John Meyer has been at the forefront of live sound technology since the early ’70s. Starting with Meyer’s relentless pursuit of improving sound reproduction and clarity heading a research lab in Switzerland where laid the foundations for today’s groundbreaking Constellation system. Since it’s inception in 1979, Meyer Sound has racked up over 40 patents. From pioneering self-powered technology to linear sound systems, Meyer’s most notable achievement, in the tradition of audio research pioneer Dr. Richard Heyser, is Source Independent Measurement (SIM)—a technique that, rather than a standard test tone, uses music itself as a reference signal for measuring a system’s output throughout a performance. SIM earned Meyer Sound an R&D 100 Award in 1992 (given for the 100 best engineering feats in any field worldwide), which is the pro audio industry’s equivalent of a Nobel Prize for technological achievement. However, the important distinction here is that Meyer Sound’s staggering list of innovations, resulting in industry and engineering awards that have advanced the science of audio, are not an end unto themselves. They are merely a byproduct of Meyer Sound’s unwavering pursuit of just one thing: