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<blockquote data-quote="Brian jojade" data-source="post: 58060" data-attributes="member: 211">Re: Funny specs provided for show I&#039;m doing this weekend.70dB is barely above normal speaking volume.&nbsp; A crowd of 5000 will be creating far more than 70dB on its own. The point is that the spec was artificially low. For fun, I set the pre-show music this morning at 6 am to 70db ad the judging area, which is about 100 feet back from the beach and then asked the judges if they though that would be loud enough for the tournament. The look on their faces when they realized how quiet 70 dB was when a boat drove by and completely drowned out the sound was priceless.My suggestion to them, and one that I generally use, is that you want a system that can produce at least 15dB above the ambient sound level of the venue. This doesn&#039;t mean you have to run it that loud, but you should be able to.In this case, 40kw is more than enough.&nbsp;&nbsp; The area being covered is a beach about 300 ft wide and 100 feet deep.&nbsp; Yeah, if I had to produce sound 1000 feet from a speaker, that would be a different story, but that would be a totally different system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian jojade, post: 58060, member: 211"] Re: Funny specs provided for show I'm doing this weekend. 70dB is barely above normal speaking volume. A crowd of 5000 will be creating far more than 70dB on its own. The point is that the spec was artificially low. For fun, I set the pre-show music this morning at 6 am to 70db ad the judging area, which is about 100 feet back from the beach and then asked the judges if they though that would be loud enough for the tournament. The look on their faces when they realized how quiet 70 dB was when a boat drove by and completely drowned out the sound was priceless. My suggestion to them, and one that I generally use, is that you want a system that can produce at least 15dB above the ambient sound level of the venue. This doesn't mean you have to run it that loud, but you should be able to. In this case, 40kw is more than enough. The area being covered is a beach about 300 ft wide and 100 feet deep. Yeah, if I had to produce sound 1000 feet from a speaker, that would be a different story, but that would be a totally different system. [/QUOTE]

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