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News Archive 2006November 2006
December 2006 June 2006
April 2006 March 2006
February 2006 January 2006
November 2006 THE WORLD'S STAGE
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Bristling with historic ramparts, churches, narrow lanes, and former battlefields, Old Town Quebec City plays host each year to an 11-day celebration of music that typically draws crowds of over 800,000. Called - appropriately enough - the Quebec City Summer Festival, this season's 39th incarnation of the event spanned 10 separate venues presenting a wide body of musical talent offering blues, classical jazz, rock, pop, and world music. Built expressly to accommodate the latter, the La Place Metro stage attracted musicians from around the globe, and relied upon a sound system utilizing QSC WideLine arrays buttressed at the low-end by the debut of the Costa Mesa, California-based manufacturer's new WL218-sw subwoofers.  |
| From left to right: David Dilitkanich (Furman), Sol Fleising (SF Marketing), Dave Keller (Furman), Mark MacLellan (SF Marketing), Denise Tam (SF Marketing). |
Furman Sound, the world's leading provider of AC power management solutions, recently recognized SF Marketing with its International Distributor of the Year (2005) Award. Sol Fleising, founder and president of SF Marketing, accepted the award in recognition of its sales and marketing success from Dave Keller, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Furman, at SF Marketing's office in Montreal.
Also in attendance at the presentation were: David Dilitkanich, marketing manager for Furman; Mark MacLellan, product manager, Pro Audio, for SF Marketing; and Denise Tam, vice president of marketing for SF Marketing.
"Our international distributors play a key role in bringing our advanced technology to consumers. That's why we wanted to recognize SF Marketing — to let them know that we appreciate their efforts and commitment to Furman," said Keller. "We rely heavily on our distributors to bring consumers the benefits of our technology. SF Marketing has done an outstanding job of this."
"We're tremendously proud that Furman chose to recognize our accomplishments with the International Distributor of the Year Award," said Fleising. "Furman's products are the best in the industry — that's why we sell them to the music industry, contractors, pro audio, and consumer markets with confidence and pride."
June 2006
SF Marketing Inc. to Distribute Xantech Control Products
Dorval , QC- SF Marketing Inc. is pleased to announce its appointment as the new exclusive distributor of Xantech home control products for Canada.
Best know for their switchers and IR emitters, Xantech also offers a number of LCD touch panels, audio video control systems, dual-zone AM/FM tuners, music servers and several other products that respond to the specialized needs of professional integrators.
Hugo Larin , Market Manager for SF Marketing’s Pro-Audio Division, stated that, “Xantech is an excellent addition to our existing catalogue of audio/video products and will give us the opportunity to offer a wide range of solutions for system integrators. Our strategies to support Xantech include increasing internal resources, namely in our Technical Support department, as well as setting-up a cross-Canada training seminar.”
Effective June 1 st, 2006, SF Marketing Inc. will be responsible for establishing Xantech as a major player and industry leader in the custom installation market in Canada. For more information please contact your SF representative.
Xantech’s latest product catalog is readily available on the Xantech web site at www.xantech.com.
April 2006
Genelec wins a MIPA trophy at the Musikmesse |
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Genelec Oy: the world leader in active monitoring, was awarded a prestigious MIPA (Music Industry Press Award) for Best Studio Monitor (Nearfield) for the 8050A monitor at the Musikmesse, this month. This award has become the 'Grammy' of the Musical Instrument and Pro Audio industries. |
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March 2006
SF Marketing Announces Sales Rep Appointment for Eastern Ontario
SF Marketing Inc. has announced the appointment of Kyle Brown, as sales representative for the Eastern Ontario.
SF Marketing is pleased to introduce Kyle Brown to it's sales team. Kyle will service Eastern Ontario representing Audio,Lighting,DJ products as well as Musical instruments. Having worked in the professional audio industry as well as managing a retail music store for many years, he possesses vast product knowledge. SF Marketing is confident Kyle's customers will be serviced with the utmost competence and professionalism!
Kyle can be contacted by e-mail at Kyle.Brown@sfm.ca or by phone (613) 813-5953.
February 2006
CEV AT THE POLYTECHNIQUE: WORK ON A MASSIVE SCALE
When experts from prominent consulting firm Go Multimedia Inc. take up a challenge like the new interactive multimedia installation at the École Polytechnique de Montréal, they don’t think twice about calling CEV to take their technical designs from paper to reality. 
CEV sells, rents, designs and installs products of high professional calibre in the fields of audio, video, communication and multimedia technology. In business for over 30 years, CEV now employs more than 65 people based in Eastern Canada. Centred in Montreal, CEV also has offices in Halifax, Moncton, Quebec City and Ottawa. Its clients include mainly broadcasters, production and postproduction firms, music studios, the federal and various provincial governments, hospitals and medical centres and teaching institutions.
Achievements for such clients over the years include projects for Université Laval in Quebec City (150 classrooms), Imperial Tobacco (13 rooms) and École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (80 rooms).
Martin Vézina, CEV's Sales Manager (Multimedia), underscores the elements that had to be factored into the Polytechnique project. "As far as our experience goes with this type of installation, I have to say that the technical challenges were typical, although we had to work with an amalgam of cables and communication networks. What was really unusual was the scope of the project and the narrow time frame we had for getting the work done.”
In fact, the daunting order for the sound components alone included the installation of 332 Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) CIS-400 ceiling speakers, 21 CX-204V, CX-302V and CX-254QSC audio amplifiers, 21 SymNet 8X8 DSP digital matrix systems and 22 Shure ULXP24/BETA58 and UXLP24/BETA87 wireless microphones.
Martin adds, “… and as is often the case when our team arrives at a site, construction was behind schedule. In spite of the challenges, it was important to us to respect the plans and preserve the design integrity. So, we rolled up our sleeves and moved heaven and earth to make it happen.” That being said, Jacques Grégoire, the project manager, and his team of 10 technicians worked full-steam for ten weeks at the rate of half a day per room to get the job done.
“Once the system was in place and live, everyone was ecstatic! Professionals appreciate the sound quality of QSC and Shure equipment—you expect a lot from these brands and, once again, no one was disappointed. As far as the EAW acoustic equipment goes, you have to give credit to efficient speaker design—it’s still the best possible choice. On an innovative note, this is the first time CEV has installed so many Symnet matrix systems and—there, too—we see a real difference. The connections and adjustments are simple and effective and digital integration adds a quality finish that the people from the Polytechnique really liked.
By the way, our technical support for the Polytechnique covers a three-year period but, since we finished the installation, we haven’t had to go back to the site to look after a single thing. That, in itself, is a great compliment.”
CEV
Installation and sale of multimedia equipment | www.cev.ca (514) 521-8253
Go multimédia inc.
Technological Integration and Scenography Consulting | www.gomultimedia.net (514) 282-2056
January 2006
New, interactive web tool helps musicians make gear choices based on budget, instruments
Shure Incorporated announced that it has added a new feature to its website ( www.shure.com/buildyourband ) called Build Your Band, which is an interactive tool to help musicians with proper selection of wired microphones and wireless systems for their bands based on their instruments and budgets.
Because option overload can sometimes be overwhelming when buying gear, we wanted to create something that would help simplify the decision−making process for our customers, said Terri Johnson, Director of Marketing Communications for Shure U.S. We hope this tool is not just functional, but also fun for anyone who uses it.
This educational tool provides specific Shure model recommendations based on a band_s instruments and budget. It also links to Shure_s online Dealer Locator and FAQ Knowledge Base. It requires Macromedia Flash Player 7 or higher.
Optimized for Explorer4+ and Netscape 4.5+
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