From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018091221045663267-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I don't see how more monitors would help.  Her problem isn't that she   
   > can't hear what our system is doing, it's that she wants there to be a   
   > more " in your face " sort of sound.   
      
   Just how many dBs would that take?   
      
   > Yes, the XR18 can easily fix this, if she would use the in ears.   She   
   > won't.  She says she will, but so far hasn't.   Floors monitors would work   
   > if they were as big as a band's speakers, and we used them to blast the   
   > music ( not the vocals ) up to levels of a loud bar band. Or close :-)   
   > Because to make her happy they would end up being as loud as an old school   
   > band cranked to max. Remember, it's not vocals she's got a problem   
   > hearing, it's the music.  She can't hear the music loud enough.   
      
   Just how well can she hear anyway?   
   Hearing loss causes those afflicted with it to seek the  'hearing aid   
   effect' but rather than using a hearing aid to amplify sound, they crank up   
   the amps - what caused the hearing loss in the first place.   
      
   > We could line monitors up from stage edge to stage edge, and there still   
   > wouldn't be any more instruments playing.  She hears all there is now.   
   > Ever look at any of those videos on youtube where the front of sound guys   
   > totally kill all the main pa ... and the band is still ear shattering   
   > loud, just from their stage monitors ?  Those are pretty eyeopening, I'll   
   > see if I can find some of those links.   
      
   Perhaps a powerful mini monitor or two in near field proximity to her ears   
   might help to put the sound in her face without doing the same to everyone   
   else.   
      
   > Basically, she's acustomed to LOUD stage levels, and is having major   
   > issues working at lower levels.   
      
   That results in being accustomed to not hearing too well and needing the   
   loud levels, a vicious cycle.   
      
   > Two jobs coming up very soon where she'll have no excuse not to use the in   
   > ears.  Will she ?   We'll see.   
      
      
   JimD   
      
   I'd sure like to try IEMs with the  XR18 to see if I could get my monitor   
   mix to where it'd sound so Awesome, I'd have less of a  problem forcing   
   myself to keep them stuck in my ears.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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