June 2003
Features
Paging Mixers
Randy Alberts
Not every contracting job is an interactive, high-tech museum or a state-of-the-art house-of-worship or music-performance venue. Most people have done…
Video Distribution Amplifiers
David Riffle
The majority of job bids today whether for houses of worship, schools, boardrooms, residential or retail environments, or sports/entertainment facilities…
Columns
All Aboard
Mark Johnson
Generally, facility owners would like to incorporate the latest available technology into their venues and systems. It’s left to the consultant or contractor…
Lessons from a Screwdriver
George Petersen
When I was a high school kid back in the Paleolithic 1960s era, I wanted to learn electronics. I experimented a lot (destroying a few radios along the…
Departments
INSTALL OF THE MONTH
Tidewater Community College Tidewater, Virginia Innovative College Selects Mixers Tidewater, Virginia-based Tidewater Community College (TCC) selected…
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
Club Safety I came across the article Safe and Sound in the April 2003 issue about the fire in Warwick, Rhode Island. The author, Dan Daley, did a very…
CONDOLENCES
Industry Vet Passes Away Marcel Daugherty died at the age of 46 in April following a motorcycle accident. Daugherty spent more than 20 years in the audio/video…
ASSOCIATIONS
CEDIA, ICIA, NSCA Join Forces Three electronic systems industry trade associations announced the upcoming launch of shows in Europe and Asia that would…
CONTRACTOR’S WEB WATCH
www.infocomm.org In an effort to augment the services provided by its regional representatives in Asia, Australia, and Europe, the International Communications…
PEOPLE NEWS
Karen Richardson has been appointed Genelec’s national sales manager for home-theater products . Celestion appointed Andrew Farrow as U.S. OEM/distribution…
AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ACQUISITIONS
Leviton Manufacturing Company has exercised its right not to acquire OnQ Technologies. Leviton will continue to direct the structured wiring and applications…
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 18-20 Musikmesse/ProLight and SoundSt. Petersburg, Russiawww.musikmesse-st-petersburg.com 19-22 Independent Professional Representatives Organization…
PUBLICATIONS
Trompeter (www.trompeter.com) has a new guide featuring HDTV transmission line network products and solutions for in-station and in-truck video applications…
OFFICE SPACE
Biamp Opens Learning Center Biamp Systems’ new Learning Center is located in its headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The approximately 1,300-square-foot…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Cabinets Manufactured Using ISO Requirements Standard, modified, and custom modular electronic enclosures, instrument cabinets, computer workstations,…
REPRESENTATIVE AND DISTRIBUTION NEWS
SoundTube Entertainment named TC Marketing of Honolulu; Pacific Coast Associates of Benicia, California; and McFadden Sales of Dublin, Ohio, as manufacturer…
What’s New
AUDIO PRODUCTS
Loudspeaker Meridian Audiowww.meridian-audio.com The DSP7000 is derived from the company’s DSP8000. The new design brings the DSP8000’s enclosure materials…
VIDEO PRODUCTS
Control-Room Solution Synelecwww.synelecusa.com IndiSys is a solution for control-room environments with patented Digital Parallel Processing technology….
VIDEO ACCESSORIES
LCD Monitor BenQwww.benq.com The 15-inch FP591 LCD monitor features SRS surround sound and built-in Digital Photo Frame. The FP591 also features advances…
A/V ACCESSORIES
Cabinet Lowell Manufacturingwww.lowellmfg.com The tilt-out wall cabinet Series L87 is for wallmounting rackmount and nonrackmount electronics in schools,…
Installation Profiles
Just what the Doctor Ordered
By Gary Eskow
Founded in 1860, the New York Medical College (NYMC) moved to Valhalla, New York, in 1972. Originally designed as temporary quarters, these Westchester…
Video Projections
LCDs Versus Plasmas
Peter H. Putman, CTS
The past year was significant for the flat-screen display industry in more ways than one. You saw increasing use of the digital video interface, as well…
Contractor’s Toolbox
Leaps and Bounds
Glen Ballou
Many years ago, I spent rainy Sunday afternoons in museums. My father loved history, so we would stop at every artifact and read those infernal placards…
Articles
School Daze
Dan Daley
Contractors working in the education field might be reminded of working with the military. The complex and often Byzantine bidding process that accompanies virtually every school facility A/V installation is pocked with regulatory and systemic potholes. That said, it’s like any other bureaucratic encounter… you must accept that this is how this particular universe works. After learning the language, you can participate in what is an expanding sector of the A/V market….
Exploring EH Expo
Chris Steinwand
The Electronic House Expo (EHX) which took place February 27 through March 1 in Orlando, Florida is a biannual trade show and conference that services…