From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018031419414426403-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I understand.  That's what I read.   
      
   > In the beginning, people played at acoustic instrument, un-amplified   
   > singing levels.   
      
   And symphony orchestras still do, but hearing loss risks from all those   
   acoustic instrument volume levels can rival the loudest amplified bands.   
      
   > Then sometime in the late 60's someone invented floor wedges.   
      
   The establishment was always trying to do in rock & roll, and what better   
   way to kill it than kill the hearing of those playing it!   
      
   > Suddenly, it was possible to turn the singers up.  Guitar players and   
   > drummers then, hearing the vocals and not caring and not wanting to hear   
   > those, cranked the amps up.   
      
   And to think a pa *and* a *competent* sound person could have Fixed all   
   that!!!   
      
   > Because they could.   
      
   Yeah, but mostly because they were, and still are, STUPID!!!   
      
   But of course by now they're still Stupid *and* DEAF!   
      
   > And they kept turning the amps up, and the drummers played louder, and the   
   > guitars turned up more, and the singers ask for more monitors. And the   
   > sound person turned the wedges up a bit. And the guitar players noticed,   
   > and turned up even more. And the drummers heard that and played louder.   
   > This cycle repeats until the mics squeal, and the floor wedges can't be   
   > turned up any more.   
      
   One would think that SOMEONE *has* to have some SENSE!!!   
      
   > And the result is, the singers still can't hear themselves.  But the stage   
   > level is massively higher.   
      
   And the hearing loss is higher too.   
   .......   
      
   > After a while, singers and sound people got tired of carrying those big   
   > heavey floor wedges around. What's the point, they don't help the singers   
   > hear any better anyway. They just cause the entire band to play a LOT   
   > louder.   
      
   Pure IDIOCY is what causes the band to play louder!!!   
      
   > But the idea, the seed, of vocal monitors was planted.  Sound people,   
   > someone somewhere, thought, " hey, what if we used small monitors,   
   > something loud enough for the singer to hear, but not bigg enough to swamp   
   > the entire stage with vocals. Since that flooding of the stage is why the   
   > guitarists decide to crank it " .   
      
   Small, efficient near field monitors are a Very Awesome idea!   
      
   > To understand this process. You have to understand the vocal monitors are   
   > a relatively recent thing. Did Elvis use floor wedges ?   Did the Beatles   
   > ?   Look it up.   
      
   Monster wedges with sometimes TWO 15" speakers in each one can't do anything   
   but Damage hearing!   
      
   > In the beginning, bands played A LOT quieter.   Then floor wedges, along   
   > with all the problems those cause.  In response to those side effects,   
   > smaller mic stand monitors were developed.  And those work a little. They   
   > have their own problems.   
      
   The tiny mic stand monitors work very well when used properly.   
      
   > The next step was in ears. ......   
      
   The IEMs work well too, at least until I can't stand them being in my ears   
   anymore.   
      
   > There must be a reason that old saying came to be so popular.   
      
   And I suspect that reason is nothing more than Terminal Laziness and   
   subsequent Copping Out!   
      
   > Well, yes. That ability for each of us to adjust the levels and mix of our   
   > own monitors is the main reason I bought the XR18.   
      
   That's more than a good reason!   
      
   > For our drummer, that worked. He uses a Samsung tablet running the X Air Q   
   > app to control the mix in his in ears. He's happy now.   
      
   COOL!!! Sure beats the alternative!   
      
   > I sometimes wear foam ear plugs when I sleep.  All night.  Wake up, my   
   > ears are still there.   
      
   Maybe you have very dry ears that have no moisture accumulation   
   problems...but I'm not so fortunate.   
      
   > I'll never be involved with transporting that sort of gear anymore. Or   
   > being in a band that uses this stuff.   
      
   I don't even want to be hear it!   
      
   > You should have put on a big ol' smile :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   I pretty much can't resist doing that when the Vibe is there ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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