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<blockquote data-quote="Art Welter" data-source="post: 99407" data-attributes="member: 52">Re: Bass cab madnessIvan,Time flies, the U2 tours previous to the 1997 U2 Pop Mart PA just used the usual left/right Clair S4 flying bumpers.&quot;Better sound&quot; was a relative term, even though the &quot;Pumpkin&quot; was roughly a portion of a sphere, it still did not radiate as from a single point source. The &quot;Pumpkin&quot; certainly was an improved S4 deployment, but was still turd polishing in terms of what is possible from a system designed for even coverage rather than how many drivers can fill the front of a 45 x 45 x 22.5&quot; deep cabinet.In 2000 got to hear the new (compared to 1970&#039;s boxes) Clair line array used for Sting one night in August, and the old S4 rig two nights later with the Who at the same outdoor venue.Both great bands and crews, but the Clair line array did the one thing I had never heard in 30 years from an S4 rig- even frequency response and SPL coverage for (nearly) every seat in the audience.Even though the Who show was only 2 days after Sting, it was like a time tunnel to the &quot;bad old days&quot; of coverage, just like I remembered them :^).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Art Welter, post: 99407, member: 52"] Re: Bass cab madness Ivan, Time flies, the U2 tours previous to the 1997 U2 Pop Mart PA just used the usual left/right Clair S4 flying bumpers. "Better sound" was a relative term, even though the "Pumpkin" was roughly a portion of a sphere, it still did not radiate as from a single point source. The "Pumpkin" certainly was an improved S4 deployment, but was still turd polishing in terms of what is possible from a system designed for even coverage rather than how many drivers can fill the front of a 45 x 45 x 22.5" deep cabinet. In 2000 got to hear the new (compared to 1970's boxes) Clair line array used for Sting one night in August, and the old S4 rig two nights later with the Who at the same outdoor venue. Both great bands and crews, but the Clair line array did the one thing I had never heard in 30 years from an S4 rig- even frequency response and SPL coverage for (nearly) every seat in the audience. Even though the Who show was only 2 days after Sting, it was like a time tunnel to the "bad old days" of coverage, just like I remembered them :^). [/QUOTE]

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