Normal
Re: Line array compromises - how to balance?I believe his is why L'Acoustics are such fascists about the training and buy-in requirements to get into their line sources. They don't want their boxes to sound like crap from poor deployment and give them a bad rap. It still happens, but I think the incidence are far less since you 1)have to plunk down many hundreds of thousands or even a million bucks to purchase minimum quantities of say K1 and 2) purchasing companies have to have factory trained personal on staff before you can purchase them. Some folks don't like this approach. But I can understand why the manufacturer would go this route to protect their reputation. Even EAW has changed their approach and has now implemented a similar program. I don't know if they're as hardcore about their requirements, but it's not the worst idea to help get their reputation back on track.
Re: Line array compromises - how to balance?
I believe his is why L'Acoustics are such fascists about the training and buy-in requirements to get into their line sources. They don't want their boxes to sound like crap from poor deployment and give them a bad rap. It still happens, but I think the incidence are far less since you 1)have to plunk down many hundreds of thousands or even a million bucks to purchase minimum quantities of say K1 and 2) purchasing companies have to have factory trained personal on staff before you can purchase them. Some folks don't like this approach. But I can understand why the manufacturer would go this route to protect their reputation. Even EAW has changed their approach and has now implemented a similar program. I don't know if they're as hardcore about their requirements, but it's not the worst idea to help get their reputation back on track.
