bodymusic wrote:
Hi AnuThere was another loft party a couple of weeks ago. They've been using the Musical Fidelity amps for all the london lofts apart from the first. The loft crew initially screwed up with the gear they bought. In getting domestic amps, they then had a problem with build up of ohm resistence on very long runs of cable and ended up spending 'thousands' on top of the line chunky Van den Hul wire to counteract this. They should have purchased hi-end 600 ohm line amps from the start and then the cable wouldn't have been an issue, as the resistance is much lower.
The Klips themselves are the modern version with cheap mid-fi drivers. They need to be upgraded with vintage alnico heavy duty 15 inch high efficiency drivers and bigger horns.
To me, it always sounds disappointing- not loud enough, muffled and lacking in dynamic energy. Mancuso is a cool guy but no audio genius. But the parties are excellent anyway.
Baudrillard.
well, if you have an influence on their guest list, i wouldn't mind checking it out once. i've read so much about it, especially about the audiophile angle to his DJing. we were contemplating bringing mancuso to belgrade but we've had to gave up when we saw his rider.
it's hard to do things perfect if you have to bring insuch a sophisticated PAfor each and every party. it is much safer to go with a decent, modern PA gear, something like funktion one or similarwithtone you can always filter with tons of DSP according to your taste. but than, knowing what mancuso plays, i can fullyunderstand why he instists on someelements of his rig, speakers and TTs for example.
that said, i'd really love to hear my current home speakers in a small club. we were playing some really nice, organic house sounds recently in my room and they have the sophistication that always lacks in a club, still theyare raunchy and fast like the best PA. horns do the job. that's the same feeling i've had when i heard avantgardes for the first time - whata great speakers for club!
speaking ofgood soundsystems, once i had to stay at home due my wife's sudden surgery instead of playing in amoscow club. my friend jumped in; after the gig he couldn't stop raving about a custom, 4-way active valve rig, fully designed and build by a professor at a moscow university.i wish i was there, never really stopped regretting that i missed that gig