Ryan Maeker is a sound designer in NYC, and though he may come off as a somewhat threatening figure in this interview -- all talking about cuttin' fools, hitting people with cars and even threatening the life of yours truly -- he's actually a total teddy bear with a soft spot for Speilberg movies!
QSC made a ceremonial announcement at Winter NAMM 2008 regarding the new GX series of power amps. Dr. Q discusses the design process of the GX series and how the heroic QSC design team managed to keep prices low while keeping audio quality high.
Crown's XLS series just got a whole lot bigger with the addition of the XLS series. At 5000 watts in four-ohm bridge-mono mode, it's twice as powerful than any other XLS series amp and most likely some locomotives. It's also housed in an all steel chassis and poses as a mild mannered reporter by day.
I hope that when I'm 60, I still look as good as the Crown Macro-Tech series amplifiers which are being re-released with an anniversary edition. To do so, I'd probably have to be plated in copper as well.
Rivera amps showcases it's Sedona Amp at Summer NAMM 2007. Doyle Dykes helped design the Sedona, the world's first electronic/acoustic all-tube amp. The amp contains two independent and different pre-amp channels. ...
Offsite Link: Visit the official Rivera Amps site here.
Over the pond in London at PLASA 2007 this September, MC2 Audio will be exhibiting their new E Series power amp, the E80. The E80 packs quite a punch, running 4000 Watts per channel at 4 ohms and 5500 Watts into 2 ohms.
QSC's new PowerLight 3 Series amplifiers includes three models ranging in size from 2,500 to 8,000 watts. You can choose DSP with remote control and monitoring via BASIS, or straightforward analog input operation.
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JBL shows us the guts of the PRX500 series, and talks tranducers, differential drive technology, and voice coils. Ever seen any of this stuff up close? You have now. Click the vid to learn all about it, plus some talk of...
Well, it has been a little while since my last entry here, no? This edition was worth the wait. I spent ages tracking down the notorious Aaron North, guitarist for Nine Inch Nails and half of Buddyhead.com, which is notorious...
