November 1998
Features
Stage Presence
Jack McLean
Acoustically and architecturally, the main theater at the Viterbo College Fine Arts Center possesses an uncommon splendor now matched by a new sound reinforcement…
The right direction
Rod Sintow and Stan Hutto
A national passion, NFL Football is a sport that feeds on impact, and the fans expect high-impact audio with it. Gone are the days when sound systems…
In shape
Doug Green and Bruce Borgerson
As far as sound contractors are concerned, the fitness industry is a peculiar world. Cutting-edge fitness chains have specific and demanding requirements…
Clear Messages
Gregory A. DeTogne
A traditional Roman Catholic church, St. Mary of the Angels is nearly 100 years old. Situated in Chicago’s Bucktown, the house of worship was temporarily…
Audio among the clouds
Gregory A. DeTogne
A destination resort situated in New Jersey’s Kittatinny Mountains, Mountain Creek takes pride in offering something for everyone. Developed by Intrawest,…
Up to date
Gary Eskow
Some say that the intrinsic drama of sports needs no boosting. Green fields, the crack of the bat, bodies reaching for the rebound, along with a scoreboard…
Columns
Marketing Budget: the biggest bang for your buck
Alan Kruglak
Like many of you, I endured the same ritual every year. I hired an advertising/marketing firm to develop a marketing campaign to lure prospects who would…
Departments
Business News
Amanda Solomon
Parasound and Boston Acoustics form alliance Parasound, San Francisco, and Boston Acoustics, Peabody, MA, have formed an international sales alliance…
People
SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR STAFF
Members of the CEDIA 1998-99 Board of Directors include: Tom Doherty, Tom Doherty, Inc., Carmel, IN; Sean Fields, Audio/Video Entertainment of Laguna…
Representative and Dealer News
SOUND & VIDEO CONTRACTOR STAFF
Western Audio Sales, Costa Mesa, CA, celebrates 20 years of representing professional and commercial sound manufacturers in CA, AZ, NV and HI. The company…
Video Projections
Linearity in projectors and monitors
Peter H. Putman
When the topic of large-screen displays comes up, we rarely hear anything about linearity, the ability of an electronic display to generate a faithful…
Articles
A work of art
R. David Read
The Getty Museum’s Los Angeles campus, which, situated astride the striking ridges of Sepulveda Pass, was opened with enthusiastic acclaim in May 1998….
Keeping Fit
Charles Conte
Diet, nutrition, exercise and physical fitness have been with us long enough now that it is safe to say that such concerns are not merely a passing trend….
