Re: Frequency Response/Contour EQ in full range systems.
I wasn't trying to be "defensive"-although it may have seemed that way-sorry.
It is just that I have seen quite a bit with the many many installs I have done. There is often a "different story" behind what seems "apparant".
I have seens cases in which a change (most any change) is conceived as being better-just because it is different. Again the placebo effect.
I have no doubt in your alignment capability. Glad you got the work. And better for you to do it than a whole list of other people who would just screw it up and make it worse.
There are also quite a number of cases in which the initial tuning was not done "as good as it could be". These can range from the room not being finished when the alignment was done. But the alignment had to be done at that time because of any number of reasons. To not having enough time to do it properly, for all sorts of "other" pressures imposed by the client. And many others.
Curt Taipale wrote an excellent artical years ago called "whos fault is it?" Which pointed out instances that on the outside would make the installer look like they did not know what they were doing-yet when you know the real story, it all makes sense. I have a long list of those also. In many cases "doing it by the books" will simply mean that you don't get the job.
For example in one large local church we have speaker runs of well over 300' each. Yes the amp room was in the wrong place-we fought to have it moved (and it would be even closer to the main AC panel (a double savings) but we were told NO-and if we would not put it where the sound guy wanted it, they would find somebody who would.
So why not use larger wire than the 12 ga we used? Because by the time it came to the audio system to be installed, the church was already well beyond budget (nothing new there) and they wanted to cut everywhere they could. So I was willing to stick with 12 ga cable and have more money for the things that mattered more.
Sometimes you just give in-do the best with the particular situation you have and go on to the next job.
Sorry to rant, but it can be quite amazing all the "issues" that have to be dealt with in this business.
PS I don't need to know the client-as that is not important for this discussion
Keep up the good work.
