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  Monday, 12 October 2009

Came across this, £500.00! would love one but the price is a bit mad, and only 80 Meg of memory, I think this is going to be the next must have for people like me who find their phone a bit of a nuisance when working/driving etc. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-video/?bcpid=2888913001&bclid=1387917998&bctid=36631078001

Labels: LG, Orange, review, watchphone

# posted by Allan Smyth @ 15:18 0 Comments

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  Saturday, 14 March 2009

I have done 12 jobs with my 4X3 Meter Sappire Rapidfold projection screen, armed with a Remington 3000 Watt hairdryer for cold (out of the van on a frosty morn) installation, it takes very little time for two people to erect, its pretty standard fair as far as fastfold screens go, but what I like is the way the frame goes together, there are flush fitted buttons to allow folding of hinges, which when you are in a hurry are great, there is also a whopping great flightcase with it and nice cloth bags to put the screen away in.

We have created a solid foamex base for ours, it is suspended from the sides and base of the frame, with 4 screws and a Velcro fitting, giving a solid clean look unlike the old style punch and Judy curtains! currently covered with magenta vinyl and clients logo, pictured below with matching lectern, interested in us building one for you? call for details, 01423-549091. All in all at the price they are, about 70% of the cost of the competition, I cant complain, well done Sappire. please call for the current price.

Labels: projection, Rapidfold, review, Sappire, screen

# posted by Allan Smyth @ 16:41 0 Comments

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  Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Revostage, another wonderful British product, we have purchased a few decks and took them out on a job last week, its great, three components, Top deck 18Kg, Risers 1' 9Kg and curtain, we plumped for the carpet top, there is also a rubbertop version, it takes about as long to get it out of the box as it does to put it up......unfold the riser (one man job!) put on top, tighten with 4 Allen screws, fit curtain just pops into the groove, then build next one and Allen screw them together. Ideal for a one man operation as one can carry it about on your own, and having built it when the client decides it needs moving, one man can drag 3-4 pieces in to position. RevoStage® has been independently weight tested to 1500kg per m² at 2.4 metres high. We would be happy to supply if you wish to hire or buy, full details-http://www.revostage.co.uk/ prices POA

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# posted by Allan Smyth @ 17:24 0 Comments

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Void Acoustics are a British through and through thoroughbred professional audio company based in Pool in sunny Dorset, they came to my attention about 5 years ago when a rival manufacturer mentioned them as a good source for higher end equipment than they could supply, we became a distributor, and have not looked back, we have installed and hired out Void with confidence ever since.

Our workhorse is the Void Basys PA System, it comprises of two 12"/1" neo. 300W ply tops and a pair of 15" neo. 600W ply bins, and a hoofproof 3 channel flightcased amp, which drives the lot via its internal crossover, and feeds the speakers via 4 core speakon leads, then 2 core to link into the tops, although the amp is rated at 1500W the balance is spot on and happily shakes the room with hifi quality sound.

Setting up the basic system should take no more than 10 minutes.

I have always found that the mixer we use with ours (Pioneer DJM3000) is turned down, and the system has just been ticking over, everyone who has hired it has been more than happy and at a basic hire rate of around £120.00 surprised at the value for money the system offers, to date we have sold around 8 of them to various clubs and bands, and not had a complaint, the build quality is as good as it gets, the finish is excellent, and the sound is true, very big and if anything can cause negative comments about the mix of a particular track, mp3 players suffer a bit as the lack of bass and compression shows up like a sore thumb compared to vinyl and CD.

Inputs are via XLR or jack, and there is a link through should you be running two or infill etc. It comes bagged up with all cables and poles to support the tops, there is also a road kit with casters and steel corner plates which when fitted makes moving the system about a doddle, it also will fit in a Fiat Punto sized car with the rear seats dropped!

We are on our third system, the first one was sold to a student band after it had done 2 years hard labour, and was looking slightly tired, they were delighted and not bothered about the odd scratch and ding, the second one is our run of the mill weekender, and the third is for posh party's where it needs to look brand new, although the combined 4 tops have come in very handy for outdoors work as they are quite water resistant.

The system handles live and DJ sounds with equal gusto, Bands love the full sound and vocal projection, kick drum's leap out of the building and keys, wind and strings all sound full and well separated, you never get a mush even when rushing the set up, not much eq is ever required, and tends to be more on the mixer channels than a separate 31 bander which we carry.

DJ sounds take off, there is good feedback resistance to vinyl, and even the screechiest girly vocal house tracks sound composed, D&B/R&B are where its at for me at present as there seem to be better production values in these genres, and I love a good production.

At present you can pick one up from us at just less than £2.4K inc vat and delivery, and as the North's leading Void distributor we offer dealers a further discount, either way this is a cracking system, offering value and balls all in the same tidy well thought out package, for me it is the benchmark, and the bench is very high!

Further tech and full Void catalogue etc visit their website at-http://www.voidaudio.com/product_detail.asp?id=46

Labels: basys, pa, review, sound, speaker review, system, void

# posted by Allan Smyth @ 13:55 0 Comments

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  Thursday, 29 January 2009

We have a few Panasonic projectors in stock, I now have the latest in the 5000 range the PT-D5700E, 6000anli and more control/menu tweaks than I care to list, once again I am very happy with both the picture/colour and usability, despite being a tad on the large side its not that heavy, and the twin lamp system gives you the confidence that should one lamp go you still have a picture without swapping the machine out. I also acquired a fixed0.8 lens which means you can get a massive 4 meter picture from only 3 and a half meters back, ideal for working on shallow stages, there are lenses available up to 4.8, so you can fly from the back of the room. All the usual inputs and its got memory for a couple of stills, plus wifi, I cant think of anything else I would want from a projector, tea maker/microwave perhaps? We can get these at a great price so if you want a medium to large venue projector give us a call!

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# posted by Allan Smyth @ 09:23 0 Comments

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  Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Got 4 of these Notebooks to use as exibition website viewers, they come in around the £420.00 mark with Bag, Vat, mouse, mouse pad, postage and a lock, so they are near the budget end of things, but not in any way other than the price, 15.4" screen-crisp and bright, fastish with a Pentium dual-core 2000+a bit, 2 GB of ram, 4 USB's, I could go on but check the spec-
What it cant tell you is whats it like build quality wise, well time will tell but its very solid, if a little heavy, but feels nice and chunky. when it came it was loaded with Vista, so that had to go, and used the discs to downgrade to XP, I dont see it as a downgrade, more of a side step, this took ages, well 2 hours, and beware, it doesent promp for the second disc, so if you think its hung, shut down, (probably have to hold the on/off button down) reboot with the other disc in, the second one has no reference to XP on it, anyway its all a bit confusing, and frustrating, but several automatic reboots later and the usual install of SP3 but not too much Lenovo stuff to deal with, and we are ready to roll, oh the Norton 90 day trial came off in favour of AVAST.
As I look at the screen now, not glass but hard plastic, I think this is one of the best screens I have seen, the graphics are on board and the spec isn't that amazing, I will have to test later, but as general word processor business machine, I give it 8.9 out of ten. I found it had a good balance of features when comparing to other machines in the price range, it doesn't look flash on the outside, but there are enough lights and switches to make most things like sound up/down/off a mouse free action, I like the blue/violet led's, and its also fairly quiet! Thanks IBM!

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