Happy Monday, AVtweeps! I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful if you celebrated it, and if not, I hope you had a great weekend. I certainly ate my share of turkey for the year, and I’m excited to be back to work.
We’re kicking off our columns with a piece by Bryce Dunn over at Audinate. We’re all familiar with the supply chain issues, so how can we protect the supply chain in a way that will serve integrators and end users? Bryce’s piece discusses how Audinate is trying to alleviate some of the stress on the supply chain in ways such as finding alternate parts where applicable and investing in software-based offerings.
Our second column looks at cycles in the AV industry market. Did you know our industry goes through a typical rotation of innovation and iteration before facing a disruption? Well, now you do, and you can read more about it in Mark Coxon’s latest piece. Mark discusses how periods of iteration can create an environment for disruption, and sometimes, the disruption is right up our alley — AV solutions have helped us enormously throughout the pandemic!
Lastly, we’ve got a technical piece on loudspeaker directivity by Mike Sims of QSC. As someone new to AV, I had no idea what directivity even meant. Mike writes, “Directivity calculates the difference between the on-axis response and the off-axis response of a loudspeaker.” From polar plots to frequency responses, this piece covers the engineering side of the optimal way to set up speakers.
That covers it for today! P.S., make sure you register for Almo Pro A/V’s E4 Experience tomorrow! Get a look at this truly hybrid event to see tour guides, Holopresence Technology, exciting speakers and more. Gary Kayye and Megan A. Dutta will both be in Dallas for the in-person portion of the show as well. Have a great evening, as I’ll see you next time.