From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "Jim D"  wrote in message news:2019021811091640695-Not@ThisAddresscom...   
      
   > I'm honestly starting to wonder if it's a basic misunderstanding of how   
   > sound works ?   
      
   That's part of it, but one can learn about it, if they're so inclined.   
      
   > Imagine being outdoors around a campfire. If it's too hot, move back. If   
   > you're cold, move in a bit.   Who would stay way back from the fire and   
   > insist the fire be made bigger ?  Well, maybe, but then what about the   
   > people in closer.  What are they to do.   
      
   But that makes sense and for those who prefer Nonsense, they'll be Stupid   
   and do the opposite.   
      
   > on a barely related point, ever been around a burning building ?  there   
   > isn't really much of a " sweet spot " where you can stand and be   
   > comfortably warm. It's either too hot or not affecting you at all.   
      
   I've never experienced that, but a large source of heat, shall we say, would   
   magnify many factors not the least of which would be lots of convective air   
   currents, which would eliminate any 'just right' 'sweet spots' and require   
   constant repositioning.   
      
   > So I wonder, when band girl goes to the back of the room, does she   
   > actually expect it to sound as loud as on the stage ?    What sort of db   
   > level would that take from pa cabs on the stage in one end of a long room   
   > ?   
      
   More pertinent would be to question What Basis would form such expectations   
   in the first place?   
      
   > At theaters they get uniform sound levels by placing speaker all thru the   
   > room.  At football stadius, the same.  We can't really do that in the   
   > places we work.   
      
   That's definitely a disadvantage.   
      
   > remember, someone said one reason bands are so loud is that 90% of   
   > musicians don't know anything about acoustics :-)   
      
      
   JimD   
      
   The threshold of Pain - FOR THOSE WHO STILL HAVE UNDAMAGED HEARING - does   
   not require any knowledge of acoustics, only an Aversion response to the   
   stimulus of Dangerous sound pressure levels!   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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