November 1999
Columns
PREPARING YOURSELF for the future
Alan Kruglak
Along with most other Americans, I am sick and tired of hearing about the millennium, whether it is spelled with one or two n’s. Everywhere we go, there…
Departments
Switchcraft acquires Conxall
Cindy Holst
Switchcraft, Chicago, IL, has acquired Conxall, Villa Park, IL. Conxall manufactures sealed plastic connectors, Mil-E-Qual connectors, sensor link-molded…
Crestron opens Canada office
Cindy Holst
Crestron announces the opening of Crestron Canada, a Crestron-direct sales and support hub for Canada, located in Toronto. Philip Cowling (pcowling@crestron.com)…
Adam Hall opens new office
Cindy Holst
Adam Hall has opened a sales office in Paris. Customers in France can purchase Adam Hall products direct from this office. The office can be reached by…
Miller & Kreisel Sound offers warranties
Cindy Holst
Miller & Kreisel Sound offers loudspeaker warranties. All M&K satellite loudspeakers come with a 10 year limited warranty for parts and labor, and all…
Soundsphere relaunches website
Cindy Holst
Soundsphere’s relaunched website, can be found at www.soundsphere.com. The upgraded site features architectural specs, representative links with territory…
Gold Line/TEF hosts training session
Cindy Holst
The TEF division of Gold Line hosts the TEF training class in Las Vegas, NV on December 2-4. The class is taught by Don Eger, technical director of TEF….
AutoPatch announces lifetime warranty
Cindy Holst
AutoPatch, a division of XN Technologies, announced a limited lifetime warranty on all matrix switchers manufactured by AutoPatch. For complete details…
Shure forms alliance with Plexus
Cindy Holst
Shure, Evanston, IL, and Plexus, Neenah, WA, signed an agreement under which Plexus purchased Shure’s Wheeling, IL, circuitry products manufacturing facility…
NSCA launches online CATTS training
Cindy Holst
The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) has released CATTS online, the audio prep course for NICET certification. Technicians preparing for…
JBL distributes SIA-Smaart Pro version 3
Cindy Holst
JBL Professional is distributing SIA-Smaart Pro version 3 and the upgrade from previous versions. SIA-Smaart Pro version 3 and the upgrade package are…
Sony and IBM sign agreement
Cindy Holst
Sony and IBM have agreed to co-market the media asset management system to the broadcast and production marketplace. Under the agreement, IBM offers its…
Crestron and Tektronix partner
Cindy Holst
Crestron Electronics, Rockleigh, NJ, has entered into a partnership with Tektronix, Wilsonville, OR. The alliance brings Crestron’s e-control technology…
TC Electronic US distributes Dynaudio
Cindy Holst
TC Electronic has assumed the responsibility of distribution and marketing of Dynaudio Acoustics’ product line in North America. Carsten Lebeck is responsible…
Garwood Labs opens division
Cindy Holst
Garwood Laboratories opened its World Compliance division in Placentia, CA. This division provides both EMC and product safety testing. For more information,…
Allen & Heath relaunches Web site
Cindy Holst
Allen & Heath has relaunched its website (www.allen-heath.com) with a new look and 50 MB of free downloads. The site offers manuals, software for the…
Sharp expands warranty
Cindy Holst
Sharp Electronics enhances its projector warranty program with the free Sharp Express Repair Program – Sharp ER. All Notevision4 and Notevision5 models…
King expands facilities
Cindy Holst
King Safety Products, St. Charles, MO, is adding 60,000 ft superscript 2 (5,574 m superscript 2) to its plant, warehouse and headquarters facilities….
Rockustics moves
Cindy Holst
Rockustics has moved its headquarters and production facility to 5080 Paris Street, Denver, CO 80239. Requests for information or for a free product catalog…
Faroudja acquires FOCUS Enhancements
Cindy Holst
FOCUS Enhancements and Faroudja signed a letter of intent for the merger of FOCUS into Faroudja. Under the agreement, each share of FOCUS common stock…
Mackie Designs and Antares Audio partner
Cindy Holst
Mackie Designs and Antares Audio Technologies announce a partnership for the development of Auto-Tune real time pitch correction software for the Macke…
Dukane provides warranty
Cindy Holst
Dukane Corporation offers a five year warranty on its LCD projectors. In addition to the five year warranty, Dukane offers the one-year “Peace of Mind”…
Analog Devices receives awards
Cindy Holst
Analog Devices received the Lewis Winner award for Outstanding Paper and the Journal for Solid State Circuit Best Paper award from the International Solid-State…
Bose and Philips CSS promote audio products
Cindy Holst
Philips Communication & Security Systems (CSS) and the Professional Systems Division of Bose Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering…
Telex sells interest in Vega to Vitec Group
Cindy Holst
Telex Communications announces that Vitec Group, Beaconsfield, UK, has acquired the trade, assets and certain liabilities of the wireless intercom and…
Video Projections
CEDIA EXPO ’99: deja vu all over again
Pete Putman
The theme of CEDIA EXPO ’99 should have been: “Recycling is in.” After spending several days at this year’s show in Indianapolis, two trends have become…
Contractor’s Toolbox
THE SINES of the times
Glen Ballou
Sine waves are dead, right? After all, we have TEF and all that other good test gear. Not so fast. TEF uses a sine wave as a source, as do so many other…
Articles
Form and Function
Joyce Jorgenson
Designing and installing a distributed pew-back audio system for the Church of the Holy Cross, Trenton, NJ, while preserving the sanctuary’s aesthetics.Modern…
Coming Home
Jack McLean
Designing and installing a powerful, intelligible sound reinforcement system for the new Cleveland Browns Stadium and the fans who eagerly awaited the…
Meeting expectations
Steve Binder
For 10 years, the Paradise Performing Arts Center awaited a sound reinforcement system whose sophistication could be supported only by today’s technology.Systems…
An elegant solution
Christopher Buttner and Michael Schwartz
Using CobraNet and fiber optic-based audio networks to transport multiple, noise-free audio channels and overcome complex routing challenges at the Sydney…
