I hit 138.5dB last night with screamo band with backline, lights and PA on one socket. measured in middle of dancefloor, about 7m from each stack. Maybe a tad too loud... :/ but i'm getting curious to hear this oft quoted 'being able to hear when the tops are struggling.' still havnt heard it. Maybe at 140dB?
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Built and/or own:
8 x T48 24" 3015LF
6 x DR280
2 x DR250 old style beta10
2 x T36s 20" delta15L
1 x TAT
1 x dual Lab12 30" T60
Dave Non-Zero wrote:I hit 138.5dB last night with screamo band with backline, lights and PA on one socket. measured in middle of dancefloor, about 7m from each stack. Maybe a tad too loud... :/ but i'm getting curious to hear this oft quoted 'being able to hear when the tops are struggling.' still havnt heard it. Maybe at 140dB?
bassmonster wrote:138db? Are you trying to kill people?
Yeah, BM, man, but what a way to go, though, eh?! Death by SPL! Every molecule in the body split asunder. Just a pool of liquid and minerals left on the floor.
Dave, wonder what Jimmy Shand (famous Scottish accordionist for non-kilty folks) would sound like played at that sort o' level!
Goodness only knows what room nodes you were contending with in a 20 x 40 room, I wouldn't condemn the subs outright.
On the basis of the gig we did last week in a 60 x 60 room, wall loaded but not enough sound checking before the gig, I could describe my own T48 as a bit on the waffley side Won't make that mistake again.
BAT10, Bad Auto Tuba. Reverse folded TAT to fit JBL 1014D, 350W driver, voltage limit unknown.