Hello everyone. my today topic starts from an article I read about the power used nowadays for stadium concerts. reading that the vast majority of touring companies uses from 200000 to 400000 watts of power for their PA system is pretty confusing. I then read that maybe 15000 can be sufficient but a higher wattage can assure a clean sound without clipping. my main question is how could they manage all this in the sixties?
I'm aware of the fact that most of the times many groups in the early part of the sixties were lower than the screams of the public. after some years they managed to reach a proper level of volume to be heard also in big concert of hundreds of thousands people. but still don't understand how do they do with Marshall amps and wem system which still maintained wattages like 100 watts or maximum 200 watts each.
maybe the amplifiers were more efficient?
I still remember "the pig", a rare Marshall 200 watts amp from the 60s which had a crazy volume... that i font think it can be compared to any of the amplifiers that are made nowadays. I tried 1000 watts, 2000 watts.. never at that level...
I'm aware of the fact that most of the times many groups in the early part of the sixties were lower than the screams of the public. after some years they managed to reach a proper level of volume to be heard also in big concert of hundreds of thousands people. but still don't understand how do they do with Marshall amps and wem system which still maintained wattages like 100 watts or maximum 200 watts each.
maybe the amplifiers were more efficient?
I still remember "the pig", a rare Marshall 200 watts amp from the 60s which had a crazy volume... that i font think it can be compared to any of the amplifiers that are made nowadays. I tried 1000 watts, 2000 watts.. never at that level...
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