"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message ...
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
I seemed to have missed a post somewhere about this. Seems some marshal
stacks were being used for sound reinforcement was this at a classical
gig?.....
--
Tony Sayer

Hi Tony,
It's probably my fault. We went to a concert two months ago where, to us,
the sound of a flamenco style guitarist was spoilt by over amplification.
The credits mentioned Marshall amps. After this (Jim?) Marshall was
featured on our local TV, and the mention that people liked the thicker
sound came up. I didn't - it spoilt the clarity of some fantastic
flamenco
playing.
Then last Saturday for a special treat we went to a (pseudo) classical
open-air concert at the Kenwood (Bowl) where the re-inforced sound was
dire.
It must have been bad because it's the first time my partner has ever
noticed poor sound - and that spoilt the "romance" of the evening for her
on
a special birthday.
(and "No", we couldn't see any names on the various stacks of speakers.)



See above: "****-poor sound quality is becoming a modern epidemic...."

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:47:24 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message ...
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
I seemed to have missed a post somewhere about this. Seems some marshal
stacks were being used for sound reinforcement was this at a classical
gig?.....
--
Tony Sayer

Hi Tony,
It's probably my fault. We went to a concert two months ago where, to us,
the sound of a flamenco style guitarist was spoilt by over amplification.
The credits mentioned Marshall amps. After this (Jim?) Marshall was
featured on our local TV, and the mention that people liked the thicker
sound came up. I didn't - it spoilt the clarity of some fantastic
flamenco
playing.
Then last Saturday for a special treat we went to a (pseudo) classical
open-air concert at the Kenwood (Bowl) where the re-inforced sound was
dire.
It must have been bad because it's the first time my partner has ever
noticed poor sound - and that spoilt the "romance" of the evening for her
on
a special birthday.
(and "No", we couldn't see any names on the various stacks of speakers.)



See above: "****-poor sound quality is becoming a modern epidemic...."

You like valves and vinyl. Hence, ****-poor sound is your
*benchmark*.......... :-)
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:47:24 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message ...
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
I seemed to have missed a post somewhere about this. Seems some marshal
stacks were being used for sound reinforcement was this at a classical
gig?.....
--
Tony Sayer

Hi Tony,
It's probably my fault. We went to a concert two months ago where, to
us,
the sound of a flamenco style guitarist was spoilt by over
amplification.
The credits mentioned Marshall amps. After this (Jim?) Marshall was
featured on our local TV, and the mention that people liked the thicker
sound came up. I didn't - it spoilt the clarity of some fantastic
flamenco
playing.
Then last Saturday for a special treat we went to a (pseudo) classical
open-air concert at the Kenwood (Bowl) where the re-inforced sound was
dire.
It must have been bad because it's the first time my partner has ever
noticed poor sound - and that spoilt the "romance" of the evening for
her
on
a special birthday.
(and "No", we couldn't see any names on the various stacks of speakers.)



See above: "****-poor sound quality is becoming a modern epidemic...."

You like valves and vinyl. Hence, ****-poor sound is your
*benchmark*.......... :-)


Yep, certainly is - my *benchmark* is CD. I would *never* buy an LP if the
corresponding CD was *better*...!! :-)

(Guess what?? ;-)

In article , Keith G
writes

"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message ...
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
I seemed to have missed a post somewhere about this. Seems some marshal
stacks were being used for sound reinforcement was this at a classical
gig?.....
--
Tony Sayer

Hi Tony,
It's probably my fault. We went to a concert two months ago where, to us,
the sound of a flamenco style guitarist was spoilt by over amplification.
The credits mentioned Marshall amps. After this (Jim?) Marshall was
featured on our local TV, and the mention that people liked the thicker
sound came up. I didn't - it spoilt the clarity of some fantastic
flamenco
playing.
Then last Saturday for a special treat we went to a (pseudo) classical
open-air concert at the Kenwood (Bowl) where the re-inforced sound was
dire.
It must have been bad because it's the first time my partner has ever
noticed poor sound - and that spoilt the "romance" of the evening for her
on
a special birthday.
(and "No", we couldn't see any names on the various stacks of speakers.)



See above: "****-poor sound quality is becoming a modern epidemic...."


Yes on that, I will agree with you!.....





--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Keith G
writes

"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message ...
"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
I seemed to have missed a post somewhere about this. Seems some marshal
stacks were being used for sound reinforcement was this at a classical
gig?.....
--
Tony Sayer

Hi Tony,
It's probably my fault. We went to a concert two months ago where, to
us,
the sound of a flamenco style guitarist was spoilt by over
amplification.
The credits mentioned Marshall amps. After this (Jim?) Marshall was
featured on our local TV, and the mention that people liked the thicker
sound came up. I didn't - it spoilt the clarity of some fantastic
flamenco
playing.
Then last Saturday for a special treat we went to a (pseudo) classical
open-air concert at the Kenwood (Bowl) where the re-inforced sound was
dire.
It must have been bad because it's the first time my partner has ever
noticed poor sound - and that spoilt the "romance" of the evening for
her
on
a special birthday.
(and "No", we couldn't see any names on the various stacks of speakers.)



See above: "****-poor sound quality is becoming a modern epidemic...."


Yes on that, I will agree with you!.....


You may be interested to know that the FM signal on my car radio disappears
(mostly, not *always*) when I pull off the main drag down the bottom of the
road from here!!??

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
You may be interested to know that the FM signal on my car radio
disappears (mostly, not *always*) when I pull off the main drag down
the bottom of the road from here!!??

Years ago before the fill in R4 transmitter at CP, Wrotham used to totally
disappear when crossing Wandsworth Common on Trinity Road in the car and
inching forward in a traffic jam. To the point where you couldn't hear
what was being said. Move a few feet and it came back. And the then DG,
John Birt, lived just off this road. But no external TV or radio aerial on
his house. Not far from that on the other side of the common I'd got an 8
element FM yagi to try and minimise FM multipath.

Either he didn't listen to BBC radio, or he had a line feed. ;-)

--
*If tennis elbow is painful, imagine suffering with tennis balls *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article , Dave Plowman (News)
writes
In article ,
Keith G wrote:
You may be interested to know that the FM signal on my car radio
disappears (mostly, not *always*) when I pull off the main drag down
the bottom of the road from here!!??

Years ago before the fill in R4 transmitter at CP, Wrotham used to totally
disappear when crossing Wandsworth Common on Trinity Road in the car and
inching forward in a traffic jam. To the point where you couldn't hear
what was being said. Move a few feet and it came back. And the then DG,
John Birt, lived just off this road. But no external TV or radio aerial on
his house. Not far from that on the other side of the common I'd got an 8
element FM yagi to try and minimise FM multipath.

Either he didn't listen to BBC radio, or he had a line feed. ;-)

Beings it was a well funded state broadcaster, then I'd reckon very
possibly.

And some support staff......


--
Tony Sayer