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SOUNDBITES
Revolabshas named Midwich as the new UK distributor for the company’s wireless audio systems for unified
communications. CEO Marc Cremer said: “Partnering with the Midwich Group is an important milestone in our UK distribution strategy. Midwich is perfectly positioned to help us reach new customers there and expand our presence in new and established vertical markets.”
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Upstage Theatre Supplies has installed a Soundcraft Si Expression 2 mixing desk and JBLCBT70J-1 loudspeakers at the Brooke Weston Academy in Northamptonshire. AV and theatre technician Peter Jackson said: “I was requested to update a system that had become tired after 20 years – and the look and the style were almost as important as the sound quality and flexibility. Upstage proposed the JBL solution and Sound Technologygave a fantastic onsite demonstration.”
www.soundtech.co.uk
installation WORLD Lab X team switches to Biamp
Also during an uncharacteristically eventful month in Switch World: Extreme Networks receives the inaugural AVnu Alliance AVB certification for its Summit X440 switch, writes David Davies
IN A development that looks likely to take its eminence in all things AVB to the next level, Biamp has hired Lab X’s founder/president Lee Minich, his complete engineering team and “a few” of the connectivity specialist’s assets.
The announcement coincides
with the decision to close Lab X as a contract engineering firm. Established in 1996 and based out of Rochester, New York, Lab X had lately been a flag-waver for Audio/Video Bridging (AVB)- based networking with its Xavity platform and specific products such as the Titanium 411 1GB AVB Ethernet Switch. Minich himself became particularly closely identified with the AVB movement, serving as the marketing work group chairperson of the AVB-promoting AVnu Alliance for four years.
– will continue to be involved in AVB’s “evolution as an active participant, as will other members of Biamp.” Now reporting to Biamp’s
Lee Minich: AVB flag-waver But as Biamp president/CEO
Steve Metzger now informs PSNEurope, Lab X opted to “discontinue development and maintenance of Xavity” in 2013. Simultaneously, “Lab X began offering tools for the ongoing maintenance and development of Xavity technology to Lab X customers”.
Steve Metzger: evolving AVB The addition of the Lab X
founder and all of his engineering staff will undoubtedly strengthen Biamp’s AVB-related product offering, which is currently headlined by the Tesira scalable media system for digital audio networking. Metzger confirms that Minich – whom he describes as “a visible cheerleader” for AVB
executive vice-president of operations, Matt Czyzewski, Minich praised his new employer as “a trailblazer in the development of media systems for installation of all sizes around the globe, and has shown true commitment and dedication to evolving our industry. Our team is very excited about becoming part of the Biamp family, and we’re looking forward to contributing to future product development in important and exciting directions.” Although long-term impact on the Biamp AVB range was unclear at press time, what was certain was that Extreme Networks had become the first
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