Sound & Video Contractor presents product coverage related to microphone technology

Audix Introduces Slim-line Headset

Audix’s HT-5 is an omnidirectional headset microphone designed for fidelity, functionality, and durability. The versatility of the HT-5 allows it to be used for a wide variety of applications including: theatre, presentations, houses of worship, boardrooms, live music vocals, broadcast, and instruments. The omnidirectional headset maintains high speech intelligibility without sounding hollow or harsh, while the low-profile design focuses the attention of the listener on the speaker, not the microphone. ...

What's New:
Audio Technology

The System Devices PM10-3 multi-zone stations are compatible with industry-standard microphones including dynamic, condenser, and electret styles, and use low-cost UTP Cat-5e structured cabling. Intuitive push-button access with label identification allows users...

What's New:
Audio Technology

MXL's Mac-based iBooster interface is designed to raise any low-level input signal, such as microphones and electric guitar, to interface with the audio input level of a Mac. It also simplifies adding dialogue to a presentation, creating podcasts, or recording a musical performance...

Technology Showcase:
Microphone Preamps

By Bennett Liles

In modern parlance, the terms and have, for practical purposes, become inextricably linked. In every field, maximum effort is being made to stretch available resources for maximum effect, and nowhere is this trend more evident than in the world of low-cost mic preamps...

InfoComm Redux

By Mark Johnson and Trevor Boyer

When I think of InfoComm, a snippet of an old Doobie Brothers song comes to mind: "It keeps you runnin'…" This is a big show, with much territory to cover. While not as large as NAB or CES, InfoComm has steadily grown to a size that only a limited number...

Media Vision USA Introduces Enhancements to Close-Talk Infrared Conference System

Media Vision USA has announced a new version of its Close-Talk wireless conference and voting system. The new Close-Talk IR conferencing system is equipped with an expandable telescopic microphone that can stretch from 12in. to 20in. The microphone pre-amplifier is new as well, as is the circuit board in the delegate station—features that improve the sound quality of the system. The new central unit has an additional four-XLR connectivity for line in/out, as well as a tele input and output. The connectivity from the central unit to infrared transceivers has changed to standard RJ-45 sockets, making the termination much easier for contractors installing the system....

AKG C 414 B/XLS

By John McJunkin

On the short list of uber-popular, high-quality, large-diaphragm condenser mics is AKG's C 414, available in several versions. This mic was based on the landmark C 12 A, which first appeared in 1962. The C 12 A was the first AKG mic with the "trapezoidal" windscreen. Since that time, the mic has progressed through several variations. Current iterations include the C 414 B/XL II and the C 414 B/XLS...

Inter-M's IMS-9000 Conference System Provides Seamless Performance

Inter-M's new IMS-9000 conference system is a complete, plug-and-play package bringing new levels of flexible performance and natural-sounding speech to corporate meetings, seminars, municipal hearings, and virtually any other application where group communications take place. Ideally suited for boardrooms, hotels, and convention centers, the system is perfect for either permanent or rental installations. Comprising an expandable base of delegate microphone units, each equipped with its own latching talk switch and active indicator, the IMS-9000 conference system is managed by a master control unit with a capacity for overseeing the operation of up to 48 microphones. Given overall system priority, the system's chairman mic can be used to turn off all delegate microphones. ...

Technology Showcase: Wireless Mics

By Gary Eskow

It's easy to understand why wireless microphones are so popular. Why would you want to be tethered by wires when you could fly free, showing off your flow charts in all directions or belting out a song-and-dance number without wondering if you'll accidentally choke yourself?...

NSCA 2005 Wrapup

By Mark Johnson and Trevor Boyer

Sprinkler system malfunction and misdirected emergency evacuation announcement notwithstanding, the 2005 NSCA Systems Integration Expo in Orlando, Fla., can be classified as a success. With 11,000 attendees and 600 exhibitors, there was plenty to see and do. There were three technology pavilions this year ...