Following up on the passing earlier this month of audio industry pioneer John M. Eargle, details were confirmed for a memorial tribute to the life and work of John Eargle to take place in Los Angeles on June 14. The event will be held at the Linwood Dunn Theater of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, 1313 N. Vine St. (at Fountain) in Hollywood, Calif. more

FiberPlex, Inc., the leading professional audio fiber optic supplier to the sound production and systems contracting industry, has announced the introduction of their new LightViper™ VIM-MY32 mini-YGDAI interface components which are designed to allow owners of Yamaha digital audio production consoles to connect direct via fiber to the LightViper state-of-the-art fiber optic audio “snake” system. more

(June 4, 2007) Salt Lake City, Utah, USA — Listen Technologies Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Stockton as sales representative for Pro Tech Marketing, a Listen Technologies representative firm for Arizona, New Mexico, and El Paso, Texas. more

SpaceArray™ Offers Superior Performance

ANAHEIM, CA, JUNE 4, 2007 — Auralex Acoustics, Inc., the industry leader in innovative sound control solutions, announces that its SpaceArray™ Diffusor has recently passed the requirements of a “Class B” fire-rating. Unique in the industry for a wood diffusor product, the SpaceArray continues to deliver superior performance at a popular price point. The newly rated SpaceArray will be showcased at InfoComm 2007, booth #9430. more

ANAHEIM, CA, JUNE 4, 2007 – WideBand Solutions, a leading provider of audio conferencing equipment, presents SimphoniX Si-400L at InfoComm 2007, booth #8026. The SimphoniX Si-400L is a reduced feature set created to accommodate the growing trend of digital VoIP integration. Featuring all the benefits of the SimphoniX Si-400, minus the analog phone interface, it is compatible with hundreds of digital and VoIP telephones, easily turning them into high-quality conferencing systems. more

Michigan State University recently set out to refurbish a portion of its football stadium with 24 luxury suites, 862 club seats, a new press box, TV broadcast area, and office space. The renovation plans included improvements to all the media facilities. Many of the cable runs throughout the stadium, which are used primarily by national television networks, were over 20 years old and needed to be replaced. When it came time to upgrade the stadium‘s interconnect solutions, Gepco Cables were selected. more

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, June 4, 2007 — Demonstrating the versatility, ease of installation and unmatched performance of the JBL Professional VP Series powered loudspeakers, Humpin‘ Hannah‘s in Boise, Idaho recently upgraded its sound system to match its high-energy, eclectic environment. The system includes four VP7215/64DPAN powered, 15-inch loudspeakers. more

ANAHEIM, CA, June 4, 2007 – Aviom, exclusive developer of the world‘s premier audio transport technology, A-Net®, is introducing the new 6416Y2 A-Net Interface Card at InfoComm 2007 (Booth #8246).

Providing inputs, outputs and control all on a single card, the new 6416Y2 interfaces between Yamaha® consoles and mix engines and Aviom‘s industry standard Pro16 personal monitor mixing system. more

New manufacturer‘s rep team to provide customers and dealers with unprecedented training and support.

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, June 1, 2007 — In a move to better serve its dealers and customers in Nebraska, Iowa, southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, the Harman Pro Group today announced the appointment of NetWork Sales & Marketing South (NetWork South) to serve as its manufacturers rep firm for that region. NetWork South is a new division of NetWork Sales & Marketing, the Harman Pro Group manufacturer‘s rep firm for Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and western Wisconsin. The announcement, which takes immediate effect, includes sales responsibility for Crown International, JBL Professional, AKG, BSS Audio, dbx, Soundcraft and Lexicon. more

TransAudio Group, is happy to announce that it will be the U.S. distributor and marketer for Bock Audio, microphone guru David Bock’s newly created company. This new Southern California company is hand building high-end custom microphones for the recording industry. Bock Audio’s purpose is to deliver the highest possible performance and long-term usefulness in new studio microphones. more