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Just wondering what you guys have heard in and around town...as sounding, clean, having great bass representation,
not much distortion, etc.

Best sound i've heard ...on a good night with a good sound engineer was at the Civic Underground....insane rig there....serious headache material....crisp tops too..

2nd...Hijack Sound at the Pheonix Bar...more distorted mids/highs..but ridiculous bass.


I dont really know many other places ...but interested to see what you guys have experienced.

Played at the Bald Faced Stag/The Wall on Sautrday. Sounded great but not massively bottom heavy.

jkhuri44 wrote:Just wondering what you guys have heard in and around town...as sounding, clean, having great bass representation,
not much distortion, etc.

Best sound i've heard ...on a good night with a good sound engineer was at the Civic Underground....insane rig there....serious headache material....crisp tops too..

2nd...Hijack Sound at the Pheonix Bar...more distorted mids/highs..but ridiculous bass.


I dont really know many other places ...but interested to see what you guys have experienced.

Kurt wrote:Played at the Bald Faced Stag/The Wall on Sautrday. Sounded great but not massively bottom heavy.

jkhuri44 wrote:Just wondering what you guys have heard in and around town...as sounding, clean, having great bass representation,
not much distortion, etc.

Best sound i've heard ...on a good night with a good sound engineer was at the Civic Underground....insane rig there....serious headache material....crisp tops too..

2nd...Hijack Sound at the Pheonix Bar...more distorted mids/highs..but ridiculous bass.


I dont really know many other places ...but interested to see what you guys have experienced.

i mean moreso, electronic music, ie. stuff that relies on bass pressure to work.

Have heard some insanely bass heavy rigs over the years, but none were permanent installs (just day hired). Not sure if the LAcoustics dV-Dosc system is still in the state theatre, depending on who's driving it, and what its playing, it is simply the best all around sound system I've ever heard. Not sure how it would go with electronica though.

Broadway 202 was all happy about installing Funktion 1 sound.....in the worst acoustic space in Sydney....unfortunate coz it sounds like balls :-(

KV2 audio systems are the best i have ever used. im using them on all the tours i can these days as they sound the best to me. (I now sell these to, but i loved using them wayy before i started selling them)

Damien wrote:KV2 audio systems are the best i have ever used. im using them on all the tours i can these days as they sound the best to me. (I now sell these to, but i loved using them wayy before i started selling them)

any clubs u know with that system in Sydney?

Damien wrote:KV2 audio systems are the best i have ever used. im using them on all the tours i can these days as they sound the best to me. (I now sell these to, but i loved using them wayy before i started selling them)

Amen to that Damien. Glad to see someone else on the bandwagon.

The VHD system has to be heard to be believed. The whole range is great, as soon as my studio fit out is done and dusted the next big spend is on a dual ES. Although spending nearly 60k on a concert tour spec seems a little bit of overkill for me i figure having a system i can split and hire out will definitely be a benefit to the back pocket in the long run.

jkhuri44 wrote:

Damien wrote:KV2 audio systems are the best i have ever used. im using them on all the tours i can these days as they sound the best to me. (I now sell these to, but i loved using them wayy before i started selling them)

any clubs u know with that system in Sydney?

I'm unaware of any that have installed systems, but then again i don't get out that often!

I spoke to the guys at Smithy's about KV2 stuff several years ago, they told me of a few pubs that had them installed. No idea where they were but maybe call Smithy's and see if they know of any?

i think The Bald Stag has that, but u cant really run electronic parties there...i tried....

not enough numbers it seems.

Stag has a Nexo system. Played there again on the weekend.

Kurt wrote:Stag has a Nexo system. Played there again on the weekend.

ahh, confused the 2....haha

will check out what this Kv2 business is :-)

Mick, i believe you have peen preping my KV2 pa for this run... VHD is great flown and outdoors, ES for CLubs, theaters etc... Id like to meet you one day..

http://www.kv2audio.com/

http://www.nexo-sa.com/asp/default2.asp

jkhuri44 wrote:

Kurt wrote:Stag has a Nexo system. Played there again on the weekend.

ahh, confused the 2....haha

will check out what this Kv2 business is :-)

Damien wrote:Mick, i believe you have peen preping my KV2 pa for this run... VHD is great flown and outdoors, ES for CLubs, theaters etc... Id like to meet you one day..

its very possible that i have been Damien. And yes it is possible that our paths may cross sooner than later.

As for KV2 i reccomend that anyone who hasnt heard one of these systems in action really should go and have a listen.

thats my plug for the day.

actually scratch that, total thread hijack. Jamil i heard the intro track off your cd at heaths house today mate, sounded great, will have to buy a copy. Plugs for heath also, he did a pretty damn good job on the mix if i don't say so myself. I need to really raise the bar....

Mickstape wrote:

Damien wrote:Mick, i believe you have peen preping my KV2 pa for this run... VHD is great flown and outdoors, ES for CLubs, theaters etc... Id like to meet you one day..

its very possible that i have been Damien. And yes it is possible that our paths may cross sooner than later.

As for KV2 i reccomend that anyone who hasnt heard one of these systems in action really should go and have a listen.

thats my plug for the day.

actually scratch that, total thread hijack. Jamil i heard the intro track off your cd at heaths house today mate, sounded great, will have to buy a copy. Plugs for heath also, he did a pretty damn good job on the mix if i don't say so myself. I need to really raise the bar....

i need to hear one in sydney...with bass heavy electronic...now.

I went to see Autechre on Friday at the Forum - Moore Park.

that rig is pretty friggin awesome :-)

crappy acoustics at most spots, but the FOH desk position is fairly insane :-)

again, tops slightly too harsh....but probably becoz of the music genre. The lows are pretty extended in there....and was amazing to hear very dynamic electronic music through that rig.

had any luck finding a joint with a kv2 install?

i have a few small gigs coming up that i'm using the ES with, one of which is a jive funk/hiphop/dj session , its on the coast, i'll let ya know the dates as soon as i know if you like.

jkhuri44 wrote:I went to see Autechre on Friday at the Forum - Moore Park.

that rig is pretty friggin awesome :-)

It's a great joint for a dance party but a crap place to SEE a band... I saw Switchfoot there recently. Sound was amazing, even down in the little "cave" beside the front of stage, where I was expecting to just have one huge standing wave between the mirrors, it was pretty clean and clear. You're right about up near the FOH desk... amazing. Just a shame for all the people on the top floor trying to see the stage... crazy.

Sheer Noise wrote:

jkhuri44 wrote:I went to see Autechre on Friday at the Forum - Moore Park.

that rig is pretty friggin awesome :-)

It's a great joint for a dance party but a crap place to SEE a band... I saw Switchfoot there recently. Sound was amazing, even down in the little "cave" beside the front of stage, where I was expecting to just have one huge standing wave between the mirrors, it was pretty clean and clear. You're right about up near the FOH desk... amazing. Just a shame for all the people on the top floor trying to see the stage... crazy.

yes, my friends expressed their distaste at viewing bands in there as well!