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Vol. 58 No. 7 July 23, 2012
AV FOR SYSTEMS INTE GRATORS, CONTRACTO RS AND CONSULTANTS
FAMILY OWNED
SMALLTOWN
SOPHISTICATION
HARTVILLE HARDWARE IS FAR FROM
A SIMPLE AV INSTALLATION
GETTING IT RETAIL
AN OVERVIEW OF AV SYSTEMS IN
TODAY’S STORE ENVIRONMENTS
AVent HORIZON
OPEN SESAME! WATCH FOR SIRI ON STEROIDS
27th COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS
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Twenty-seventh Annual
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For sheer simplicity in presentation spaces, Barc
NEWSLETTER MUSIC GROUP ACQUIRES TURBOSOUND, APPOI
NEWSLETTER BROADSIGN COMPLETES SALE TO JEDFAM GRO
PRECISION DISPLAYS FOR EVERY VENUE iVision Series
Rio1608-D 3U rack size 16 inputs, 8 outpu
Line Dancing A pragmatic look at line arrays. By
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There’s A Training Coming Get on board…. By Shona
Growth One of the most misused terms in business.
ers located in strategic areas of the world, new
Training the Tech Team This presents a win-win-wi
With dual 8”screens, viewing SD, HD and 2K SDI
Excellence, By Design Skyline Church reaches new
$1.5 million. Although that is a large investment
New StudioLive™16.0.2. The record-everything, con
auditorium. The arrays are powered by NEXO 3 NXAM
A view from Skyline’s FOH position, and a view
California State Senator Joel Anderson was presen
MOSCONE CENTER San Francisco, CA, USA Conf
of the technical staf f, makes switch- ing betwee
can see the services.” Five different high-defini
Swap Or Not? Sometimes, even the client knows bes
a happy ending, and Frank, because the client did
Digital Video Testing can be simple. By James Mal
Smart screen. Smarter ideas. The new Tensioned Co
When IT ‘Meets’ AV Net-AV: The marriage of a cons
The large military agency meeting room fea
based video communication becomes imperative for
Networking Is The Enemy Of AV Media Distribution!
One orchestra, 12 sound towers, 80 performing car
COUNTRY CHARM MEETS MODERN TECHNOLOGY Hartville H
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Hartville Hardware Audio One of the 12 zones, nea
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Equipment HARTVILLE HARDWARE Paging/Music System
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The banquet facility configured as one large 500-s
that out with a coverage calculator, that’s like
GETTING IT RETAIL An overview of AV systems in to
AV in retail environments is changi
tween seller and consumer, even inside the store
Audix Introduces the Band Pack BP7 PR
‘Disney and Apple stores’ immersiveness [is] a mo
Customer Expectations But something is driving
Retail Environments The industry shops for the be
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Open Sesame! Watch for Siri on steroids. By Pete
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T W E N T Y- S E V E N T H A N N U A L Commercial
SOUND & COMMUNICATIONS’ Twenty-seventh Annual Sur
Q #3 TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 60% 50% 2012 20
Q #5 CHARACTERIZE YOUR COMPANY’S BUSINESS 20% 1
Q #8 LARGEST JOB COMPLETED 40% 35% 30% 25% 20
Q #11 NUMBER OF JOBS BOOKED, NEXT 6 MONTHS 45%
Q #13 PERCENTAGE OF JOBS COMPETITIVELY BID? 45%
Q #17 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR LIGHTING-SPECIF
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