Category Archives: speaker cables
A Round Peg In A Square Hole
Recent responses to an older blog posting about using XLR connectors on speaker cables caught me by surprise. It got me thinking about how ongoing evolution in this connector system has allowed it to stay relevant through generation after generation … Continue reading
Take The Big Mick Challenge
Big Mick Hughes is one of the best known live sound engineers in the concert industry. He is the long time front-of-house mixer for Metallica, a larger than life personality, and until now, someone whose reputation as a legend was … Continue reading
Hit “Upside the Head” With A Mic Stand
I was helping unpack a large shipment of microphone stands yesterday, when I got a great “blast from the past“. I am always amazed at the sorts of experiences that will turn back the clock for a few minutes. I … Continue reading
Weak Link In The Chain
Sometime back, I speculated that perhaps we were approaching the point where the sound man would no longer be necessary. I was only half kidding-pointing out that quickly developing digital technology would let the sound system compare what it was … Continue reading
Is The Customer Always Right?
I try to spend a few minutes each day reading up on ideas related to sound business practices. There is an unending source of good (and sometimes not so good) ideas for business management available. One of the ideas that … Continue reading
Podcast Like It’s 1949
We know that Edward R. Murrow never filed a podcast, but if he had, this is what he would have used. The Sony Retro Wireless USB has a great classic mic look, but is designed to be used with a … Continue reading
Making The Case For An XLR Speaker Cable
Many years ago when I worked in the Technical Services Dept. at Duke University, we embraced a speaker cable connector standard that seems to have fallen by the wayside. We used the standard XLR3 connector for speaker cables-the same connector … Continue reading
Welcome To A New GoodBuyGuy-Speaker Cable Sam
Today we introduce the newest of our GoodBuyGuys.com website, BuySpeakerCable.com. BuySpeakerCable.com is hosted by Speaker Cable Sam , the latest addition to the GoodBuyGuys family. Sam is ready to provide lots of valuable information about speaker cables, speaker cable connectors … Continue reading
When Is A Speakon Not A Speakon?
The addition of buyspeakercable.com to our family of goodbuyguys.com web sites has led to an interesting question regarding Speakon connectors. The Speakon, first introduced by Neutrik (a German company) has become the new standard for professional audio. As with most … Continue reading
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
I retired for active involvement in the sound business just at the time when digital mixers were being introduced into the sound reinforcement industry. Consequently, I have observed from the sidelines as this change in technology moved into the live … Continue reading