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December 26, 2006 - 5:01am
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Physics still matters,small sucks, big is in
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One of teh BEST live sounds I experienced was at House of Blues Chicago....it used a floating STACK of BIG great sounding speakers. No boom, no shrill, no fatigue. Then after I heard the marvelous LIVE event, I read later on sho nuff', the guy who set it all up, and in other H.O.B. places won awards for great sound systems. My ears know, without the knowing who did what. That's called a blind test that matters. Unlike KNOWING the TT cost $80-$100K so it must sound great. Same for $45K useless highly distorted CD players, that only play one format. Maybe that reviewer needs to get out more often, rather than just listening to old records. Or CD's on distortion machines. HOB, no hype, just great stuff. And I bet H.O.B doesn't use magic wires or magic wood blocks. Just sound designs rooted in science and reality. Anybody checkout the Winner? www.mattoree.com
It sure is if 100 - 120dB of sound for the duration of the concert is your cup of tea. Which, by the way, violates OSHA occupational safety regulations after roughly an hour or so of exposure. Personally, the CSO down the street on Michigan Ave. or perhaps the Green Mill on Broadway is more my cup of tea.
Dunno about you but my listening space won't fit a 6' multi-driver floorstanding loudspeaker much less a 20+' foot tall array of horn loaded speaker units.
The physics you bandy about also applies in regard to room size. Loudspeakers of smaller dimensions, even the small standmounts you so villify, have their place and their graces.
Cheers.