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<blockquote data-quote="harrybrilljr" data-source="post: 117363" data-attributes="member: 103">Re: Phase align subs to mainsI was doing a noise study last year.&nbsp; The FOH tech for the company doing the gig made a comment about how someone had &quot;smaarted&quot; his system a few months back and it was so dull sounding.&nbsp; I had been thinking for over an hour how horribly harsh it was.&nbsp; It was indeed the worst sounding VDOSC rig I ever heard anywhere.&nbsp; He called it good, and had no credibility with me at that point.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t get into it.&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t even there to measure the system and I didn&#039;t.&nbsp; It was like sticking your head inside a large format HF horn driver being over driven.&nbsp; Even with foam plugs in, it did not sound good at FOH.&nbsp; Most of the engineers for the household name, bands that played were quite satisfied.&nbsp; I think a lot of people have burned out ears out there.&nbsp; One thing we promote about Smaart, help for tired ears.&nbsp; One reason why people leave concerts and the world sounds like they have their ears covered with their hands is because of too loud, shows mixed by burned out engineers with way way way too much HF.&nbsp; Then on top of that the euro systems seem to love this extra top end to the point of adding it to the systems but that&#039;s more a matter of taste.&nbsp; I&#039;ll tell you this, all I want from the system is what I put into it.&nbsp; Then if it&#039;s harsh it&#039;s on me for mixing it that way.&nbsp; I don&#039;t want the subs hyped either, but that doesn&#039;t mean my sub bass won&#039;t be 24-30 dB hotter than the rest of the frequencies.&nbsp; I just do it on the desk, instead of the system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="harrybrilljr, post: 117363, member: 103"] Re: Phase align subs to mains I was doing a noise study last year. The FOH tech for the company doing the gig made a comment about how someone had "smaarted" his system a few months back and it was so dull sounding. I had been thinking for over an hour how horribly harsh it was. It was indeed the worst sounding VDOSC rig I ever heard anywhere. He called it good, and had no credibility with me at that point. I didn't get into it. I wasn't even there to measure the system and I didn't. It was like sticking your head inside a large format HF horn driver being over driven. Even with foam plugs in, it did not sound good at FOH. Most of the engineers for the household name, bands that played were quite satisfied. I think a lot of people have burned out ears out there. One thing we promote about Smaart, help for tired ears. One reason why people leave concerts and the world sounds like they have their ears covered with their hands is because of too loud, shows mixed by burned out engineers with way way way too much HF. Then on top of that the euro systems seem to love this extra top end to the point of adding it to the systems but that's more a matter of taste. I'll tell you this, all I want from the system is what I put into it. Then if it's harsh it's on me for mixing it that way. I don't want the subs hyped either, but that doesn't mean my sub bass won't be 24-30 dB hotter than the rest of the frequencies. I just do it on the desk, instead of the system. [/QUOTE]

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