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Meyer Sound Marks Major Milestones at AES Convention

Meyer Sound has much to show and tell as the 117th Audio Engineering Society convention returns to the San Francisco Bay Area on October 28-31. As the company heads toward the finish of its 25th year as the premier manufacturer of professional sound reinforcement loudspeakers, Meyer Sound brings to booth 1514 at the convention a year of record sales of its self-powered loudspeaker systems, a string of awards and the successful release of three new products.

The Meyer Sound booth will illustrate the breadth of the company's line of self-powered loudspeakers and tools for supporting them. Loudspeaker products on exhibit will include the MILO high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker, MILO 120 expanded coverage high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker, M1D ultra-compact curvilinear array loudspeaker, 700-HP ultrahigh-power subwoofer, M1D-Sub ultra-compact subwoofer, award-winning UPJ-1P compact VariO loudspeaker, UPM-1P ultra-compact wide coverage loudspeaker, and MM-4 miniature wide-range loudspeaker. Many of these will be flown with Meyer Sound's QuickFly rigging, recipient of two patents. Also on display will be an example of custom finishes available as an option on Meyer Sound products.

In addition to making efficient, accurate, reliable loudspeakers. Meyer Sound makes a variety of products intended to facilitate getting the best results from loudspeakers in actual use. Electronics on display at AES will be LD-2 and LD-3 line drivers and the CP-10 complementary phase equalizer, As well, Meyer Sound MAPP Online acoustical prediction software (patent pending) and the SIM 3 audio analyzer system (with optional microphone and line switchers) will be available for attendees to check out.

Other displays on the Meyer Sound booth will focus on the Berkeley factory, the four TEC awards received by the company to date, and installations and tours featuring Meyer Sound products.

With its long commitment to education, Meyer Sound has always maintained involvement in a variety of informational opportunities at trade shows. Presentations will be given each day on the Meyer Sound booth, and the company is also involved with several AES special events.

On October 27th, before the start of the show, Meyer Sound co-sponsors Surround Live II! More Surround, a full day AES symposium and demonstration of the use of surround sound in live applications held at a site near the convention. AES attendees can get a close look at how Meyer Sound loudspeakers are built during a Technical Tour the company will host at its Berkeley factory on October 29th, and those with an ear to the future will want to consider attending the October 31st demonstration of multichannel DSD streaming. (Find details on all of these activities below or at www.aes.org.)

It is good to balance hard work with celebration, which the company is hoping to do on Saturday, October 30th, as the MILO high-power curvilinear array vies for Meyer Sound's fifth TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) award, having been the19th nomination the company has received in the TEC awards' 20 years. The legendary UPA-1 is already a winner, one of only 25 products in the inaugural induction into the TECnology Hall of Fame on October 29th.

Oct 27 Surround Live II!- More Surround
Julia Morgan Ballroom, Merchant Exchange Building, San Francisco, 10 am – 6 pm
This is an AES event, sponsored by Meyer Sound and DiGiCo. Please try to pre-register on the AES website, and the cost is $125 in advance or $150 on-site. Last year this event was sold-out two weeks before the show, so please register early on the AES website, http://www.aes.org/events/117/specialevents/

AES Technical Sessions Room – 5.1 System from Meyer Sound
Meyer Sound will be providing a CQ-1, UPA-1P, and 650-P 5.1 system for the largest of the technical sessions rooms equipped with 5.1 surround sound systems at AES. Room number is 305 & 307.

Oct 29 AES Technical Tour
Meyer Sound Facility, 9 am - 1 pm
The AES technical tour of the Meyer Sound facility will depart Moscone Center in San Francisco at 9:00 am on Oct 29th. The tour will encompass Meyer Sound's SATURN transducer manufacturing facility, MARS production facility, and administrative offices, as well as a brief presentation on Meyer Sound's educational programs. Registration for this technical tour is onsite, and many tours sell out very quickly, so please register as early as possible. Registration opens at Moscone Center on October 27, 4:00 -7:00 pm. Cost is $20. More information is available on the AES website. (There is a limit of 40 people for this tour.)

TECnology Hall of Fame
The Meyer Sound UPA-1 will be inducted into the TECnology Hall of Fame on Friday Oct 29th, at a venue near AES. Congratulations to the UPA-1, and all those who have used this product over the years!

Oct 30 20th Annual Technical Excellence and Creativity (TEC) Awards
Yerba Buena Ballroom, San Francisco Marriott Hotel, 6 pm - 10 pm
Meyer Sound is a Gold Sponsor of this event and will be providing the sound system for it. The TEC Awards are sponsored by the Mix Foundation with proceeds benefiting the House Ear Institute,. The MILO high-power curvilinear line array loudspeaker has been nominated for a TEC Award this year - Meyer Sound's 19th nomination in 20 years!

Oct 31 Streaming DSD Audio
University of California San Francisco's Genentech Hall, 9:30 am – 12 noon
Meyer Sound is sponsoring this event by providing a six-channel surround sound system comprised of 6 CQ-1's. The AES Technical Committee on Network Audio Systems will demonstrate streaming of six channels of DSD audio (the 2.8 MHz sampling system used for SACD), transmitting a live jazz performance at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, in real time, to the University of California San Francisco's Genentech Hall. The audience will experience the performance with the latest in audio technology, accompanied by an SDI digital video projection, transmitted using the McGill UltraVideo conferencing system. Technical issues and implications to future recording and performance applications will be discussed. Webcast will be held at Genentech Hall at UCSF. This event is free, and no registration is required. AES will provide bus service from Moscone (details available on-site). Parking in this area is extremely difficult, so public transportation is recommended (N Judah MUNI train) if you are not planning to take the AES bus.

October, 2004

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