The Canford website (The Source online) has been fully updated to match and has a new Google powered search facility making access to product descriptions and technical information easier than it has ever been.
Dave Holloway, Canford's sales & marketing director says, "This is our widest offering ever. The two new chapters covering IT accessories and fibre optics, when taken in the context of the convergence within the industry, have provided the opportunity to introduce completely new ranges of products to meet the needs of customers at the cutting edge of the pro audio and broadcast sectors. So their addition is as much about where our industry is heading as new products in new markets."
The IT accessories range includes wireless routers, external hard disk drives, KVM switches, graphics adapters, audio and video interfaces, mice and a keyboard range that boasts an illuminated keyboard that any front of house engineer will find extremely useful. The memory and media comes from well known and reliable names like Duracell, Dane-Elec, E-Films, Hoodman, Verbatim, Transcend, Fuji and HHB.
They have taken a similar approach in the new fibre optics chapter and have included some of the major brands in that sector including Neutrik, Mini5 and Fibreco.
Holloway adds, "It became imperative when customers we deal with on a daily basis started to use 'fibre' into audio desks and not just for use with 'audio for video' but for dedicated audio desks. We know of several companies already well down this route and we can now supply panels, connectors, couplers, cable, patchcords and more for them to employ in the signal path."
Product launches from Canford's manufacturing division include the Wireless Tecpro system which can interface with their wired Tecpro system. There has also been a redesign of their popular analogue audio installations cables. The new D'n'A cable range has been redesigned to provide a true 100ohm impedance making the cables perfect for digital (D)as well as analogue (A) signals. The FSM multicores from two pair right through to 32 pair versions are all now optimised for digital as well as analogue and all come in standard and Low Fire Hazard (LFH) versions.
At the same time there have been additions to their own range of audio and video interconnection products produced at their manufacturing plant in Dorset. These include floor and wallboxes, flush mounting audio panels, stage boxes and outside broadcast breakout boxes accommodating a range of multipin connectors including MIL26, MIL41, Tourline 25, Tourline 37 and Tourline 54. There is also a range of panels for 3Gb/s HD video and accompanying audio and a range of specialist panels intended for OB vehicles (Outside Broadcast).
(Jim Evans)
