Why would a K12 or higher education institution use background music? After all, background music is for hospitality such as hotels, restaurants, and retail stores right ? Wrong! We know that studies have shown that background music increases the amount of time a shopper will spend in a store. Other studies report increased cognitive function and decreased anxiety levels in adults 65 and older. And there are numerous studies that attribute background music in the classroom to improved behaviors.

The way customers shop and buy has changed exponentially over the last decade. Consumers have more options than ever before where to buy the products they need. Consumers do have a lot of choices these days as online shopping has continued to outgrow traditional shopping models. Now you may be thinking, "this doesn't apply to me, my customers need me to do the installation for them so they have to buy their products from me" and if that is what you are thinking... You are wrong!

Speech privacy / sound masking are a rapidly growing category in the commercial AV market. If you are researching sound masking you may have seen the terms indirect field and direct field to describe masking systems. How do you know which one is best for your facility so that you can make the right choice?

Audio/video media drives the business world today. Whether you are running a restaurant or a retail store, successful businesses are leveraging business music as a medium to create an experience that attracts and retains customers while also improving employee satisfaction. You know what your business looks like with design details such as brand colors and styles, but have you taken a moment to close your eyes? What does your business sound like?

Horn speakers and compression drivers have been around forever. They are incredibly reliable, cost-effective, and can cover wide areas for voice, tone and public address applications. Horn speakers and compression drivers benefit when using filtering that protect the compression driver from lower frequencies while making them highly efficient. While in some applications these products are used for music, their most commonly used application is for the voice spectrum.

Speaker placement is one of the fastest ways to take a sound system from sounding great to you have to be kidding. Selecting the right speaker is only the first part of the job, getting it positioned to maximize its efficacy is just as important. Where should you start? Let AtlasIED help out.

For nearly 50 years, medical research experts have been writing articles focused on the negative affect of hospital noise on patients and medical personnel. With the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), it is now more important that ever for hospital administrators to address the problem as the problem can now impact their bottom line.

Choosing the right amplifier can be the difference between having a great sounding system and one that doesn't live up to a client's expectations. With so many options in the market, how do you choose the right amplifier for your application? Below are some general rules to help ensure you get the right amplifier to complete your installation properly.

Today more and more people are working in collaborative open environments, yet the everyday hustle and bustle of an office and distracting and decrease productivity. How do you currently protect sensitive conversations in your open-office space, in executive meetings, or in human resources where privacy is mandated by HIPAA law?

Have you ever struggled to hold a 50lb amplifier with one arm while you try to hold a mounting screw on the end of your screwdriver, and line up the holes on the rack rails with the mounting ears of the amplifier all while you hope you don't strip the threads? Or better yet, have you ever dropped a heavy rack component onto other components in the rack when you were trying to take it out? WHY?