Scott Dorsey wrote:

That's probably me, but I hate speakers and microphones much more.
Only live music is any good at all.

Even if you can't hear the vocals, or the flute player, etc.?

With real live music, you can hear the vocals or the flute player.
If you can't, either it means the group of musicians isn't very well
balanced (something they can fix) or you're listening to a version of
"live" that's been modified by a sound engineer with bad taste or
technical (or testicle) problems.



--
I'm really Mike Rivers )


YEA,
I'm for a mic on the singer only, an old Bogen 35 watt amp and two 12"
speakers. All for the purpose of hearing the singer at a volume that mixes
well with the surrounding instruments. Probably no more than 70db, 80db tops.

See, that way the musicians will have to mix on stage and that's good. If the
crowd fills up or gets louder, someone in the band turns the amp up a notch.
If the band gets to loud for the room, you tell 'em to turn down. It's feeling
the emotion of the music and not the sheer volume beating your eardrums to
death.



--Wayne

-"sounded good to me"-