PA system for d'n'b event Pirate Station Immortal

This was taking place in Riga, Olympic center on 30/05/2009.
More info about event: http://www.piratestation.info/index_lat.html

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[mikehoncho119]

Hey, how many feet away was the 122db read at? You laughed when kalosanin2 said I'd love to put that in my room. So here's my question for you.. take that system and shove it into a small room say 50 foot by 50 foot. what do you think it could do then DB wise? what hurdles do you see that you'd need to that to have your system perform well and sound good in that small of room?

[ddfflv]

@mikehoncho119 this was measured about 40m (120 ft) from the PA, the far end of venue. If you have 50 by 50 ft place you definately will not need system that size, you would easy hit 130 dB and I'm not sure if this is what you really want. At this level you can't tell any difference if it sounds good or bad, your single wish is to get out of that hardcore.

[kidsniper6913]

song?



[ddfflv]

@kidsniper6913, some deadmau5 remixm not sure about title.

[GoLoco2011]

Its the Event "Sensation White", i was there !

[ddfflv]

@GoLoco2011 the event was called "Pirate Station 7 - Immortal"

[ddfflv]

@DJ8joe - Deadmau5 - I Remember (J Majik & Wickaman Remix)

[ddfflv]

@DorkVaders - that is our local spiderman. Old as hell therefore not afraid of death anymore :)

[fabiuh991]

what kind of professional formation technicians like you guys need?

[TimpBizkit]

@BasherCoon bass doesn't sound as loud for the dB or damage your hearing as much. Though 160dB is pretty extreme and systems that loud are just like one big subwoofer box on wheels. With highs, 115dB will fill your entire brain with noise, that is about the loudest sensation of loudness, it just starts to tickle your ears then. 130+dB of highs is someone screaming in your ear.

[zxtuner84]

@kidsniper6913 original is "I remember" by Deadmau5.

[maciiol2]

Yes I agree. I would just go for the P.A, not because I don't like Hi-fi, thats much more clean sound you will get from that, when P.A is more distorted. But P.A do never disappoint me, thats why.

[BasherCoon]

@maciiol2 PA systems can throw 'moderately' loud sound a long way--and this point I will concede. I do have to say that hi-fi stereos do well for house parties and anywhere you don't have to fill a very large space with sound (for spaces around 1500 square feet of high ceilings it will work, though). Any bigger, a PA or reinforcement system would be necessary. Reaching into the 140+db territory is pretty well reserved for car audio and the most extreme concert audio systems, however.

[maciiol2]

@BasherCoon Thats true. But P.A systems do also have a lot larger range, when it is about spreading the noise. Thats why you don't use Hi-fi systems for large Party's.

[BasherCoon]

@maciiol2 What makes 'PA' different is signal and power clipping, which is found commonly in PA/sound reinforcement systems. These things are the antithesis of what good sound is, and thus why it's more grating on your ears-- distortion is painful, sound pressure isn't.

[BasherCoon]

@maciiol2 This statement defies all logic. 160 db measured is 160 db. It doesn't matter where the sound comes from.

You also realize that nothing can sound like 200db, because the top-end threshold for A-weighted decibels in Earth's atmosphere is just over 191db. Beyond 191db you're simply pressurizing air with acoustic energy, not generating more sound.

[maciiol2]

@BasherCoon Yes, but that is with car audio/hi-fi systems. Thats not the same as P.A systems. If your playing 160 db with a PA System, it feels like 200 db for your ears..