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Category Archives: Pro Sound
Use Less Tape? That’s Alright With Us!
In the face of ongoing price increases from every tape manufacturer and converter we deal with, we’ve decided that it’s time to pass on some tips on getting your job done with less tape. Tape is a great tool and … Continue reading
Solving The Speakon Mystery
One of the most common questions we get is about using our Speakon connector equipped speaker cables. It’s a good question and it is very easy to understand why a customer might be confused. There are three versions of the … Continue reading
We Could See This One Coming
We count lots of smaller, mid-market arenas as good customers, and have been in the supply business for long enough to see lots of changes in the development of 3000-10,000 seat venues. While it’s great to have new customers, it … Continue reading
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Tagged arena, auditorium, coliseum, theatrical supplies
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And Now For My Second Act…
I have written before about how live event production is failing to attract new, young talent and how this industry, particularly concert sound production, continues to “gray”. The most recent edition of Front of House magazine (one of my favorite … Continue reading
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Tagged Pro Sound, sound man, sound reinforcement, sound tech, trade journal
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Can You Hear Electricity? What Does $159.99 Sound Like
One of my regular reads is a trade magazine called Pro Sound News. I’ve been a loyal reader for many years and have written before about the educational value of these free, industry supported publications. I even look at the … Continue reading
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Instant Church
We have had a strong involvement in supporting sound and audio-visual technicians in the church market for many years, and I have recently become aware of an exciting new trend in church services. This involves churches that hold services in … Continue reading
Where Will New Techs Come From? Here Is One Answer
Awhile back, I observed how the pool of concert and special event technicians was aging out and posed a question regarding where new technicians would be coming from. Little has changed since I posted that article. The median age for … Continue reading
FCC Gives Wireless Mic Users A Nod
It appears that the FCC may have finally acknowledged that wireless microphone users might deserve a seat at the table when broadcast spectrum is reallocated. After jerking the rug out from under thousands of microphone owners with it “white space” … Continue reading
Need A Wireless Mic? Don’t Join “The 700 Club”
Even though the FCC ruling regarding outlawing certain types of wireless mics has been in effect for more than two months, there are lots of unscrupulous vendors still selling equipment designed to 0perate in the restricted 700 MHz (698 MHz … Continue reading
Revisiting The Wireless Mic “White Space” Issue
Back in June, right after the FCC ruling regarding banning wireless mics that operate in the 700MHz “white space” broadcast spectrum, I made a prediction. That prediction was that the FCC would let those major telco companies that had bought … Continue reading