As with everything else in sports, COVID-19 rearranged venue sound: entirely new sound systems were designed and installed specifically to propagate the sound of artificial crowds, both onto the courts […] More
The pandemic changed a lot of things about sports but didn’t slow the pace of new construction or refurbishment of stadiums and arenas. For example, just since COVID-19 brought sports […] More
Over the years, venue sound systems in the U.S. and UK have been designed to meet different considerations. Today, though, the systems’ sophistication and quality in the two countries have […] More
Weather affects everything, and, as more-sophisticated audio and video systems are installed into ever larger sports stadiums, weather — and, more specifically, more of it — is playing a part […] More
Oct. 20, 2018, was a pivotal date for Garth Brooks, the best-selling music artist in U.S. history. That day in South Bend, IN, he performed in front of 84,000 fans, […] More
Louder, clearer, and bigger bottom. Those have become the key criteria for live sound systems in sports venues in recent years. Louder because venues have become larger and fans in […] More
We are apparently nowhere near “peak stadium.” Recently completed and under-construction venues number in the dozens, and they are designed to help sports compete with the increasingly immersive experience of […] More
The FIFA World Cup matches that culminate in the Final on Sunday at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium will be a test of man vs. magnet. The magnet in the rear of […] More
AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association and organizer of InfoComm 2018 (June 6-8, Las Vegas Convention Center), will have a substantial audio-centric element, with 245 exhibitors in the category […] More
Live sound in the venue is undergoing the same tectonic transition that broadcast audio is experiencing: the migration from analog and digital point-to-point transmission to being fully hosted on IP-based […] More
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