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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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05/10/11 01:33 PM,
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Stewart Audio has announced a new web portal and the first in a series of webinars specifically designed for installed sound professionals. The new web portal can be accessed here. The inaugural webinar dates are Friday, May 20, 2011 at 10:30 AM PST and Friday June 10th at 10:30 AM PST. A link to register for the webinars can be accessed in the web portal. One of the most notable aspects of registering with the Stewart Audio web portal is…
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05/10/11 10:35 AM,
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When Messenger Media Systems of Covington, Georgia was called in to do the audio for the New Life Church, the primary challenge was providing a powerful system for a spacious sanctuary on a limited budget. As Senior Systems Engineer Christopher Bragg, puts it, “The client had purchased an old high school which they used for administrative offices and built a large sanctuary behind it. “It was a 2,000-seat church and they only had $100,000 for the audio system because they’d…
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05/10/11 08:28 AM,
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The A.J. Gordon Memorial Chapel at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts is among one of the top Christian colleges and the only non-denominational college in New England. The chapel seats 1,600, making it one of the largest venues on Boston’s North Shore. Recently, MFI Productions of Hooksett, New Hampshire, installed a 21st century audio system based around a new, white NEXO GEO S12 line array. “The Chapel on campus is the largest performance venue on campus, bringing international speakers, scholars,…
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Friday, May 06, 2011
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05/06/11 08:20 AM,
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District 36, Manhattan’s new dance club built around a super sound system, uses Powersoft amplifiers to drive the beat for a dizzying house and techno dance experience. Heralding from a 14,000 square-foot former clothing factory, the club’s mission is to provide a simple physical lay-out, combined with a killer sound system operated by top-level DJ talent. Gary Stewart Audio (GSA), in association with RLA, designed this mega-system and specified eleven K2 DSP+AESOP and four K6 DSP+AESOP Powersoft amplifiers controlled with…
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Friday, April 29, 2011
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04/29/11 08:13 AM,
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The MUSIC Group has recently filed suit in U.S. District Court against Peavey Electronic Corporation for false advertising, false patent marking and unfair competition. The suit is based on Peavey’s alleged intentional mislabeling of its products in the U.S. market. An on-going investigation by the MUSIC Group revealed that Peavey’s products are not labeled in accordance with U.S. patent laws and FCC regulations. Evidence obtained from an independent certified testing lab shows that 7 out of 10 Peavey products tested…
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
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04/21/11 07:36 AM,
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With growing international sales of its established lines and expansion in sales of its Jupiter “zero learning curve” processors, Symetrix is pleased to announce that it will be working with two new distributors in Asia: Electronics & Engineering (Singapore, Malaysia, India) and Soundus Corporation (Korea). “I am impressed by the Apps paradigm (borrowed from smartphone technology) and the wealth of features of the new Jupiter DSP platform,” said Gary Goh of Singapore-based Electronics & Engineering. “It certainly is a powerful…
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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04/20/11 12:40 PM,
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The Eisenhower Hall Theatre at West Point Military Academy, the second largest proscenium-style theater in the United States, recently chose Powersoft K Series amplifiers. Big Mo Pro, the systems integrator contracted by the theater to upgrade its audio system, chose to install 32 Powersoft K6 and K8 series amplifiers driving a 72-box line array system for the 4,325-seat performance space. “Powersoft has been my amplifier of choice since it was introduced to me five years ago,” says Greg Rosenkrans, co-owner…
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Keith Clark
04/20/11 12:14 PM,
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In the world of professional sound design and installation, there’s an old adage that goes “your system is only as good as the weakest component in the signal chain.” This is especially true of a sound system’s loudspeakers. They are the last link in the chain, directly responsible for communicating everything that’s been done to the signal along the way. The Basics One thing’s for sure: if a system sounds lousy, the listening audience will automatically shift their gaze first…
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04/20/11 08:16 AM,
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Stewart Audio is pleased to announce the introduction of the AV100 power amplifier. As the company’s latest addition to its line of versatile power amplifiers, the new AV100 makes a great choice for driving both subwoofers and full range loudspeakers. The AV100 is designed and built to meet the rigorous demands of commercial and residential integrators in addition to being a great choice for musicians looking for high quality audio performance. The AV100’s competitive pricing, lightweight design, and its convection…
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
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04/14/11 10:00 AM,

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Here is a way to increase the actual power delivered to your loudspeakers by 5 percent to 15 percent just by doing a simple wiring change. First, a bit about power amplifiers. Look at the typical power amp as a device that has two reservoirs of energy - one positive, one negative. The audio signal sent to the amp acts as a control to release the energy from the reservoirs to the output. But the problem is that when an…
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