All too often, I have a client who has a projection need that falls into the gap between the available options. It may be pricing or features, but I find the available options are less than ideal. This time it was an auditorium that had the need for a projector that was bright ...read more

Christie Digital is bringing the features and capabilities from their high-end projection products to more of their line up. I had the opportunity to spend time with the DHD850-GS laser-based projector. What I found was a projector with a well-developed set of features that are ...read more

Sony has been in the laser projection business since 2013. They have two broad lines of projectors that are aimed at the installation market. One is what Sony refers to as the “Advanced” installation line. These are the full-featured projectors that include much higher light ...read more

Unveiled at the 2017 NAMM Show in Anaheim, the TG 500 wireless system series is an affordable and flexible wireless series from renowned German pro audio manufacturer beyerdynamic. Available in five configurations— two vocal handheld kits, clip-on mic, headworn mic, and ...read more

For those unfamiliar with the Bittree brand of patchbays, it is worth noting that the company’s founder, CEO Glenn Garrard, got his start in the music industry by building and maintaining speakers and tape machines for Detroit’s Motown Records alongside the illustrious Berry ...read more

Canon gave us an amazing 4K projector in the REALiS 4K500ST and the REALiS 4K501ST multimedia projectors. Both provide amazing color and clarity. Now, Canon has taken the idea of a native 4K LCOS projector and added a laser engine. The REALiS 4K600STZ has been aimed at those ...read more

Radial ’s unique  Space Heater ($1,699 street) is an eight-channel stereo summing mixer featuring a 12AX7 tube per input pair for saturation, packaged in a 1U rack-mount chassis. It uniquely creates aurally pleasing line-level saturation-generated tonalities while providing ...read more

Yet because PreSonus tends to optimize its designs and technologies for the working musician, it can sometimes limit the same products in the professional realm. That said, PreSonus is effectively reaching the new generation of A/V professionals with the kind of products I ...read more

QSC has been well known in the theater, house-of-worship (HOW) and fixed installation market for decades now for their superb loudspeakers. Clear leaders in powered loudspeaker technologies, QSC has thrived in a marketplace that has fully embraced such innovations, challenging ...read more

Marketed for use in notably physically demanding applications, Samson’s AirLine 88 AH8 is a wireless microphone headset system offering 16 UHF channels, operating within the 24 MHz band. Essentially two parts, the AirLine 88 is comprised of the AH8 Fitness Headset Transmitter ...read more

Most of us involved in live sound pursuits have become quite familiar with Peavey loudspeakers over the years. In my experience, they are, in general, physically overbuilt (in a good way), constructed to withstand the rigors of rehearsal, club and DIY touring applications and ...read more

Over seven decades, German pro audio manufacturer Sennheiser secured its legendary reputation by building worldclass microphones, headphones and wireless systems, yet arguably some of its most interesting products have hit the market within the last few years. For example, ...read more

Having previously reviewed CAD Audio’s CADLive D90 supercardioid dynamic handheld microphone, I was eager to audition the CADLive 3000 UHF Wireless Series. It benefits from having a handheld transmitter with the rugged, carefully frequency-sculpted, and high SPL-handling D90 ...read more

CAD Audio has become well known for its overachieving products, especially considering their various lines’ relatively low price points. First thriving in the project studio with its Equitek line and now, having ventured into broadcast production and sound reinforcement markets ...read more

On stages, behind sanctuaries and elsewhere inside theaters, houses-of-worship and various performance venues throughout the country, there is almost always a lack of sufficient test tools available to the resident audio pro. Most needed is the cable tester, in which signal flow ...read more

Designed for hands-free operation, headset microphones—with or without a built-in, in-ear monitor—have become quite popular beyond their original most common applications. From mundane cubicle jobs to glamorous stage work, wearing a microphone on your head provides significant ...read more

Quite often in our various professional-grade audio I/O schemes, we have adopted user-friendly, functional tools that are built to last a long time, well serving their intended purposes—multi-input/multi-zone analog mixers, for example. Especially in institutional, educational ...read more

A three-model in-ear monitor range, Audio-Technica’s E-Series offer professional grade monitoring devices at attractive, arguably-bargain price points, suitable for a wide range of applications. From the house-of-worship (HOW) assisted listener to the wireless-monitoring ...read more

TASCAM’s latest incarnation of their DR-100 Linear PCM Recorder—the mkIII handheld—is a rugged and uniquely-equipped location recorder that is notably featured in its versatility, I/O options and intuitiveness, not to mention its fail-proof power supply redundancy scheme. In ...read more

On the heels of the AES Convention in Los Angeles where KRK announced their new line, the V Series (slated to replace VXT), I felt inspired to check out the smallest, most affordable KRK 3-piece monitoring system available today, a Rokit 4 G3 Nearfield Studio Monitor stereo pair ...read more

One of my favorite handheld dynamic microphones of all time is ElectroVoice’s PL80a, the brand’s top supercardioid dynamic that is frequency-sculpted to translate vocals in live environments, allowing them to sit notably snug in a mix. At $99, it’s affordable and flexible; it ...read more

Long recognized as a pioneering name in portable PA (PPA), JBL Professional’s EON Series products are literally everywhere—in clubs, rehearsal spaces, houses-of-worship, theaters, etc. Over time, the EON range has been refined to offer more power and performance at an ...read more

Over the past few years, Mackie has introduced some profound new wireless mixing solutions for the live sound marketplace, originally marked by the debut of its DL Series. Just as Apple’s iPad is the key third-party component of DL Series products, either an iPhone/iPod or ...read more