International Bluegrass Musicians Association: Difference between revisions

Steve-at-Bose (Steve Skillings), Ken-at-Bose (Ken Jacob) , Rich Stillman reported the outcome of the [[L1™ Traditional Music system]] at the [http://www.ibma.org/ IBMA - International Bluegrass Musicians Association- October 26 2005]. This is the report portion of the discussion that appears here:

I'll let Rich (Stillman) cover the "how we set it up" stuff in detail, but basically we've set up two mics (each going to a system) a couple feet apart for doing these showcases. Now if you've never been to one of these read then next paragraph, otherwise skip one.

We've had to Cylindrical Radiator(r) speakers set up in a few rooms and I've got to say I'm pleasantly surprised at how well they are working. Last night I left one of the Bose powered rooms and wandered. I wanted to see if we were better than other rooms (sound quality wise) or about even or worse. I quickly found out why the Bluegrass musicains were flipping out over the Bose sound.

The easiest way to describe what I heard was this. It sounded like there was no amplification ... until someone walked away from the mics and spoke. Amazing. Even I was surprised at how well our little speaker sounded.

I've got to share that the feedback from listeners and musicains has been shocking. They see "Bose Corporation" on my badge and start gushing. Great complements and great questions: "How does it do it?" "I can't believe how good it sounds." "Yey, I love that new speaker of yours."

I just got into Nashville yesterday and the place was already SMOKIN. There's about 2500 professional bluegrass players here and as you can imagine, all heck is breaking loose. These are the big boys and girls, and the fabulous assortment of up and coming acts.

It's a total blast to be able to hear well, and really appreciate the cookin string licks and fabulous vocals.

I was very pleased with the performance of our Traditional Music configuration of two wide-area condenser mics, each connected to one Cylindrical Radiator(r) speaker pushed downstage and to the side. As a reminder of the technical details of our new setup, you can click HERE to read a thorough description.