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?

Time is arguably the most valuable commodity in the world. It never seems like we have enough time for work, family, and other things we want to do. Time is increasingly important to integrators, as any speed that can be gained during a system installation is bonus time for the integrator. Where can integrators save time?

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.

Unified Communications (UC) is a popular form of collaborative communications for all business types that leverages todays converged networks. UC can include many forms of communication including instant messaging (chat), voice (IP telephony), mobile convergence, visual signaling, and more, that enables the same notification to be pushed across multiple devices thereby breaking the distance barriers that are characteristic of traditional analog systems.

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?