George J. Petersen

Mar 8, 2025 | fohonline.com | George J. Petersen

This year, Shure marks a major milestone, celebrating 100 years since founder Sidney N. Shure began the Shure Radio Company on April 25, 1925. Certainly in the years since that day, Shure has developed into a world leader in technology — and covering it all could consume an entire library, so we’ll focus on a few key products that helped shape the development of the sound reinforcement industry today. But first, a little history…The Early DaysThe company beginnings were fairly humble, but S. N.

Feb 10, 2025 | fohonline.com | George J. Petersen |Editor's note

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Feb 10, 2025 | fohonline.com | George J. Petersen

The NAMM Show was back on its regular January schedule, from Jan. 23-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The highlight for most of this year’s 63,000 attendees was checking out new gear, so here are our picks of some of the coolest new products and technologies for sound reinforcement professionals from the show. Console NewsAllen & Heath (www.allen-heath.com) unveiled SQ-Rack, built on 96kHz XCVI SQ core, delivering 48 input channels in a compact rack-mount version of its popular SQ consoles.

Feb 8, 2025 | fohonline.com | George J. Petersen

Ever did a gig where AC power was unavailable or very far away? Or you needed to add a fill speaker by the parking lot, across a stream or halfway down the street? Forget those low-power consumer “party” systems of questionable quality; lately, more pro audio companies are offering DC-powered systems with high-SPL performance, clarity, portability and long battery life. Here are a few solutions for the pro user.

Dec 10, 2024 | fohonline.com | George J. Petersen

Welcome to the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” supposedly filled with joy, parties, seasonal events, Christmas cheer and smiles for all. Well, not necessarily for everyone. Often referred to as the “Hidden Disease,” severe depression is a serious health risk — in fact, the National Institute of Mental Health estimated that 21 million persons — about 8.3% of all adults in the U.S. — had at least one major depression episode in 2021.