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Pete Zahut dont@bother wrote:
You're quite wrong. A decent speaker in an open space is likely to
sound rather better than indoors.

I would agree for something like Glastonbury, Knebworth or the like, but
we're talking a domestic back garden on a sunny afternoon here )

Many many years ago I shared a very large flat - part of an even larger
house, with a vast rear garden - with some other blokes. And one started
his own business, and decided to launch it with a garden party. With a
marquee etc. Money was tight, but he wanted the best. Called in all the
favours he could from everyone he knew. I did the sound and lighting -
with a budget of not a lot. Stuff hired, scrounged and borrowed.
A white grand piano tinkled away on the lawn - and when the pianist took
his break we played the Carpenter's Now and Then - before it had even been
released - as Roger Scott from Capital Radio was one of the investors and
had provided his demo copy. On my Spendor BC1s which were on top of the
single story rear additions either side of the house. And it sounded quite
magical. To the extent passers by were stopping to listen on the road
outside. Not at pop concert levels, of course, but crystal clear and full
range.

I also remember getting up at dawn to de-rig all the lighting inside the
marquee so it could be removed by the hire company with a hangover I've
never forgotten. ;-)

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Dave Plowman London SW
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