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Friday, August 14, 2009
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08/14/09 09:26 AM,
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As part of a planned expansion, Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems has added two additional manufacturer rep firms to spearhead sales of NEXO loudspeaker products in the U.S. R. Joseph Group, located in Columbus, Ohio, will be handling NEXO sales efforts in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. “The loudspeaker industry is in desperate need of a new leader,” states Rob Joseph, President of R. Joseph Group. “We firmly believe that NEXO is well positioned to assume this role…
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
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07/30/09 06:38 AM,
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Symetrix has announced a new representative for the Rocky Mountain region - Signal Marketing, based in Midvale, Utah, will represent Symetrix, SymNet, Lucid, and AirTools products in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, eastern Montana, and El Paso, Texas. “Looking at Symetrix, we were impressed by the comments we received from customers and even other reps,” said Steve Trump, principal at Signal Marketing. “Two things stood out. First, the equipment is designed and built well; Symetrix offers unparalleled value for…
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Friday, July 24, 2009
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07/24/09 10:22 AM,
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Eighth Day Sound recently did double-duty on two major events, the Hot 97 Summer Jam at Giants Stadium in New York, and then moving south to the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee. In both cases, the Highland Heights, Ohio-based sound reinforcement company provided four DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing consoles. At the annual Hot 97 Summer Jam, Eighth Day supported all acts, including Mary J. Blige, Jadakiss, T-Pain, Young Jeezy and Elephant Man, while at Bonnaroo, they handled the…
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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07/15/09 10:11 AM,
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The Board of Directors of InfoComm International has selected Jim Ford, PE, of Ford Audio-Video Systems to serve as InfoComm Secretary-Treasurer for the remainder of 2009. Ford will serve as President-Elect in 2010, and will continue to ascend through InfoComm’s offices, in accordance with the InfoComm Bylaws. “InfoComm’s Board of Directors had the unfortunate task of selecting a successor to Michael Vergauwen, who passed away a few weeks ago,” said Jay Rogina, CTS, President, InfoComm International. “The Board consulted with…
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
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06/02/09 09:28 AM,
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A short drive north of Houston, Devasco International in Tomball, Texas specializes in customized welding and metalworking solutions. With a large staff, a 62,000-square-foot warehouse, and plenty of industrial-grade machinery, it’s not among the quietest of environments. Recently, the company installed a variety of Community Professional loudspeakers to handle a variety of sound reinforcement and paging needs throughout the facility. The loudspeakers were specified by Devasco Controller/Treasurer David Scott, who also holds a degree as an acoustical engineer. Fourteen Community…
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Monday, May 18, 2009
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05/18/09 01:21 PM,
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At the recent 2009 WFX show in Long Beach, leading AV system and acoustical design consulting firms Acoustic Dimensions and Sound Technology Consultants (STC) of San Diego announced a merger, resulting in the expansion of the geographic base of Acoustic Dimensions across the entire U.S. In 1992, Craig Janssen, Vance Breshears and David Kahn met together to discuss forming a consulting firm that would provide whole systems design thinking to spaces where people gather together to share an experience. Kahn…
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Friday, May 01, 2009
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Northside Christian Church of Spring, Texas, recently installed a new sound system featuring loudspeakers and subwoofers from EAW as part of the development of the church’s new worship facility. Vance Breshears and Kelly Dunlop of El Cajon, California-based Sound Technology Consultants were the A/V and lighting design consultants for the project, and the A/V installation contractor was David Hairel and a team from Hairel Enterprises of Conroe, Texas. The church team included music director Jeremi Carnes and mix engineer Jose…
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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04/21/09 12:48 PM,
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Harman Professional Chief Executive Officer Blake Augsburger has been named a recipient of Texas Tech University’s Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering Distinguished Engineer Award. The prestigious award is a recognition of University alum who have excelled in their profession, have provided inspiration to their peers and have demonstrated a continuing interest in areas outside of engineering. Augsburger joins Chi-Ming Chang, James A. Edmiston, Shelby Johnson and J. G. Soules as 2009 Distinguished Engineer Award recipients for outstanding contributions…
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Presenting myriad angled planes and asymmetrical layout, St. Laurence Catholic Church in Sugar Land, Texas has been recently enlarged and furnished with glass and stone surfaces, but the visually striking sanctuary also carried the potential of jumbling words and music in multiple uncontrolled reflections. The solution was discreet acoustical treatments working hand-in-hand with a precision-calibrated Meyer Sound line arrays to provide markedly improved clarity along with a greater sense of intimacy. Mary Thompson, the music director at St. Laurence, has…
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