July 2003
Features
Loudspeaker Processors
Chris Michie
Loudspeaker processors have been part of the audio system designer’s vocabulary for more than two decades, and many modern sound systems from relatively…
Multiple-Image Display Processors
Bennett Liles
During the past 40 years, slowly converging technologies have brought the multi-image projection display industry down a long and winding road to its…
Columns
Get Hip to the Lingo
Mark Johnson
I am always amazed and occasionally frustrated by the speed at which technology moves. Sometimes I have to question if the rapid-fire developments are…
Economies Of Scale
Michael MacDonald
Almost everyone knows enough about economics to understand the concept of economies of scale. That concept, of course, makes the point that a larger organization…
Power to the People
Paul Freudenberg
Recently, our industry has undergone what could modestly be called a major reorganization. The forces behind these changes run the gamut from the saturation…
Departments
INSTALL OF THE MONTH
Many clubs in New York City can legitimately compete for the title of trendiest nightspot, but only one can lay claim to combining a digital 5.1 surround…
20 YEARS AGO IN THE INDUSTRY
Editor’s Note: As part of S&VC’s 20th anniversary, we’re bringing you 20 Years Ago in the Industry, a retrospective glimpse of the industry and S&VC through…
FEEDBACK
History Lesson I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated the Technology Showcase on automatic microphone mixers by Allan Soifer in the May 2003 issue. The…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Stardraw Speaks Spanish Stardraw.com’s range of shrink-wrapped products comprising Stardraw Audio, AV, Lighting 2D, and the recently launched Stardraw…
REPRESENTATIVE AND DISTRIBUTION NEWS
Cadac Electronics Plc appointed Thomas Bensen as East Coast representative and GLS Marketing as West Coast representative. Analog Way appointed Marketec…
PEOPLE NEWS
Raymond Malpocher is president and chief executive officer at Telex Communications. Telex also announced that Guillermo Wabi has assumed the duties of…
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 18-20Summer NAMMNashvillewww.namm.com 29-31InfoComm ChinaShanghaiwww.infocomm.org August 14-16ISC EastOrlando, Floridawww.isc.reedexpo.com September…
PUBLICATIONS
OnQ Technologies (www.onqtech.com) has introduced a multimedia presentation: the OnQ Home Network Selection System CD. The CD is a visual tool designed…
ASSOCIATIONS
CALM Expo to Be Rescheduled IIR Exhibitions and its joint partners, China Theatrical Equipment Association and China Council for the Promotion of International…
OFFICE SPACE
New England Distributor Expands After almost seven years of operation in a facility on Arrow Drive in Woburn, Massachusetts, Professional Audio Associates,…
What’s New
VIDEO PRODUCTS
Matrix Switching System Infinovawww.infinova.net The V2040 has the ability to accommodate as many as 1,024 video inputs by 128 video outputs and is for…
AUDIO PRODUCTS
Preamp/Processor/Tuner Integrawww.integrahometheater.com The THX Ultra2-certified DTC-9.4 is a high-performance 7.1-channel preamplifier/processor/tuner…
A/V ACCESSORIES
Power Conditioners Panamaxwww.panamax.com Featuring a compact design, the Max 4400 and the Max 4310 offer protection and EMI/RFI noise filtration for…
Installation Profiles
Desert Gem
Rod Falconer and Christopher Buttner
Once known primarily for its glittering casinos and nightlife, the Las Vegas Strip has undergone a transformation that has seen convention centers pop…
Articles
Systems Integrator or Web Developer?
Brent Harshbarger
Our man Bill Gates has shown little interest in getting into the hardware business. Back in the ’80s, his vision was a future with a PC on every desk….
No More Hit or Miss
Peter H. Putman, CTS
Over the past couple of years, I have touched on the subject of understanding RF and working with it in the A/V systems integration space. Given the preponderance…
Take the A Train
Rosanne Soifer
The 5:06 train to Lynbrook is now departing from Track 2 because of ongoing track work, the D train to Coney Island will be making express stops only…
InfoComm 2003
S&VC Staff
The 2003 edition of the InfoComm Show held in Orlando, Florida, was all the things that the regular attendees and exhibitors of the show have come to…
