My fraternity house used la scalas as our house pa. We would drag them outside for parties etc. they were bulletproof. Sound was far superior to any other pa speakers on campus. They could play so loud even outside it was unbelievable. They are so efficient you don't even need huge pa amps.
Puzzle: exceptional sound in custom amphitheater
I'm hoping to build a very good (ideally exceptional) sound installation in a forest amphitheater I'm building on my property. The goal is a large, clear, coherent, moving sound space covering perhaps 20'x20' (or maybe 30'x30'). Potentially with 30+ people milling about.
The main issue is: what mains to people suggest? I'm currently thinking industrial la scala's rebuilt using ALK parts driven by some kind of tube amp. I'd shunt everything below 100hz to subs, avoiding the la scala's anemic bass issues.
However: is there a better speaker family to use? I'd like very loud, very clear, and moving. They would have protective enclosures for between uses, but some resistance to dust would be good.
Related: are there any tricks I can play to make a larger sweet spot using > 2 speakers given that I'll have minimal reflections to fight?
For context:
I used to go to a many outdoor multi-day outdoor music events and while loud, most had poor quality sound. It seems that doing it myself has two nice features. First, unlike making good sound inside, there's fairly minimal reflections / room fighting. (If there any any features outside that cause problems I can use a chainsaw and dozer to eliminate them) Second, there's a whole lot of things pro sound people have to worry about that I can mostly ignore and so can optimize mainly for high quality audio rather than, for example: transport, resistance to spilled drinks, thieves, etc.
As calibration, my home system is dunlavy sc-v's driven by pass xa100.5 monoblocks with two jl 212 subs for lows.
The main issue is: what mains to people suggest? I'm currently thinking industrial la scala's rebuilt using ALK parts driven by some kind of tube amp. I'd shunt everything below 100hz to subs, avoiding the la scala's anemic bass issues.
However: is there a better speaker family to use? I'd like very loud, very clear, and moving. They would have protective enclosures for between uses, but some resistance to dust would be good.
Related: are there any tricks I can play to make a larger sweet spot using > 2 speakers given that I'll have minimal reflections to fight?
For context:
I used to go to a many outdoor multi-day outdoor music events and while loud, most had poor quality sound. It seems that doing it myself has two nice features. First, unlike making good sound inside, there's fairly minimal reflections / room fighting. (If there any any features outside that cause problems I can use a chainsaw and dozer to eliminate them) Second, there's a whole lot of things pro sound people have to worry about that I can mostly ignore and so can optimize mainly for high quality audio rather than, for example: transport, resistance to spilled drinks, thieves, etc.
As calibration, my home system is dunlavy sc-v's driven by pass xa100.5 monoblocks with two jl 212 subs for lows.
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