Complimentary Reseller Education and Networking Event Kicks Off Next Week in New York City

Philadelphia, PA — December 2, 2009 — Next week, Almo Professional A/V, a leading value-added distributor serving the needs of professional audiovisual integrators, dealers and consultants, will unveil a lineup of information-packed educational sessions focused on how to thrive in 2010 during the E4 AV Tour, its highly anticipated reseller training and networking event. Debuting on Dec. 8 in New York City, the full-day complimentary program allows partners to earn valuable InfoComm International CTS Renewal Units (RUs) while networking with the industry’s top manufacturers. The E4 AV event is open to Almo Professional A/V’s local area partners as well as virtually to all partners across the nation. more

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 2009: TransAudio Group, a U.S. distributor of high-end pro audio gear, is happy to introduce Lehmann Audio’s Black Cube Linear headphone amplifier to the U.S. market by adding it to its Las Vegas Pro Audio catalog of truly inspired products. Using only the finest components and an obsessively audiophile signal path, the Black Cube Linear is ideal for computer mixing, live monitoring, studio recording, or any professional application where truthful, fatigue-free output is paramount. Its circuitry and adjustable maximum output gain optimizes performance for any headphone impedance or sensitivity. more

MONTREAL and CHICAGO — Dec. 2, 2009 — HaiVision Network Video today announced that Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto is using the SHARE-HD network video recorder within the Sydney and Florence Cooper Family Education Centre as an educational tool for medical students and hospital staff. HaiVision’s SHARE-HD enables convenient capture, management, and playback of video from practice sessions, making it easy for supervisors to observe training remotely and later, to review and analyze recorded video with students. more

Six EV Sx600’s were recently installed at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, Ohio. Two clusters of three boxes, mounted from towers behind the press boxes, use EV SuperSAM brackets to grip the speakers. The question for Tony Klarmann, Senior AV Systems Project Engineer for Copp Systems of Dayton, Ohio, was what would attach the brackets to the towers. For an answer, he called Polar Focus, which provided a custom made mounting interface for attachment to the towers. Polar Focus designs and manufactures professionally engineered audio mounting and rigging hardware which provides traction where the audio rigging hardware meets the “how do we actually do that?� road. more

Christie Projectors a “Flawless Performer�

Christie® was selected by Movie Palace, Inc., as the exclusive digital cinema provider for its new all-digital Studio City Stadium 10, a 10-screen classic multiplex theatre in Casper, Wyoming. It is the second Movie Palace theatre in Casper to use Christie digital projectors. The company has also installed the Christie CP2000 series projectors – the world’s most popular digital cinema projector – in its other locations in Cheyenne and Rock Springs, Wyoming. more

Phil Mercer, Managing Director of XL Video LA, Jo Beirne of XL Video UK and René de Keyzer, CEO of the XL Video Group accept the prestigious Parnelii award for Video Rental Company of the Year.

Orlando, FL—In front of a capacity crowd at the sold-out 2009 Parnelli Awards, XL Video was announced as the winner of the Video Rental Company of the Year award. René de Keyzer, CEO of the XL Video Group and Phil Mercer, Managing Director of XL Video LA accepted the prestigious award. Also on hand to celebrate was XL Video President Marcel de Keyzer and Jo Beirne of XL Video UK. more

SPARTA, N.J. ― Dec. 3, 2009 ― RTcom USA Inc., a provider of digital connectivity solutions for professional and consumer A/V systems, today announced that it’s enhanced HDMI Matrix router solutions have begun shipping. The new design changes both hardware and firmware by adding an extended display identification data (EDID) mode select function. The increased functionality of the HS-44M Plus, HS-66M Plus, and HS-88M Plus allows users to choose between DVI 1920×1200, HDMI 2-channel, and HDMI multichannel EDID to ensure compatibility with up to eight different displays. In addition, the new routers offer an auto EDID save function, and a status LED light on the output port.

The original design was introduced in 2005 as the first true HDMI routing matrix switchers in the market. more

Online Video and Free Demos, Sony Restoration Tools Exchange Program Announced

OXFORDSHIRE,UK: Introduced to universally favorable notices at the 129th AES Convention, the Sonnox Restore Suite features three intuitive, highly effective audio restoration plug-ins. Oxford DeClicker, Oxford DeBuzzer and Oxford DeNoiser represent a quantum leap beyond previous technology for accurately restoring impaired audio recordings. more

Greensboro, NC – December 2009… WorxAudio Technologies, a leading manufacturer of loudspeaker systems for the pro touring and install markets, is pleased to announce the company’s highly acclaimed TL1801 subwoofer transducer—now identified as the TL1801A— has been upgraded to deliver even greater performance. Additionally, manufacturing has been moved to the company’s Greensboro headquarters as a means of increasing manufacturing efficiencies while ensuring the highest level of quality control. more

— Waves Audio changes the face of the live sound industry with the introduction of WavesLive MultiRack Native —

— One-of-a-kind software host is designed especially for live sound, making it perfect for concert, touring bands, club and house-of-worship applications —

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, December 1, 2009 — Waves Audio is now shipping WavesLive MultiRack Native, the first-ever software application designed to run Waves plug-ins with live analog and digital mixing consoles. A true breakthrough, MultiRack Native is a software host that lets FOH and Monitor engineers run multiple simultaneous instances of the same Native Waves plug-ins used in recording studios and mixing rooms the world over. Armed only with a laptop, an I/O box, MultiRack Native and Waves plug-ins, users now have the power to shape their live sound with unprecedented precision, and do away with rack more