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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
John Murray
10/26/10 01:20 PM,
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Question: A while ago, I wondered what caused a Constant Directivity (CD) horn to exhibit a roll-off different from any other. I made the assumption the phenomenon existed after seeing numerous processing products that include “CD horn compensation.” I was told that no such thing existed, and that the roll-off exhibited was due to the break point associated with the diaphragm mass of the driver. Could you please elaborate on what the truth is here? And what is this break…
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Mike Sessler
10/26/10 10:58 AM,

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This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. One of the most fascinating topics I’ve ever written about has to be rechargeable batteries. I’ve tweeted about and read countless comment threads on the topic and there seems to be three camps of people in the rechargeable battery debate. The first group has used them for years, loves them and wouldn’t consider going back to alkaline batteries. The second group has never used them, though most have heard the horror stories and…
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PSW Staff
10/26/10 08:52 AM,
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Taylors First Baptist Church in Taylors, South Carolina was chartered and established in 1864. The ‘u-shaped’ sanctuary seats approximately 2,100, and with two services on Sunday mornings, the church serves a congregation of 3,000. Recently, Palmetto Sound Works of Spartanburg, S.C. was contracted to perform an upgrade to their existing audio system originally installed in 1995. About four years ago, the audio contractor performed a partial upgrade that included a Yamaha M7CL-48 digital audio console. This year, the complete upgrade…
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PSW Staff
10/26/10 07:59 AM,
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QSC Audio Products has announced that Ray van Straten has been appointed as the company’s new Director of Marketing Communications. In this role, van Straten will be responsible for all day-to-day marketing communications activities as well as, the creation and development of all QSC branding, marketing collateral and communications initiatives. “I am excited and honored to be entrusted with this responsibility,” states van Straten, QSC’s new Director of Marketing Communications. “When you walk the corridors of QSC you see passion,…
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PSW Staff
10/26/10 07:35 AM,
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Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) has appointed industry veteran Brad Lyons as GC Pro Account Manager, based in the company’s Atlanta location. In his new position, Lyons will draw on his extensive experience in pro audio sales and worship sound to help GC Pro expand its presence in the studio, live, post production and house-of-worship market sectors. The announcement was made by Rick Plushner, GC Pro Director, and further underscores GC Pro’s ongoing commitment to the continuing growth of GC…
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Monday, October 25, 2010
PSW Staff
10/25/10 04:19 PM,
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Aviom president and co-founder Carl Bader will be offering his expert advice on digital audio networks for live applications during two panels at AES 2010. The first of these will be “Live Monitoring and Latency with Digital Audio Networks” taking place on Friday, November 5, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm. Bader will be presenting real-world examples and discussing issues related to audio latency and digital networks, specifically when considering personal monitoring and traditional, speaker-based monitoring for live situations. Preferences…
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PSW Staff
10/25/10 12:40 PM,
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Lab X Technologies recently hired Chuck Ruffino as an Embedded Digital Engineer In a move that addresses the increased demand for efficient and affordable networking via IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) solutions, leading design resource. With 20 years experience in the design/engineering field, Ruffino will help enhance the already skilled Lab X engineers’ development capabilities for hardware and gateway development. “We are excited to begin drawing from Chuck’s experience and knowledge in the networking industry to continue augmenting our…
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PSW Staff
10/25/10 12:07 PM,
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Adamson Systems Engineering has announced the addition of several new companies as US representatives. The first two are Meyer Marketing which covers all of Florida from two separate offices, one for Southern and one for Central/Northern Florida. The second, is Marketing Concepts with headquarters in Dallas TX, serving TX excluding El Paso, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas from five strategically located field offices. Meyer Marketing represents other high end sound products, among them Lab.gruppen, Middle Atlantic Products, RDL and Blue Microphones,…
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PSW Staff
10/25/10 10:17 AM,
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Bringing together more than 50 nations from around the world, the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India opened its 12-day athletic competition with a large, multi-array JBL VERTEC line array system powered by Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers to support the opening ceremonies. The system successfully filled the Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, occupied by more than 60,000 spectators and nearly 5,000 athletes. Audio production companies Norwest Productions (Australia) and Sound.com (India) collaborated to implement Auditoria’s sophisticated event system design in…
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10/25/10 08:00 AM,
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After sneak-previewed at Frankfurt 2010 as its European debut, Alcons Audio is now presenting its new BQ211 subwoofer, which extends the low frequency response of the company’s pro-ribbon systems for both permanent and portable applications. It is the first introduction of the upcoming LR24 mid-sized pro-ribbon line-array touring system. The BQ211 is a double-tuned, quarter-wave loaded subwoofer system which is designed to offer maximum, prolonged high impact SPL performance from a comparatively small footprint. Featuring the very latest materials and…
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