From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017100322152338910-email@nowherecom...   
      
   You saying even the Beatles did it ?   The horror :-)   
      
   A LOT of bands did that Crap...SHAMEFUL!   
      
   > And less reliable.  And reqire far more maintance.  And are, well, you   
   > know, heavier :-)   
      
   When something that weighs 6.2 lbs can crank out  so many watts, and with   
   such low distortion, the choice is clear...and there are plenty of effects,   
   some of which actually use a real vacuum tube in their circuits.   
      
   > You're the one who implied your church sound guy wasn't qualified. I   
   > simply agreed.  Pro's mostly are.  Amatures, maybe, maybe not.   
      
   The character I'm referring to is simply incompetent.   
   Amateurs do what they do out of the Love of doing it...so they're more   
   Purely motivated, to do their very best, as opposed to 'professionals',   
   those  who do it primarily for the motivation of Filthy Lucre, where that   
   less than pure motive can easily result in their 'cutting corners', and   
   quality, just so long as they'll still get paid....or to put it another way,   
   Pure Motives = Purists, and Impure motives = Impurists.   
   Where I worked in the electroacoustics field, we had a company president who   
   told me to my face that if the  customer 'wants' Crap, actually if the   
   customer will buy Crap, then sell them Crap...and *that* is what far too   
   much more often than not passes for 'professional'....to which I say NO   
   THANKS!!!   
      
   > In order to play at those levels, and not realize how over the top they   
   > are, they would seem to certainly have hearing loss.   
      
   I'd say that's practically a given....they've lost hearing ability because   
   they were STUPID and now they want to compensate for it by Damaging others'   
   hearing as well...I think it's Criminal, or at least should be Prosecuted   
   that way!   
      
   > It's not an all or nothing thing, you can have partial hearing loss, you   
   > know.  Like, perhaps they simply don't register anything as " loud " in   
   > their mind.   
      
   They're too STUPID to PAY ATTENTION to it so they keep losing more and more   
   and more over time.   
      
   > I've talked about that here. A few years back I realized I never hear   
   > anything as " loud " anymore.   
      
   I sure do - because I've taken care of my hearing.   
      
   > I perceive loud sounds as pain now.  Not as sounds.   
      
   I perceive them as painful and loud.   
      
   > That stuff sounds like medium level sounds with pain added.  Nothing   
   > sounds loud to in in the way it use to.  Now I hear quiet and medium all   
   > the time. Loud sounds don't sound loud, they hurt.   
      
   That sounds more like a psychological adjustment response.   
      
   > It's how they have always worked and they see not reason to change. As   
   > long as they keep getting gigs, and can manage to get the gear there,   
   > they'll use it, and use it as loud as it will go.   
      
   On the other hand they have equipment and it works, particularly if they're   
   not budgeted for new lighter gear....but an aching back might just be able   
   to one day convince them otherwise ;)   
      
   >  I have a behringer pmp550M, used it for years. It still works, I just   
   > don't use in currently.  Mine's not  quite mic stand mountable tho. Sad,   
   > huh.   
      
   Jim   
      
   Looks like a really nice power mixer.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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