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Re: Sound Back in the Day was Re: ART Regular Output vs. Inspiration



> Chris Sewell asked:
> "This was also slightly ahead of my time, but maybe some of the older 
> guys can explain what a show sounded like when all those Marshall stacks 
> weren't just props like they are today. These days, everything goes 
> through the PA. What did it sound like when only drums and vox went 
> through the PA?

I had just one experience as a listener I'll never forget. It was in the 
early eighties or late seventies, a concert in Berlin at the local 
University, and there where Bands I forgot about, but they played 
through the usual PA system, not bad I suppose. But as all the Rock 
concerts back then I though "Its way too loud, even if I like it" My 
ears hurt...
Then there came the headliner, a well known German rock band back then. 
They did not play through the PA, they had literally a wall of Marshalls 
behind them...
Man what a difference! They where at least three times as loud as the 
bands before, but this time it wasn't too loud, it was just pure 
energy... Wouldn't work for any other type of music though...

Stefan

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