Sound & Video Contractor presents features & columns related to loudspeaker technology

By Daniel Keller

If it's true that necessity is the mother of invention, then it must be equally axiomatic that competition is the mother of reinvention. It certainly...

The Buzz: Install of the Month:
Cabela’s Buda, Texas

By Gregory A. DeTogne

Within the outdoor industry, perhaps no company is entitled to claim the title of World's Foremost Outfitter better than Cabela's, the...

Danley Sound Labs Subs Solve Low-end Problems at Perimeter Church

Thermoplastics 101

By Bruce Borgerson

As molded cabinet loudspeakers proliferate throughout the marketplace, the lexicon of the AV systems integrator has expanded—perhaps reluctantly—ever deeper into the vocabulary of chemical engineering. ...

Installation Profile:
A Vision Realized

By Jack Kontney

When the staff of Southlake Foursquare Church in suburban West Linn, Ore., decided to expand, it had a vision it was determined to realize. The new structure...

The Buzz: Install of the Month:
Jubilee Auditoriums

By Jack Kontney

In 1955, to mark the 50th birthday of the province of Alberta in a memorable and lasting way, the Alberta government constructed two identical auditoriums—one in Edmonton and another in Calgary. Completed in 1957...

Installation Profile:
Standout Integration

By Jack Kontney

Every installation presents its own problems. Some are predictable, some not. Customer requirements may prove challenging, or physical anomalies in a facility may prevent tried-and-true designs from being implemented. But finding ways to provide solutions that meet user needs through creative application of technology keeps this industry interesting...

Suburban Chicago Church Welcomes QSC Audio to its Family

The faithful, small but growing congregation of the Family Life Church in Chicago recently had its faith rewarded. After many long Sunday meetings in a makeshift sanctuary in the Elgin O'Hare Commerce Building, the church received a truly remarkable donation — a new home. The gift of a classic church building, not far from the existing facility, was a welcome one indeed, and the Family Life staff immediately set about to make it their own, beginning with a new sound system based around ModularDesign (MD) series loudspeakers from Costa Mesa, Calif.-based QSC Audio Products. ...