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    Counterbalance For Lights

    im going to channel our resident certified riggers and predict they will say "You need someone with credentials and experience to be onsite and do a full inspection; it would be malpractice to diagnose this from a narrative without even pictures, and there is now a proven safety risk in your...
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    Recommendations for tool lanyards?

    maybe explore whose liability insurance gets activated if/when a student does get beaned, then weigh the cost of the squid (purpose-tested) vs. a home-made solution.
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    "Other duties as assigned"

    That is truly ground-breaking, Jay! I'm actually building a new home now, and we have to stop and retrofit this into the design immediately! PS - would a 2nd bulb allow control of hot and cold separately?
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    Captions revisited

    That's some serious duct-taping there -- I like it!
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    Need new security recorder

    Hi John ,Whilst hybrid is hard to find, I can supply you with either an 8 or 16 channel DVR which has remote maint/monitoring baked into it ... then future cams would go on a different platform. This is Luma from SnapOne, last generation (no more analog in current) which has some HIKVision...
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    Advice/examples sought for well-designed black box style theatre

    ask for the stars, settle for the moon! What's the budget for the room, or the entire building? What's the enrollment headcount for the school? These may help us help you calibrate ... a 5000 student HS is a different animal from a 350 student one.
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    Installs IT guy tasked with replacing middle school auditorium sound system (long post)

    Qlx is probably overkillConsider an RF venue unified diversity antennaWhere the heck are you? I think you are over speccing - and delay speakers add complexity of tuning and placementOne of us grizzlies may be close enough to help
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    Had a thing Monday

    Wow - Bill, that sounds close. Glad the screen didn't land on you, my friend.Here's my story of the month. I was 200 miles from home base installing 5 audio systems at a large summer camp when I got the call that my dad entered hospice 2.5 weeks ago. oops - time to go. Dirty dusty...
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    Video Switchers can mess up your wireless....

    yes, its pretty comprehensive
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    Wireless Mics Approved Freqs

    Also consider inline band pass filters on antenna distribution to block 5G and it’s intermod products. RF Venue will advise you well on this
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    Analog Audio over Cat6 - CatRack and Cat Boxes?

    Dante, anyone? Really futureproof. Inexpensive on/off ramps to analog. No hum potentisl. Infinite deployment flexibility including powered speakers or line arrays
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    Loudspeaker selection and placement in gymnasium

    Most mfrs and rep firms will gladly run EASE models for you - get Einstein on your side for free. You should also consider adjusting the reverb / echoes in the room with proper gym- grade abrogation panels - proper in size, position, and mounting technique. You can’t easily fight poor acoustics...
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    Stage clock/timer, "wedge" form-factor

    This one I looked at once and was impressed. Plus consider casting via airplay to a display of suitable size or a pair on balcony front edge or one on a guitar amp tilt back stand in front of them
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    Theater dad looking for projector selection assistance

    ugh - hope they are still in business next week. waste ...
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    Any Idea What this Is?

    Looks to me like a screw mount for a camera or mic that’s no longer threaded in place. Follow the signal cable back (right side of your pix) and see what connector and where it goes!
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