[sdiy] DIY help needed

[Mesa237 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/1/01 11:03:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, don at till.com 
writes:

<< The DJ was using a pair of popular 2-way powered
    speakers (made in the Seattle area) with a 15 inch woofer and a horn
    tweeter. The sound was awful. The light went on. Those two ways with
    giant woofer and horn seldom sound good. >>

I hear you.  For a while, i was making high end audio equipment as a 
garage-industry type of thang.  My partner and i had made, tested, and spent 
hours listening to dozens of hi-fi speakers... when i got a job (electronics 
repair) at a music equipment store... i was exceptionally underwhelmed with 
the sound of even "reasonably good" PA systems.  To be fair, though, the 
design constraints imposed by filling a 50x50 foot room with sound are quite 
tough.  There is plenty of science and plenty of art in PA setup; and not 
enough artists or scientists doing it.