Every summer at about this time, we see a spike in sales of bifilament tape, a product primarily used for bundling and packaging heavy items. It is a vinyl tape with fiberglass reinforcing threads which run at right angles all…
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Wireless Mic Sales Rebound After FCC Confusion Subsides
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Posted in audio cables, microphones & mic stands, Pro Sound, special event production, wireless microphones
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One of the unexpected consequences of the restricting of the 700 mHZ broadcast spectrum for wireless microphones was a slowing in the sales of new mics for the first time in at least ten years. An anticipated rush to replace…
How Many More Ways Can They Miss The Point
The stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair continues to work its way through the legal system, with yet another opportunity to increase stage safety squandered. A judge who is overseeing a number of aspects of the case has now…
They Do It A Little Differently In Israel
Jeff
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Almost a year after the disastrous stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, it continues to generate reports, lawsuits and finger pointing. What it has not done is actually improve the safety of outdoor temporary staging structures or create standards…
Springsteen Sound Man Says “Just Listen To Music”
A blog posting in online version of Pro Sound News really resonated with me, and I think that there is some information there worth repeating. The blog was a Clive Young interview with John Cooper, the front-of-house sound person for…
Network News “Phones It In”
Jeff
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I recently got a cell phone that can operate over a 4G network, and I am certainly impressed at the speed at which these wireless networks transmit data. The phone lets me share the signal with up to five devices,…
A “Buygafferstape.com” Blog Post Actually About Buying Gaffers Tape
I have just spent two days trying to accommodate a loyal customer who had recently changed jobs and was no longer able to purchase from us. He had gone out of his way to ask us to register as a…
Time For Duracell To Step Up
I was struck by an article in yesterday’s New York Times about the recycling efforts of a company called Honest Tea. They are making a major push in New York City to encourage recycling efforts for their tea containers, and…
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Some Things Never Change
I got a call yesterday for a friend in the pro audio business that I had not heard from in a while. He called to order batteries, and we were able to spend a few minutes talking about how things…
How To Get Your “Quiet” Idea Shouted From Coast To Coast
After a couple of years of supplying tape products to a high school robotics competition put on by an organization called US First, I had the opportunity to attend one of their competitions. What an eye opener! The North Carolina…
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