Venue Sound, Part 1: Colleges Invest Big in Retrofits, New Facilities
Four years of economic recession sent a lot of people back to college. Included in that number are some folks who took no classes but whose presence means a lot […] More
Four years of economic recession sent a lot of people back to college. Included in that number are some folks who took no classes but whose presence means a lot […] More
The upper collegiate sports tiers venerate their aging stadiums as they would a great library or chapel. Fortunately, sound systems aren’t included in landmark-status qualifications, which lets these “mature” facilities […] More
The word iconic is used a lot in broadcast to describe the Paleys and the Sarnoffs who molded the business side of the industry. On the technical side of that […] More
Audio and video have been mostly separate propositions in sports-venue systems, particularly as the trend toward distributed systems makes audio even more distinct. But the new sound system and video […] More
Ohio State University’s Ohio Stadium is the Joan Rivers of sports venues: it has been around forever and has had nearly constant updating of its physical plant. The horseshoe-shaped stadium, […] More
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is closing in on its season finale, the AAA Auto Club finals Nov. 8-11 at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, CA. And if you […] More
ESPN has done it for NFL, for baseball, IndyCar, golf, extreme sports, and college football. On Nov. 9, the all-sports network will extend its capability for discrete-5.1-surround audio to college […] More
There’s no doubt that the AES Show held at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center Oct. 26-29 was no CES. The show gets smaller every year, a reflection of the ongoing […] More
This year’s AES Show, in San Francisco Oct. 26-29 at the Moscone Convention Center, will have an expanded broadcast-audio track, bolstered by the inclusion again this year of streaming-technology focus. […] More
Considering how crucial surround audio has become for broadcast sports, the number of specialty surround microphones has remained relatively static in recent years. Some of the market is made up […] More
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