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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 146915" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Decent bulletproof wedges &lt; $1kWe did a show a few years back for a male singer/songwriter that has been featured on Austin City Limits.&nbsp; Love his singing and his writing, but he wanted the &quot;FM radio baritone announcer voice&quot; coming back to his face from his wedge.&nbsp; The amount of 120-240Hz coming from the stage was astounding.&nbsp; When the BE came back to FOH after setting wedge EQ &amp; levels I mentioned to him that he&#039;d effectively fucked himself in the very live &amp; reflective venue.&nbsp; &quot;That&#039;s what the boss wants and he signs my check&quot;.&nbsp; Okay, I understand.The amount of HF the BE had to add to make things remotely intelligible was sufficient to send 30% of the audience out the doors in the first 3 songs.&nbsp; Not too long after it was down to 50% remaining and many of them were gone after their cocktail minimums were consumed.&nbsp; Merch sales were 40% of the house&#039;s projections.I understand the BE wants to keep his job (been there) but it&#039;s also his obligation to inform the artist that the tonal decisions the artist is making based on his speaking voice does not play well in any venue where the stage SPL contributes to the house SPL.That artist had been on an &#039;every couple of years&#039; rotation at this venue but hasn&#039;t played there since the above took place.&nbsp; It&#039;s his gig to fuck up and the consequences must be born by him.Now, to the topic...There ain&#039;t no such thing as a bulletproof $1000 wedge, and certainly not if you need it to sound good while at the limit of its performance.&nbsp; You&#039;ll need to spend close to 3x that amount, maybe more as you&#039;re in the &#039;big dog&#039; territory.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 146915, member: 67"] Re: Decent bulletproof wedges < $1k We did a show a few years back for a male singer/songwriter that has been featured on Austin City Limits. Love his singing and his writing, but he wanted the "FM radio baritone announcer voice" coming back to his face from his wedge. The amount of 120-240Hz coming from the stage was astounding. When the BE came back to FOH after setting wedge EQ & levels I mentioned to him that he'd effectively fucked himself in the very live & reflective venue. "That's what the boss wants and he signs my check". Okay, I understand. The amount of HF the BE had to add to make things remotely intelligible was sufficient to send 30% of the audience out the doors in the first 3 songs. Not too long after it was down to 50% remaining and many of them were gone after their cocktail minimums were consumed. Merch sales were 40% of the house's projections. I understand the BE wants to keep his job (been there) but it's also his obligation to inform the artist that the tonal decisions the artist is making based on his speaking voice does not play well in any venue where the stage SPL contributes to the house SPL. That artist had been on an 'every couple of years' rotation at this venue but hasn't played there since the above took place. It's his gig to fuck up and the consequences must be born by him. Now, to the topic... There ain't no such thing as a bulletproof $1000 wedge, and certainly not if you need it to sound good while at the limit of its performance. You'll need to spend close to 3x that amount, maybe more as you're in the 'big dog' territory. [/QUOTE]

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