WHITINSVILLE, MA – Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has named Florida-based Quest Marketing as their Sales Rep Firm of the Year. South Korean-based Dasan SR received acknowledgement as International Distributor of the Year while Brad Horbal, a sales representative for Bormann Marketing in Hopkins, Minnesota was named Sales Rep of the Year.
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Sommer Cable’s SYSDESK line of desk connection panels expands with the company’s retrofittable push-to-lift mechanism, the cable management tray for the SYSDESK09 & SYSFRAME50 desk connection panels plus the all new, cost-efficient SYSFRAME45 connection panels for the integration of SYSWALL45 clip-in modules, which contain all common connections of media engineering with an optimum spacing.
Read More »Powersoft announces the expansion of the Ottocanali Series, with the addition of three new high-performance 8-channel power amplifiers — under the series Ottocanali DSP+D.
Read More »TORONTO — Montreal-based Solotech recently acquired P.A. Plus Productions, which provides pro audio services, installations, and rentals in the Toronto area. Solotech noted that this acquisition follows on the heels of its recent purchase of Midnite Hour Productions and represents its growing presence in the Toronto market.
Read More »SCHAUMBURG, IL — PSAV recently acquired Scottsdale, AZ-based American Audio Visual Center (AAVC), an in-house production company currently operating in more than 65 hotels and resorts. AAVC also operates a full-service production division.
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EMINENCE, KY — Eminence is proud to announce the appointment of Dan Ryterski to the role of Cabinet/Systems Sales and Design Engineer. Ryterski, who has served as a systems design engineer for the company since 2007, has played a key role supporting enhancing Eminence’s position as a OEM/ODM supplier of loudspeaker systems and musical instrument amplifiers. Prior to joining Eminence, he served as a design engineer for St. Louis Music.
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ANAHEIM, CA – Like clockwork, the sunny skies of the Winter NAMM show in southern California always coincide with the horrible weather, heavy snowfall and ice storms that seem to grip the East Coast and central states around the third week of the New Year. And the situation was no different from Jan. 22-25 for Winter NAMM 2015 as a record 99,342 attendees (including 13,208 international registrants) made the annual pilgrimage to enjoy short-sleeve weather, check out the latest in music and audio products — and maybe even do some business.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, in Newport Beach, California, obviously aims for its members “seeing the light” as a primary goal. However, on account of the space’s terrarium roof, the church’s sanctuary is often filled with bright natural light all day long. That created a problem for viewing the church’s video content that plays during services. Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, came to the rescue.
Read More »NORTH CHARLESTON, SC – David Gibson Swain, 54, died Jan. 28 in an accidental fall at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center. Swain had served as technical director at the PAC, which adjoins the North Charleston Coliseum and Charleston Area Convention Center since the facility opened in 1999.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The New Year’s Ski-Jumping of the Four Hills Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen is the first sporting highlight of the year. This year, more than 20,000 fans lined the landing area while millions more followed the TV broadcast. For the 17th time TC Showtechnik was responsible for the sound reinforcement system – and opted for main and supplementary systems from Electro-Voice. Despite the challenging weather conditions, the XLC and XLVC line arrays, Xsubs, TG amps and N8000 controllers performed flawlessly.
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VERDEN/STRAUBING, Germany – For the Cathedral of Verden, which dates from the 13th century, Axel Hartig replaced a 40-year-old sound reinforcement system with a new eight-zone system centering on Dynacord vertical arrays.
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