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In Reply to: RE: Anyone hear the Wall of Sound? posted by Awe-d-o-file on June 09, 2016 at 16:35:54
...but I was a "virgin" and did not know what I was in for. Some friends learned that I had never been to a Dead concert and kidnapped me for this historic concert at the Philadelphia Convention/Civic Center. I knew the sound was great but that was before I knew what a McIntosh anything was. It was also my first and only time for music at the Civic Center.
Still spinnin'...
;^)
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They had Mac amps in the wall.
ET
forget transparency.
eStat, name one live gig where Roger West's oversized headphones have provided sound reinforcement.
Sound Lab is ready for their check. :)
With controlled directivity, the ProStats can be placed in large arrays.
Wow, you have a very large listening room.
And the high ceiling improves the reverberant soundfield.
:)
347 square feet of radiating area (equivalent to ~ 440 12" cones) driven by eight VTL S-400s at that. :)
Really?
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I think there's little danger of anyone who seriously considers first generation Mac solid state amps driving 70s era JBL and EV cone drivers as sounding *transparent*.
The Wall did, however, rock out many a fan passing the doobie!
"The Wall did, however, rock out many a fan passing the doobie!"
Who are you kidding? I knew quite a few folks in the recording business who knew good sound and could do so whether under the influence or not. Now if you want to talk about alcohol...
Still spinnin'...
;^)
Better than what else was out there at the time. Id rather hear that EV cone tweet driven by Mac than every horn I ever heard at a large venue.
ET
Weapons of mass destruction, those were (are)...
Were it my wall, 'twould have been Altec, all the time.
all the best,
mrh
massive comb filtering? I like the way you say that! :)
Differing degrees of mediocre as compared to the best audio gear.
All the time while you were hanging out with HP at his Jersey Cliffs lair I was across the river, jamming at crappy sounding live jazz gigs. You were so close to it all, yet unknowing, were so far away from the real be all end all. But at least you had sound that was "transparent," eh. Did it not ever occur to you while you were there to say "Hey big guy, let's head into the city, have drinks at the Algonquin, get some dinner, and catch some live stuff?"
I was across the river, jamming at crappy sounding live jazz gigs. You were so close to it all, yet unknowing, were so far away from the real be all end all.
Not really a jazz fan and I don't find any amplified event to be the "real be all end all" so I didn't miss a thing. Having to use ear plugs kinda detracts from the sonic experience for me. :)
Trips to Sea Cliff (that's the north shore of Long Island facing Connecticut, not Jersey) were typically no more than a long weekend where we also enjoyed walking the town, conversing (as friends do) and exploring the best Sushi restaurants in the area.
It was more convenient to enjoy concerts when he visited JWC in Atlanta. The three of us attended ASO performances at the Woodruff Center on many an occasion. It was also nice that Cooledge would introduce us backstage to Robert Spano and other musicians.
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