by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
Let’s play word association… Ready? Go: Academic… College… University… Higher Education… Acoustics! Did you picture the big wood paneled lecture hall filled with hundreds of students engaged in a lecture about world history, literature, or archeology? Yeah, me too… or...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Audiovisual
This past summer I went to commission a small sound system at a new facility. Not necessarily a big expensive project, but the client had hired us to commission the final installation and make sure everything was installed as specified. I showed up on site, confirmed...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
The education methods used in today's universities are rapidly changing, and as the methods change, so does the architecture. The big buzz right now is creating "collaborative spaces for learning". Traditional push down models of teacher-to-student lectures are being...
by ABD Engineering and Design | Acoustics
Gymnasiums often end up being multi-use spaces. Of course, they are used for competitive sporting events, for team practice, recreation, and for Phys Ed classes. But they are also used for school addresses, commencement ceremonies, band and choir concerts, and more....
by ABD Engineering and Design | Audiovisual
As the VGA connector continues its rapid transition towards obsolescence (referred to in Part I of this post) many people simply assume that using adapters (such as HDMI to VGA) will solve the digital-to-analog connectivity problem. While this may work in the short...
