[BC] Could our concept of audio be all wrong?

[Tom]

I do occasional sound reinforcement gigs (I have about 5 kw worth of 
amps, and a gazillion speakers, more or less - everything from Klipsch 
Horns on down); and that's been my experience as well - one recent gig, 
I set up with 3 x 100 watts - and never used more than about a watt / 
channel, and thunder-shook the walls... cleanly.

Dana Puopolo wrote:
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> Near as we could tell, the amps were running on average at 10 db or better
> below full output. The DC-300 was likely 15 db down.  Everyone in the audience
> heard everything perfectly-there was no sign of distortion, echo or any strain
> whatsoever in the audio, just crystal clear sound-and at times the bands got
> LOUD! We figured that the entire system was putting out under a watt of
> acoustical power in total-with 2/3 of that in the bass band.
>
> Needless to say, I was (and still am) impressed at how well such low audio
> power could work in a standing room only hall that was acoustically well
> designed.
OTOH, no amount of power can make that echo-chamber called a stadium 
sound good.  There was one concert held there (I refer to the new Lucas 
Oil Stadium in Indy) recently that sounded like cacca until someone got 
the bright idea of opening the roof.  Not great, but better...

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Tom Spencer
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