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Playing music and audio engineering are two of the biggest passions in my life. When it comes to playing, I have one very simple philosophy...."less is always, ALWAYS more!!!" While it is tride and true, and possibly even an over exaggerated phrase thrown around these days, it couldn't be any more true. Most players my age seem to be more concerned with "hot licks," and "to many notes!!!" Thus far, I have been lucky enough to play with, and learn from more seasoned players to realize that it doesn't matter how many Brent Mason, Victor Wooten, or Mike Portnoy licks you can play if it doesn't FEEL GOOD!!!!!!!!!"
My audio engineering philosophy falls into very similar guildlines. Folks in this field get very easily wrapped up in "gear," and will absolutely talk your head off about it. I'm just as (or more so) guilty as many in this act, but the simply fact is..."mediocre gear operated properly will outperform even the best gear operated improperly." I use two primary objectives to achieve the best possible outcome when operating a PA. The first and foremost is clean signal flow paths. When one starts to introduce unnecessary "evils," into their gain structure, it is always a recipe for disaster; and you will be guaranteed not to get the best performance out of your components. Simple philosophy applies here, "good in, good out." The second ever so crucial element to maximizing performance is proper amplifier - driver pairing. It's not hard to achieve this with many of today's modern high powered amplifiers going down in price all the time; most of the time it is a misunderstanding of a few simple calculations. You must properly understand Driver Efficiency, Impedance Resistance, and Crossover points and slopes (i.e 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th order). In short, a pair of SP2s on a stick properly powered, alligned, and crossed over, will sound better than a Versarray Rig that is improperly powered and maintained. (Hint Hint Hint!!!! club @mosphere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)



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