Products
Victrola Stream Carbon Review Roundup
Reviewers are impressed with this Works With Sonos turntable-- but the price may be too steep for some
Reviews
Need to Know
Review: TinySA spectrum analyzer
Pocket-sized device puts RF spectrum visualization in your toolbelt
Products
Review: Matrox QuadHead2Go Q155 appliance
Videowalls are all the rage, getting bigger and more elaborate all the time. Managing and feeding these walls may require expensive processors and many video sources. On the smaller...
Products
Audio Review: Shure TwinPlex TL46 and TH53 Subminiature Microphones
Shure designed the new TwinPlex line of subminiature microphones to address the unique requirements of news reporting, film, television, and, in our industry, corporate events and theatrical productions. These...
Audio
Audio Review: Shure Axient Digital Wireless
Stellar RF and Audio Performance in the 470-636 MHz Band
Industry
Review: DPI M-Vision Laser 18K Digital Projector
Every now and again, I have to take a step back and marvel at the technology we have available to us today. As I began to look at the...
Industry
Review: Sony VPL-FHZ120L
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...
Industry
James Colquhoun on Christie Digital DHD850-GS
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...
2017
James Colquhoun on Sony VPL-PWZ10
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on Beyerdynamic TG 500 Wireless System
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on Bittree Prostudio PS4825F Lunchbox Desktop TT Patchbay
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...
2017
James Colquhoun on Canon REALiS 4K600STZ
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on Radial Engineering Space Heater Tube Overdrive and Summing Mixer
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...
2017
Test Site: Liz May on Presonus
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on QSC TouchMix-30 Pro 32-Input Digital Mixer
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on Samson Airline 88 AH8 UHF Wireless Fitness Headset
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on Peavey DM 112 Powered Speaker System
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on Sennheiser TeamConnect
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on CAD Audio CADLive WX3000
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on CADLive D90 handheld mic
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on Dacs Limited Test Lab
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...
2017
Strother Bullins on DPA Microphones D:Fine Single-Ear Directional Headset
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,...
2017
Strother Bullins on Switchcraft AudioStix DI Series
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...
2016
Strother Bullins on Audio-Technica E-Series Professional In-Ear Monitor Headphones
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...
2016
Strother Bullins on Tascam Dr-100MKIII Linear PCM Recorder
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...
2016
Strother Bullins on KRK Rokit 4 G3 Nearfield Studio Monitors & 8S Studio Subwoofer
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...
2016
Strother Bullins on Electro-Voice ND Series Microphones
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...
2016
Strother Bullins on JBL Professional Eon One Personal PA
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...
2016
Strother Bullins on Mackie ProdX Series Wireless Digital Mixers
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...
2016
Strother Bullins on Denon Professional DN-700R Network SD/USB Recorder
The DN-700R is a flexible professional multi-format digital recorder with comprehensive I/O, useful for a wide range of applications in theaters and houses-of-worship, educational facilities, production and broadcast studios,...
2016
Strother Bullins on QSC Audio K Series Loudspeakers
After having reviewed numerous portable PA (PPA) enclosures over the years—most of which have been powered, two-way full-range speakers with at least a couple of input types available per...
2016
Strother Bullins on Cymatic Audio uTracK 24
Whether for live, installed sound or location recording applications, Cymatic Audio’s affordable uTrack 24 is a highly-functional yet cleanly designed and intuitive multitrack recorder/player and 24-input/output USB audio interface....
2016
James Colquohoun on Canon WUX6010
When it comes to installing projectors, we have a rather large array of options from which to choose. So, what make one better than another? Better stated, what are...
2016
Jim Colquhoun on NEC NP-UM352W
It has been a while since I took a close look at one of the newer ultra short-throw projectors. When I started looking closely at the NP-UM352W, I was...
2016
Strother Bullins on Audio-Technica ATW-T1006 Boundary and ATW-T1007 Mic Desk Stand Tansmitters
Last year I reviewed Audio-Technica’s System 10 PRO, the company’s well-received 2.4 GHz wireless system platform offering user-friendly operation via half-rack chassis with two receiver unit slots. Through an...
News
Jim Colquhoun on NEC UM352W
It has been a while since I took a close look at one of the newer ultra short-throw projectors. When I started looking closely at the NP-UM352W, I was...
News
Strother Bullins on Crown XLS DriveCore 2 Series Power Amplifiers
Though new portable PA speaker enclosures are increasingly self-powered—encompassing lightweight, high-power Class D amplification—many professionals still require separate amplifiers for their preferred passive speaker enclosures. Recognizing the needs of...
2016
Strother Bullins on Lewitt MTP Series 550 DM Handheld Microphone
With design headquarters in Vienna and manufacturing facilities in China, Perschon led his design/build team to pursue new, progressive microphone designs. The results are most apparent in Lewitt’s studio-...
2016
Strother Bullins on Audio-Technica BP40 Large Diaphragm Dynamic (LDD) Broadcast Microphone
Designed for use as a broadcast vocal microphone, the BP40 is actually quite superb in a broad range of applications where a large diaphragm dynamic (LDD) transducer with a...
2016
Jim Colquhoun on Sony VPL-FHZ65
We’ve heard a lot about laser-based projection over the last three or four years. From the outset, the technology promised low maintenance and long lamp life. Early models were...
2016
Crown XLS DriveCore 2 Series Power Amplifiers
Key features of the updated DriveCore 2 Series include expanded DSP capabilities with band pass filters; user-controllable lighting and a display sleep function; selectable 1.4Vrms or 0.775Vrms input sensitivity,...
2016
Strother Bullins Reviews Mackie Reach All-In-One Portable PA System
Will deliver both main and dual stage monitor duties quite well in many small- to medium-size rooms.
