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In 2010, the US government modified the standards for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with respect to public assembly spaces and the quantities of receivers and hearing aid compatible receivers.  All Assembly Areas are required to comply with the ADA.

So what is an Assembly Area by definition?  According to Section 219.2 of the 2010 ADA, an Assembly Area is:  A building or facility, or portion thereof, used for the purpose of entertainment, educational or civic gatherings, or similar purposes. For the purposes of these requirements, assembly areas include, but are not limited to, classrooms, lecture halls, courtrooms, public meeting rooms, public hearing rooms, legislative chambers, motion picture houses, auditoria, theaters, playhouses, dinner theaters, concert halls, centers for the performing arts, amphitheaters, arenas, stadiums, grandstands, or convention centers.

So where does that leave houses of worship or churches?

Read more: New Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Hearing Assistance

Beginning with Infocomm 2011 (announced June 14, 2011), the Crown CTS, MAi, and ITech amplifier series warranties have been increased from 3 years to 5 years, with a no-fault warranty!  Also, the advance replacement policy has been increased from 90 days to 1 year.

A "no-fault" warranty means that if your amplifier needs to be repaired for any reason, it will be fixed at no charge to you during the warranty period.  Blow up it after using it in a rainstorm - it's covered.  Have a huge feedback surge that tanks your speakers and your amps.  The amps are covered.  These provisions apply only to Crown CTS, MAi and iTech amplfiiers. 

And if you have a problem within the first year, Crown won't fix your amplifier.  You'll simply get a replacement amplifier in its place, in advance. 

Both programs add a lot of value to the purchase of a new Crown amplifier.  Chalk up one more reason to choose Crown.  MAi Series amps are available on our website, but we're restricted from advertising CTS and iTech amplifiers.  Please call for more information and pricing on iTech and CTS Series amplifiers from Crown. 

When buying a new projector, lots of people ask whether they should buy a spare projector lamp.  Typically, our answer is to not buy one since they're fairly expensive and since the warranty starts the minute we sell it.  That means that you'll tie up money in something for which the warranty will likely expire before it needs to be used.  But with the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we're starting to notice problems with availability of certain products, specifically projector lamps and video projectors themselves.  We've already weathered shortages in CD and DVD media that seem to have righted themselves, and also have slowdowns with CD and DVD players from two of our primary manufacturers

None of our suppliers is saying anything, but we assume that there are problems...

Read more: Potential projector lamp shortages loom large for 2011

When 10-year-old Julia Dale was rehearsing the Star-Spangled Banner before Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Miami, her soaring rendition caught the ear of the man who would be directing the game later that night on ABC. She had done so well, he decided, that the performance would be carried live on the national broadcast.

Miss Dale's vocal sound was captured for the worldwide audience on a Heil PR35 vocal microphone.  The PR35 excels in overall warmth and sound quality, uniformity of its pickup pattern, and its ability to isolate the voice from nearby instruments and other sound sources. 

The young Miss Dale didn't disappoint when she got on basketball's biggest stage: