Re: Meyer Sound Harsh?
The problem is how to compare then. In a live situation it is often very difficult to switch out systems and listen on one then the other. To listen to the same track through different systems and so forth.
Our ear has a short acoustic memory. And if you don't use the same source material-then how do you know what will be produced better. A different band/mix person etc can completely change how a loudpseaker system "sounds".
Granted there are many systems out there that can "get the job done". But side by side in a controlled demo is one of the better ways to hear differences.
Take the LDI outdoor systems (back when they were doing it) for example. Yes most used a live band-but it was not the same band-with the same engineer for the different stages. And anybody who has mixed the same band a number of times will tell you that sometimes the band is "ON" and other times they are not. I heard from a number of people that the systems sound different at different times of the day. Some of this could be temp related and others human related.
Sometimes it all comes together for a great mix. and other times it is just not quite there. So is it the loudspeakers fault? What about the humans on each end of the snake? A good number of variables does not ensure anything comparable.
All I am saying is that without a consistant source-comparing gets to be real hard. Of course when you don't have anything else to compare to-many loudspeaker systems can sound "fine".
