Harman Deal Officially Off, Investment On
New York (October 23, 2007)--Harman International announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement with affiliates of KKR and GSCP, relating to the parties' previously announced Merger Agreement.

AARP Life@50+ Convention Rolls On With Meyer
Boston, MA (October 23, 2007)--This past September's Life@50+ National Event and Expo welcomed 25,000 attendees from all 50 states and 10 countries at the new Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The event was heard through a Meyer Sound PA provided by San Diego-based MSI Production Services and Taylor, MI's Thunder Audio.

EV Gets Bad
New York (October 23, 2007)--Hinder, Papa Roach and Buckcherry spent the summer on the road on their "Bad Boys of Rock" tour--a venture that wrapped up its summer run on September 22, having delivered the goods in venues across America. Along for the ride was an Electro-Voice PA deployed by LD Systems of Houston, TX, which goes back into action later this week with the bands as the tour picks up again for a fall leg in Corpus Christi on Saturday, October 27.

Holophone Mic Records 3-D Film
Los Angeles, CA (October 23, 2007)--Mammoth Sound and Vision is developing sound effects for an upcoming 3-D animated feature film, Food Fight, utilizing Holophone's H4 SuperMINI camera-mountable surround microphone for many of the on-location recordings.

Library of Congress Equips AV Conservation Center
Culpeper, VA (October 23, 2007)--The U.S. Library of Congress's new National Audio-Visual Conservation Center , set to go online in the first quarter of 2008, will feature six state-of-the-art transcription rooms.

Virtual Organ Created with PreSonus Gear
Baton Rouge, LA (October 23, 2007)--PreSonus user Brett Milan has just completed a virtual organ by recording organ samples from Notre Dame de Metz (France), using the PreSonus ADL 600 2-Channel High Voltage Preamp and the FP10 24-bit/96K FireWire Recording System.

Aphex Ships 454 HeadPod Headphone Amp
Sun Valley, CA (October 23, 2007)--Aphex is now shipping its headphone distribution amplifier. The Model 454 HeadPod is a professional 4-output headphone distribution pod with four independent stereo power amplifiers. Working with any headphone type, the HeadPod aims to provide headroom to avoid clipping; designed for low distortion and wide frequency response capabilities, the Model 454 also promises longer listening sessions without listener fatigue.