July 2006
Features
Feedback and Suppressors
By Dana Troxel
Acoustic feedback (also known as the Larsen Effect) has been roaming around sound reinforcement systems for a very long time, and everyone seems to have their own way to tame the feedback lion. Digital signal processing…
Year for New AV Gear
Staff Report
The world’s largest AV tradeshow got even bigger in June with the 2006 edition of InfoComm in Orlando, Fla. According to InfoComm International, attendance figures for this year’s InfoComm exhibition hit…
InfoComm Pick Hits 2006
Staff Report
During InfoComm 2006, Sound & Video Contractor’s judges patrolled the show floor at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., looking for new products deserving of Pick Hit awards. What makes a product Pick Hit-worthy? Well, first, it has to be new, and real. That means the product hasn’t been shown at any previous InfoComm shows; it’s shown on the show floor at InfoComm 2006 as a real product (not as a technology demo); and it’s set to ship in 2006. But more importantly, the product must be technologically…
Technology Showcase:
Equipment Racks
By Jay Ankeney
In some ways, 19in. equipment racks in permanent AV installations can be compared to ballroom dancing. Just as the three-quarter beat of a waltz is understood…
Technology Showcase:
Lavalier Microphones
By Bruce Borgerson
The lavalier microphone is a shrinking device with a shrunken name. The origin of the term harks back to a type of jewelry pendant popularized by the Duchesse de la Vallière, a favored mistress of Louis XIV…
Installation Profile:
Multifaceted Ministry
By Jennifer Blum
In 1998, the congregation of Fellowship Bible Church in Dallas was worshipping in a converted office building. But the church, formed in 1977, needed…
Reviews
Harman Pro Group HiQnet
By John McJunkin
Way back in the good (or bad) old days, we had microphones, mixers, amplifiers, loudspeakers, signal processing, and cabling. And that was it. We hooked…
StrandVision Digital Signage System
By Jeff Sauer
Digital signage has clearly become one of the hottest topics in the AV industry, and rightly so. There are major growth opportunities in selling the displays and hardware, but also in leveraging an AV contractor’s expertise building out infrastructures to move and present media…
Columns
Signs All Around
By Michael Goldman
At InfoComm, I noticed quantum leaps all over the technology landscape, particularly in two robust markets: houses of worship and digital signage. On…
Picture This: InfoComm 2006
By Jeff Sauer
InfoComm’s image display menu has grown quite a bit since the heady days of the great Projection Shoot-Out. Sure, there’s still the Large Venue Gallery,…
Associations Focus: Busy Season
NSCA provides members of the electronic systems industry with the research and training tools they need to grow their businesses…
POV: Formula for Excellence
By Randal A. Lemke, Ph.D.
Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, said, It is easier to do a job right than explain why you didn’t. That adage certainly applies…
Departments
The Buzz: Install of the Month:
First Baptist Church, Alpharetta, Ga.
Founded more than 100 years ago by 19 charter members as a modest, white-framed building, the First Baptist Church of Alpharetta, Ga., enjoys a rich heritage….
The Buzz: Newsmakers
Leviton Manufacturing Company has appointed Matthew Terry as western regional sales manager for its Integrated Networks and Controls division, Joseph…
The Buzz: Contractor’s Web Watch
Each month DVDO by Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. auctions off a new product package on its website, donating all the proceeds…
The Buzz: Upcoming Events
July 11-13 VSDA’s Home Entertainment 2006 Las Vegas show.vsdahomeentertainment.com; 12-13Technology Expo Tampa, Fla. www.aviinc.com…
The Buzz: Industry News
Peerless de Mexico, a wholly owned subsidiary of Peerless Industries, has signed an agreement with…
What’s New
What’s New:
Video Technology
By Charissa Young
Jupiter Systems’ Fusion 960 display wall processor…
What’s New:
Audio Technology
By Charissa Young
Euphonix’s System 5 digital audio mixing system features an upgraded major control surface complete with high-resolution displays to show multiformat metering, routing, channel designation…
What’s New: Residential Technology
By Charissa Young
Onkyo’s 2-channel, stereo-integrated A-9555 amplifier builds on Onkyo’s new fourth-generation VL Digital Amplifier technology, which implements…
What’s New: IT Technology
By Charissa Young
Bell Microproducts’ new line of network storage, the Hammer Z-Series, integrates Z-SAN Storage-over-IP technology, eliminating the need for costly…
What’s New: Security Technology
By Charissa Young
Speco Technologies’ new vandal-proof HT-650 IR dome color camera series is functional in both indoor and outdoor applications an upgrade…
What’s New: AV Technology
By Charissa Young
Pace Micro Technology’s Miami DC757 HD set-top box is equipped with a DSG and CableCard device for conditional access. It has extensive connectivity…
