INDIANAPOLIS (December 5, 2007) — Klipsch, a leading loudspeaker manufacturer, recently announced that long time cinema audio specialist Dan Taylor has joined the company’s professional cinema division as a sales engineer. He is responsible for further strengthening Klipsch’s position as a technology leader in theater sound.
According to Chuck Mulhearn, Klipsch director of professional cinema worldwide, 50 percent of all new theaters in North and South America, as well as Korea and Australasia install Klipsch products. “Dan’s knowledge and industry relationships will not only continue our success in these markets, but also assist us in entering untapped areas.”
Taylor has been involved with cinema sales and marketing for three decades. Most recently, he was the head of his own company, Dan Taylor Marketing, representing four well-known cinema technology companies. He has also served as the head of sales and marketing for Kintek, Inc., and was an integral part of the team that launched Sony’s digital sound format, SDDS, in 1994.
Additionally, he held a variety of sales and marketing responsibilities during a decade-long tenure at Sony Cinema Products, Corp., served as president of the International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA) and of the Inter Society for the Enhancement of Cinema Presentation.
“Ever since Klipsch got into the professional cinema market in 1980, I have held its loudspeaker designs in the highest regard,” said Taylor. “It’s great to be an official advocate of the industry’s most impressive line of professional sound solutions.”
According to Taylor, loudspeakers are the most important components of a cinema sound system. “If they are not the right size or design for an auditorium, then not even the best digital soundtracks will sound right,” he said. “It’s my job to make sure that all of our valued cinema partners get the best sound solutions for their theaters.”
Klipsch is the preferred loudspeaker brand of leading cinema operators that include Regal Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Harkins Theatres, Krikorian Premiere Theatres, Cinépolis Mexico and Caribbean Cinemas.