A speaker on a 6’ stand producing 124dB (an output level that exposes the front rows to potential hearing loss) has dropped to below desirable levels (under 100db) only 50′ from the stage (see the upper half of the diagram below). That’s the math of sound over distance.
Because it is firing over the heads of the front rows (see lower half of the diagram above), a speaker on a 12′ stand can safely project 130db but still produce safe sound levels up close and throw 100db ONE HUNDRED FEET away. DOUBLE the distance. More than QUADRUPLE the area.
Thus the sound production saying, “height is might.”
If you are currently booking a PA on standard speaker stands, increased height would likely improve your audience experience, and potentially for LESS than you are spending for a system on standard stands.
If you are currently booking a line array for engaged audiences (dancers & onlookers) of fifteen hundred or fewer, I deliver the power and throw you need at a fraction of the cost of most line array systems.
If your engaged audiences are over 1500 people, my sound system probably isn’t the right fit for you. That’s the compromise… I can’t scale this system for any need. It’s engineered to fill a niche, at an amazing price.
My three-way custom EAW tops provide a line array experience for the first 100’ of audience (plenty of space for 1500 people), but without the time and expense of trussing, or even lifts.
Because I don’t have the overhead of a large production company, I can pay myself and my crews a fair wage and still save you money, even if you’re already currently booking a budget system. I have a very compact and easy to deploy PA, scalable to address engaged audiences of two hundred or fifteen-hundred, and the tools to support bands of any size. And that’s it. No box trucks. No warehouse rent. No large build crews. Just great sound, at a great price.