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Monday, August 24, 2009
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08/24/09 12:32 PM,
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The new Mackie Thump TH-15A is a two-way, self-powered portable loudspeaker. It incorporates a proprietary Class-D Fast Recovery amplifier that pushes 400-watts of power to the high-frequency 1-inch compression driver and 15-inch woofer. Proprietary Mackie Active processing (based on the company’s popular SRMv2 Series), including a precision crossover and driver time-alignment, provides total optimization for maximum system efficiency. The TH-15A also features a user-adjustable 3-band EQ for tone control, providing an available 15 dB boost or cut at 80 Hz…
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
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The new Biema MAX 10 loudspeaker combines the advantages of wide frequency response and dynamic range with low harmonic distortion and high fidelity. The MAX 10 high-frequency component employs a BMS driver made in Germany, while the rotatable horn provides 50-degree by 80-degree coverage. The 10-inch woofer is mounted in a vented enclosure tuned for optimized low frequency response. An internal passive filter network provides all acoustical crossover and equalization. Inputs and outputs are Neutrik Type NL4, wired in parallel.…
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
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Turner Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves, originally opened as the Centennial Olympic Stadium for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Following the games, it was converted to a baseball park, with was part of the plan all along, and the Braves moved in at the start of the 1997 season. A new stadium-wide sound reinforcement system for the 49,000-seat venue, implemented this past off-season, features a distributed approach, utilizing custom-built loudspeakers that would easily be installed in…
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Friday, July 03, 2009
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07/03/09 12:03 PM,
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Based acoustically on the AKG Blue Line Series, the newest addition to AKG’s product line-up, the Architectural Microphone Series (AMS), presents a new wave of customizable possibilities in microphones. AMS was unveiled at 2009 InfoComm in Orlando. AMS allows users to customize the microphone by easily adjusting the length of the gooseneck module as well as selecting various designs for the shape of the capsule housing unit. The self-designed microphone can be personalized with any color as well as a…
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07/03/09 05:14 AM,
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The new JBL Professional Control CRV loudspeaker, introduced at 2009 InfoComm in Orlando, affords numerous mounting options and a wide range of configurations, providing a wide variety of solutions in terms of coverage, appearance and mounting. Immediately noticeable is the Control CRV’s unique, contemporary, quarter-round design that makes a modern design statement, adding to any venue’s visual aesthetics in either a wall-mounted or corner-mounted configuration. In addition, this sleek appearance serves a notable functional purpose, as the Control CRV is…
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
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Community Professional has enhanced its WET and R-Series loudspeakers, ideal for outdoor sound reinforcement, with the introduction of color-matched grilles and yokes with improved weather-resistance. As an example, Community’s R-Series, beginning with the model R.5HP, will gain attractive, two-layer, powder-coated steel yokes and grilles. These will be light gray in color, to match the enclosure, and will enhance the product’s weather-resistance as well as improving the appearance. The rest of the R-Series product line will receive the same makeover later…
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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Meyer Sound has introduced the JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker, a self-powered high-Q system designed to integrate seamlessly in tight-packed clusters where horizontal coverage must be predictably scaled to exacting requirements. Distinguished by its precisely defined 20-degree horizontal by 60-degree vertical pattern, the JM-1P delivers controlled coverage while minimizing reverberation in large or reflective acoustical environments. With a consistent polar response and trapezoidal enclosure patented by Meyer Sound, the JM-1P delivers optimum performance in tight-packed arrays providing horizontal coverage that is proportional…
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
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At 2009 InfoComm in Orlando, Califone introduced ClearSound, a high-fidelity two-way loudspeaker system designed to be mounted flush in ceilings and walls. Each ClearSound loudspeaker is equipped with a 6.5-inch (165mm) woofer, a 1-inch (25.4mm) tweeter and an integrated crossover. It is rated at 8 Ohms impedance and designed to operate with an average (RMS) power rating of 30 watts and a peak power rating of 60 watts. “We’re very pleased to add a high-quality ceiling loudspeaker to our line…
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
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At 2009 InfoComm, Astatic introduced the new Astatic 1600VP, a unique continuously-variable pattern condenser hanging microphone system with remote polar control and an anti-rotational positioning mount. Designed to hang from ceilings, the 1600VP is highly effective in the recording and sound reinforcement of choirs, instruments and ambient micing, in addition to government, institutional and business applications. A low-profile carbon fiber boom (MB-1) is available for microphone stand mounting. The remote variable polar pattern control uses a two-conductor shielded cable (maximum…
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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At 2009 InfoComm in Orlando, Renkus-Heinz, worldwide distributor of Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) products, hosted the debut of the new AFMG A/D-D/A converter, the 8-input EASERA Gateway x.8. The x.8 is the product of a collaboration between AFMG and German hardware designers DSPECIALISTS, and is designed to complement AFMG’s EASERA and SysTune audio measurement software tools to provide sound system engineers with a complete PA system tuning package. The Gateway x.8 is the first 8-input/2-output converter specifically designed for…
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