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2018 will be notable for the rollout of 3D Spatial Audio systems across installations, theatre and live concerts with L-Acoustics and d&b audiotechnik set to do battle at close quarters. While the big Europeans have integrated SA systems entering the market now, Barco’s Isono and Dutch brand Astro Spatial Audio offer stand alone processors that…

Everything is free at ENTECH. It’s bigger and better than ever, and it starts Tuesday 20th February in Brisbane. Pre-register at www.cxevents.com.au now. ARE YOU WORKING ON A STAND? Your Primary Contact must send you the Team Manual with details that you need BEFORE the show! WHO IS EXHIBITING? Almost everyone who is anyone will…

How divorce is far easier than a partnership breakdown By Julius Grafton, who thinks he has seen it all. But then realizes there is a new story around every corner….. This is a true story of two guys called Bill and Dave. Because Dave is horrifically litigious, and because the CX law team are still…

Biamp Systems are a leading provider of networked media systems, and today announced that effective Feb. 19, Jands will be the company’s distributor in Australia and New Zealand. This completes the project undertaken by Jands to re-position away from Harman group products, a seismic shift that has led to CMI Audio taking on Harman brands like…

Gold Coast-based Company Backdrops Fantastic has been nominated for two prestigious US Special Events Awards for Best New Product/Technology and Best Use of Lighting. The nominations were for a fully immersive undersea themed event that Backdrops Fantastic produced for Clubs NSW on the Gold Coast in 2016. Backdrops Fantastic director Thomas Brown says, ”We are…

CHANGED: This Australian Roadcrew Association (ARCA) story has been changed after hysterical over-reaction from some paranoid members. ARCA was formed five years ago after a reunion where a straw poll revealed a significant number of crew from the 1970’s and 1980’s were missing, many known have taken their own lives. A more organised campaign led…

CX was disturbed to take a call from a long term associate whose thirty year old son had just committed suicide. The young man hanged himself, despite taking an anti-depressant known as Loxalate (a medicine containing the active ingredient(s) escitalopram). In his deep distress preparing for the funeral, our associate – who does not want…

The SGM lighting brand has made a move to ULA Group, significant given SGM’s rising market share due to its heavy LED push. The brand has been around a long time, but was overhauled in recent times by industry legend Peter Johansen who himself established Martin Lighting last century. ULA had established the Robe brand…