Re: Behringer line array
amen. sad but true.
and the typical punter does not usually possess the necessary skills to asses WHY the sound is deemed to be good or bad. so when he comments on sound quality, the first thing he usually notices is volume/loudness. "thumping" bass is often considered to be good quality sound, high overall SPL also, at least with a lot of current pop/rock/electronic music. intelligibility and every other aspect of a good mix is not as obvious and thus hard to qualify by the unexperienced listener.
so, what do we offer our customer, what does he want?
- get yourself a lot of subwoofers, quality doesn't matter that much, they look impressive and with a lot of any sub, you probably get enough of a solid bass fundament to impress the customer.
- get yourself a linearray. it's the modern way of doing sound. you can groundstack it on your subs and have it pointed straight forward without any splay in-between cabinets, this looks the nicest and you could even put some canvas over it and use it as projection planes. no need for in- and outfills, alignment- and riggingskills or a prediction software. even a few elements of a low-quality array will get loud enough in the first few rows if you crank 'em up. if people complain to you that the sound in the back is too soft, just send them upfront then!
- stick a "bose" logo somewhere the customer can see it, for example on your mixing console. some will comment on how this must be a premium product since they remember what they paid for their home theatre system. (actually, the behringer logo might do the trick as well soon: Get the Lowdown on the Boom - Behringer Community )
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