So, this morning I bring my dad back from a doctor's appointment to his assisted living facility. When we walk in, someone is playing the place's grand piano...and I hear an organ...and then a woman begins to sing and really, the only thing that gave away the presence of a sound reinforcement system was the volume. I look around the corner and there is a woman singing along to pre-recorded music through a Bose L1 system. Ever seen one? This was the entry-level model ($999) -- a tall, thin line array of small speakers rising out of a subwoofer base.
The singer is walking all around the thing, right in front of it, wireless microphone in hand...no feedback. There are no monitors for her to hear through and when I walked across the room behind the old folks listening, I could see why. The sound was very evenly dispersed, and sounded the same from everywhere in the rather large room. No different from completely off to the side, at the entrance where I first heard it, than it sounded directly out front.And it sounded good. Very easy and natural. I doubt you could run a drum kit through it and capture anything close to the real dynamics, but for this purpose, it was pretty remarkable. It would probably be perfect for a solo or duo.
I guess they can do some things right.
Tim
The singer is walking all around the thing, right in front of it, wireless microphone in hand...no feedback. There are no monitors for her to hear through and when I walked across the room behind the old folks listening, I could see why. The sound was very evenly dispersed, and sounded the same from everywhere in the rather large room. No different from completely off to the side, at the entrance where I first heard it, than it sounded directly out front.And it sounded good. Very easy and natural. I doubt you could run a drum kit through it and capture anything close to the real dynamics, but for this purpose, it was pretty remarkable. It would probably be perfect for a solo or duo.
I guess they can do some things right.
Tim