thanks guys, informative replies. Gary, I will check those out when I get back to Miami in Nov..glad someone is interested in swapping real information, but check out how few reply to this topic, which affects the sound we all need, vs. dozens replying about what car they drive, and hundreds having pissing contests about T2's and 3K's and G70's that they already own. what are they learning or teaching?
Miami Mo
ps 2 weeks ago I heard a trio that used an older Bose system. kb player played his new S90, sound was fabulous. Last week he brought in a new Bose PAS column. Didn't sound as good: had clarity,lacked warmth.
kb player agreed, but said he couldn't take lugging the
heavy speakers around any more. Both that band and the
previous one I heard last summer on the new Bose actually played louder on the PAS than their prior systems.
I believe the reason is: the very thing that they are selling
as an advantage is also a disadvantage..i.e., if the sound
stays as strong at a distance as on stage, then when players set the volume they are used to hearing, instead
of a falloff in the audience, it is as loud as on stage..where
musicians like it, but not audiences..especially those who deliberately sat in the back to be further from the
sound source--now they can't escape. I suppose for a
concert or big hall or in a park, it's advantageous..but in
a restaurant/bar that's intimate, where many of us gig,
we will have to turn down even more than usual when the
owner says it's too loud out there...