RE: Bose Offers New Take on Live Sound

[Greg House <ghunicycle@yahoo.com>]

--- Mike Barrs <mbarrs@nightviewer.com> wrote:

> I don't know... maybe it's a revolutionary advancement, but Bose isn't
> exactly a respected name in live sound (that's putting it mildly).

For SURE! And from the ones I've heard, their stuff deserves every bit of
contempt that it receives. 

> One potential problem I can see is added feedback problems with acoustic
> instruments and vocal mics. When I'm playing acoustic guitar instead of
> electric, I can at least angle my Mackie SRM450's so they don't point 
>right
> at my guitar, and make feedback control worse. I don't see how this
> "radiant" system will be able to avoid making feedback on stage worse 
>than
> it is with more direct-throw speaker systems.
> 
> I also don't get the idea of putting the mains in the backline. Check out
> the graphic at the top of this page from the Bose web site, for the
> suggested arrangement onstage:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/sqfr
>
> Sound volume follows the inverse square law for distance. Wouldn't you 
>have
> to run the thing painfully loud for the musicians, in order to get enough
> SPL's in the back of the room for the audience?

Yeah, absolutely right! So you have a bunch of deaf musicians with a buncha
feedback. I'm sure they have some kind of "optimal solution", like using 
contact
piezos and running instruments direct instead of using mics. 
 
> Well, that's my initial take, and I'm a natural skeptic. Maybe this is 
>the
> greatest thing since sliced bread. 

Good luck.

Greg

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