Table of Contents January 2006

AV Intelligence

Tech Tips

• Q & A: Speaker Cable

  I found a 1,000-foot spool of 27-year-old, 16 AWG West Penn #225 speaker cable in a closet. It's in a pink jacket, and the strands appear to be tinned copper in the center and a tin/silver color on the outside. Because the cable doesn't look oxidized, is there any reason why I shouldn't use it?

   

5-Minute Interview

• 5-Minute Interview: Bill Whitlock

  The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) tasked Bill Whitlock, an advocate of proper electrical grounding practices, to investigate the electrocution of a pastor in Waco, TX. Reverend Kyle Lake, 33, was fatally electrocuted while standing in a baptismal font after touching a wired...

   

Pop Quiz

• Pop Quiz: January 2006

  Test your knowledge of loudspeakers.

   

Other Articles

• Profiting From Web Streaming

  AS A fledgling company, Five by Five Communications Inc. of Alexandria, VA, has covered a lot of ground in the past two and a half years.

   

Community Views

Parallax View

• Now Appearing On Your Wall

  FOR SOME time now, Philips has been offering LCD TVs with a builtin, multicolor backlighting system. It's known as AmbiLight, and while it first made its debut at CES 2004, Philips has been plugging the heck out of the technology recently.

   

Consultant's Connection

• Pedagogy And AV Technology

  Pro AV technology has made great strides in adapting to teachers' needs, but teachers must also learn to adapt to today's technologies.

   

Viewpoint

• More Of What You Don't Need

  It seems that nearly every day, there are “new” products that look and sound just like the old ones. But how many do we really need?

   

Features

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  Prospecting For Profits

  Where's the action going to be for systems integrators in 2006? Pro AV recently polled our readers in an informal survey to find out just that, asking them which vertical markets will generate the profits of tomorrow.

   
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  All About LEDs

  Despite being about the size of your pinkie's fingernail, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) aren't far behind transistors in terms of ubiquity.

   

Install Solutions

Government Install

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  Court Creates Order With AV

  THE NEWLY-ERECTED courthouse at 320 Jay Street in Brooklyn, NY, occupies 25 floors of a new 32-story, 1.1 million-square-foot office tower. The $670 million building's modern architecture designed by Perkins Eastman Architects belies the fact that it houses the state's largest number of courtrooms...

   

Entertainment Install

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  Theater Adds Multipurpose AV System

  THE LEWIS and Shirley White Theater at the Overland Park Jewish Community Center (OPJCC) in Overland Park, KS, is a new, $10.1 million, 500-seat auditorium used for theatrical productions, live musical performances, and movie screenings. However, the theater, which officially opened in October 2005...

   
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  Club Attracts Talent With Sound System

  A NIGHTCLUB that's perfect for DJ shows may have a less-than-ideal setup for live performances, but that didn't stop San Francisco's Mezzanine club from trying to deliver both.

   

Tools & Tech

Peer Review

• Peer Review-Shure UHF-R UR24S/KSM9

  This latest wireless system from Shure comes packed with an abundance of features that I find very helpful on tour.

   

• Peer Review- Gefen EXT-HDTV-CAT-5 Extender

  This is a great solution in projects where the run is too long for traditional HDMI cables. It's also perfect for runs through conduit or in any situation where the connectors on HDMI cables would be difficult to work with.

   

What's Next

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  Sound Potential

  PRO AUDIO is about working with sound that's going in or out of a human body. But for Soundwave Research Laboratories, developing the next-generation of ribbon microphones means focusing on more than just mouths and ears.

   

New Products

Other Articles

• New Products: January 2006

  Telecast Fiber Systems multi-format video signal generator, Yamaha digital mixing console, Hitachi Software interactive presentation system ...

   
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  NAMM 2006 Product Preview

  A sampling of new products to be displayed at NAMM 2006, Jan. 19-22 in Anaheim, Calif.

   

Cheat Sheet

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  How to Conduct a Loudspeaker Demo

  Selling high-quality loudspeakers often requires a live demonstration. How you conduct the demo can ultimately affect the outcome. Here are some tips that help make audio system decision-making easier.