August 1998
Columns
THE ART of getting referrals
Ted Tate
Getting referrals is beyond the most common method taught new sales persons as a means of lead procurement. It is an excellent source of business. Talk…
Departments
People
SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR STAFF
Brian Keith Gross has been promoted to vice president of the audio and acoustic systems technology division at A-COM, Chantilly, VA.Fred Jones joins Panasonic/Ramsa,…
Representative & Dealer News
SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR STAFF
Recently named European distributors for Hafler, Tempe, AZ, include: Raper & Wayman, UK; Gotham AG, Switzerland; Amptec BVBA, Belgium; Holland PA Service…
Business News
Amanda Solomon
Audio Composite Engineering opens for business Ross Ritto and David Shadoan of the sound reinforcement company Southern California Sound Image have announced…
Clean Signals
DESIGNER CABLES: a critical look
Bill Whitlock
Designer interconnects for audio have, in many ways, become something of a cult industry in recent years. Many golden ear audiophiles claim to hear audible…
Articles
CREATING EXCITEMENT
Bob Heil
Little can compare to the feeling and excitement generated by attending a live event-albeit a music concert, boxing match or baseball game. The experience…
HOW DO WE EQUALIZE?: Let me count the ways.
Glen Ballou
Equalization is not the solution to all problems. Before thinking about equalizing a sound-reinforcement system, be aware that EQ will never make an improperly…
Little PROBLEMS
Ted Uzzle
Acoustical theory begins in a universe that doesn’t exist. It’s a universe of sound sources infinitesimally small, which radiate equally in all directions….
SAFETY AT HOME
Steve Filipini
So you’ve been installing residential sound systems for some time now, and you’re thinking about branching out to include home automation and security…
WIRE FOR EVERYDAY USE
Glen Ballou
Today, we have many ways to connect two electronic devices. We have fiber optics, high frequency RF, microwaves, infrared, satellite transmission and,…
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Mark Halvorsen
Ah yes, the familiar sights and sounds of summer. Tofu dogs decomposing on the barbecue, cheery and gay squeals of young siblings engaged in lethal aquatic…
GETTING CONNECTED
Peter H. Putman
Video cable is kind of like Rodney Dangerfield. It doesn’t get any respect, or very little when it does. Cable is always the low man on the totem pole…
