r/CommercialAV

What do you use for lead generating and finding? Good old cold door knocks have been a little off for me lately. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Here's an odd (fun?) one:

I have a client that is wanting to do Dolby Atmos music playback in a commercial space. Does anyone have experience with this? Main questions would be as follows:

1. Are there any existing streaming music platforms/devices that output music in Atmos format (proper Atmos; not 2-ch fold down)

2. What system processor exists that can input this source, process it, and spit out however many unique channels of analog or dante audio (to amplification)

3. guidance/best practices from Dolby as far as where to locate speakers/subs for optimal experience

Research so far has turned up little. Is this not practical to implement yet in 2026?

Hi All,

I'm wondering if anyone else is using Jetbuilt. We've been using it for a few years and our Sales team has a laundry list of frustrations with it. I'd like to compare notes to see if we're just going about things the wrong way, or if there are insurmountable shortcomings...

On a separate, but related note, during our onboarding process with them, we were told that they would happily provide custom programming work (read: they would send a quote for expediting specific feature requests that were important to us). I've requested a few times but I have never received a single quote from them. I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar or different experience.

Thanks!

I have some spots that need video and USB that have CAT6 (no shielded unfortunately) runs of close to 300', what are your go to point to point converters for something like this? Thank you for any info you can share on your experiences.

Hello,

I have a Mac Mini M4 and a new Cinetreak CT-31K camera. I am using NDI tools and OBS. I have a Windows laptop that is feeding two NDI streams (one for lower thirds and one for full screen) that I can see in studio monitor and on OBS. When I connect my camera however, I get a Video Decoder Not Found error in both studio monitor and on OBS. The camera does work on studio monitor on a Windows laptop. What are some troubleshooting steps I can try to make it work with my Mac?

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Updated my post earlier with a video! Send me low voltage recommendations for AV! Thank you all who watch and comment!

Hi!

Three days ago, while we were at a show, the signal to our L-Acoustics amplifiers cut out. We understand the switch reset, but I need to check some kind of log to understand what happened and to report it to the venue. An LA 12X also broke at that time, and it might have been a power issue, but we want to know for sure.

Hello I’m a new audio engineer wondering what would be the best option from setting up an audio system at larger scale. What gear would I need to be able to stream/play music at three different locations. Signal flow wise i am thinking: Music Source —> DSP —> Amp —> Speakers.

Any recommendations for gear?

I’m currently a senior PM in the UK earning £45K and working remotely. I was wondering if anyone here has successfully made the switch to a US company while still being based in the UK, but earning a US salary?

I realise the hours could be a bit unsociable, but I feel that East Coast hours wouldn’t have a huge impact on my lifestyle. Given the higher salaries in the US, it seems like it could be well worth it if it’s actually achievable.

I understand there may be some legal or tax complications, but is there a realistic way around this ?

I have to replace a unit for a client, and it seems like absolutely no vendor has this Q-SYS Core 110f in stock. Does anyone know where I can get one?