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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

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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

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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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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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