September 2009
Features
2009 AES Convention Preview
By George Petersen
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) returns to New York in October, and from all indications, this 127th AES Convention will be a great event…
Technology Showcase: Matrix Switchers
By Jay Ankeney
In the world of switchers, you need to know whose turf you are on if you want to understand the lingo. …
Technology Showcase: Powered Mixers
By Bennett Liles
While the concept of mixers with built-in power amps is certainly not new, there have been some amazing strides made in this line of products because of the advances in power amp design and electronics integration…
Field Work
By Trevor Boyer
This April, a unique event in baseball history took place: two professional teams in the same city moved into new stadiums in the same season. In the Bronx, the New York Yankees moved into a new home across the street from the then-still-standing old Yankee Stadium…
Review
Allen & Heath ZED-428
By John McJunkin
Computer technology has fertilized the ground for the development of multipurpose mixing consoles that are not limited in terms of application to live sound or recording. Surprisingly, this versatility is not just relegated to the ranks of digital mixers…
Columns
Ecommerce Websites
By Don Kreski
Don Kreski explorers whether an Ecommerce Website is what your business needs…
Real-world Investment
By Cynthia Wisehart
If you were envious in past years of venture capitalists and the people they fund in emerging markets, consider this: $929 billion flowed in 2007; in 2009, it will be $165 billion, according to the Institute for International Finance. …
InfoComm Focuses on AV Math
By Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D.
Summer is over, and students around the country are getting back to basics. In schools across the country, the subject of math curriculum is enough to strike fear in the hearts of administrators, faculty, parents, and students. But it’s time we discussed math curricula as an industry…
Departments
Audio at Selland Arena, Fresno, Calif.
By Jessaca Gutierrez
Until recently, the sound experience at Selland Arena in Fresno, Calif., was very telling of its age. …
Association Focus: CEDIA University Gears Up for an Autumn of Education
The end of CEDIA Expo doesn’t mean the end of the school year at CEDIA University. …
Associations Focus: NSCA’s Insurance Solution Helps Members Stabilize Healthcare Costs
Mitek Electronics and Communications Group recently switched insurance providers to join the industry-specific insurance solutions program, NSCA’s SystemsPlus Health Solutions….
Associations Focus: ANSI Approves First InfoComm Performance Standard
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the InfoComm International board of directors have released InfoComm’s first performance standard, ANSI/InfoComm 1M-2009, Audio Coverage Uniformity in Enclosed Listener Areas. …
What’s New
Leon Speakers Axis Loudspeakers
At CEDIA Expo 2009, Leon Speakers reinforced its new direction as a provider of high-fidelity, immersive custom audio solutions …
David Wiener Collection Audio System
David Wiener Collection (DWC) has launched a full line of luxurious home and office music systems equipped with exclusive music-enhancing and wireless transmission software. …
PSB Speakers Image Series Loudspeakers
PSB Speakers introduces a dramatically new edition of its successful Image series loudspeakers benefiting from top-level technology trickled down from the highly acclaimed Synchrony and Imagine series….
Projectiondesign Avielo Kroma Projector
The new kroma HD projector uses revolutionary ReaLED illumination technology delivering better colors, more contrast, and a greener future. …
CubeX Video Videowall Monitor
CubeX Video announced the availability of a new ultrathin videowall monitor with an exceptionally thin bezel measuring just 1/8in., for a gap of just a 1/4in….
Video Mount Products PM-LP Projector Mount
Video Mount Products is proud to announce its new PM-LP universal yokeless low-profile projector mount. …
Anthem LTX 300 and LTX 500 Front Projectors
Anthem announces the availability of two high-performance LCoS projectors, its first offerings in the projector category. …
Panamax/Furman BlueBolt IP Controller
BlueBolt is a new technology providing secure, hosted IP system control over compatible Panamax and Furman products. …
PPC Compression Connectors
PPC highlights its unique Locking HDMI Cable, a patented locking device that grips a port with three times the strength of conventional connectors, enabling average port retention of 12lbs….
RTI T1-B System Controller
RTI’s T1-B offers intuitive, customizable control in a sleek and sexy design worthy of any home. …
Hall Research Technologies SW-VRS232-2S Switch
Hall Research Technologies announces the release of the model SW-VRS232-2S, a dual PC video and RS-232 switch with a remote user option. …
Extron Electronics TouchLink Control System
Extron Electronics is pleased to introduce TouchLink, the first fully configuration-based touchpanel control systems with the power to handle the control needs of single-display rooms, dual-display rooms, divisible rooms, multi-image systems, and videoconferencing suites. …
