Service From The Top

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Jeff

There’s an interesting feature on NPR these days, about once a week, called “This I Believe”. It’s a modern take on a broadcast feature from the 1950′s started by Edward R. Murrow. This weeks essay features Craig Newmark, the founder … Continue reading →

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Can Something Be “Smart” If It Doesn’t Exist

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Jeff

If you check by here periodically, you know that I have written several times about the proposed change in wireless mic frequency allocation and how it might impact the pro sound industry. The plot thickens. On the positive side, US … Continue reading →

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Should We Sell Wireless Mics

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Jeff

A lot of my time is spent in evaluating new products and deciding how they might meet our customers needs. We have always focused on expendables, but lately we have added some other products because they seemed like a logical … Continue reading →

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