Recent content by sjsufer

I work at a casino and this is absolutely true. We have racks full of crown amps, Media Matrix Nions, Coolsign Media Players, and a Mediabox Audio player that are on 24/7/365. We have to vaccum and blow them out regularly and cross our fingers. We also had timers installed for our lounge...

We have a saying here for putting on xlr ends. In my honor, it goes like this; the "P1SS" method, "Pin 1 shield Sean!" The first couple times I kept on doing the same thing with the ends, so finally one day I come in and the ends are off a couple cables and a print out is nailed to the wall. The...

Agreed, make sure you know what you are doing no matter the equipment. I've seen a national come through where I work and sound absolutely terrible running a full line array system wth a PM1D at FOH, while I was in a small pub with 2 small tannoys, a sub, and some in ceiling speakers and it...

+1 on the human aspect. There are a couple shops / bigger companies that we deal with that my boss has done business with for 20+ years. No matter what we need between the two or three places, we can get it, get it quick, and get it fixed. They've even offered to come out and spec out anything...

Our FOH position, to the left is open entrance (from where the first pic was taken) that we are in the process of getting a waist high door to keep out customers, yes that is an issue. M7 on the right, GrandMA on PC on the left. Looking to hopefully at some point raise it about 3 ft higher so we...

I've seen this in the few acts that we let use their own people. On their rider they requested a Grand Ma Ultra-light. Their LD came in and didn't know how to use it. She programmed a few looks and then finally told our house LD to run the movers once she got too frustrated and that she would...

Hello All! I have been watching this forum for some months, and I have to say it has been a valuable knowledgable and interesting experience. I'm glad to finally say I joined up and am looking forward to becoming more involved in here. A little about me. Currently I am living/working about...