Recent content by mamills

That's interesting! I've never seen that happen before, but it certainly is possible, considering the tremndous amount of air that they move.

Given the choice of the two, I would use the Speakon connector over the traditional 1/4" phone plug anytime. The speakon connector provides a stronger, more reliable connection - especially when used in high-power situations. I have several JRX series speakers in my inventory, which are supplied...

It's kinda funny. While I've been sitting here and reading ALL the comments about this topic for about the past two hours or so, I finally looked up from my computer and saw two pictures in my office, given to me after the close of "GREASE" and "GUYS AND DOLLS" several years ago. The pictures...

In our theater, we take several precautions when re-lamping- 1) an electrician unpatches the circuit at the dimmer rack and double checks the circuit number, 2) the electrician changing the lamp disconnects the instrument at the plugging box before relamping - if there is any difficulty in...

This definitely has the appearance of a "home-made" panel, allbeit a pretty decent job, really - consumer-type duplex receptacles mounted through round holes, switches that bear a great resemblance to those sold by Radio Shack, handmade labelling, and the whole affair built into a fairly common...

My personal preference is open toward where you are working, so that you do not have to tighten the clamp from "behind".

Hello all. I guess at this point, I'm the newest member to Controllbooth. My name is Mike, I'm 53 years old (sometimes I feel much older considering some of the things I have experienced during my years in the Theater). I have been involved in theater/backstage work for at least the last 40+...