Its mumbly. It always has been. It sucks.

Needs some higher tone definition, badly.

I can't understand half of what the half-time guy says.. so I just switch off and think about boobies.

Mmmmmm

ShaneD

I generally switch off and think about chicken dishes!!!

Rest assured the guy running the PA is probably the most experienced person in SA to do it. He has done everything in every kind of set up you can imagine.

The issue seems to be with the shape of the stadium and also with the way the speakers are set or directed.

some areas of the stadium sound better than others purely because you are projecting a wave of sound from the speakers.

Because of the shape of the court, a rectangle, the waves hits different sections of the crowd at different times becuase of the central speaker location.

As you can hear it is not ideal but it is what we have.

There are eq's on the system, they are just not were you can see them.

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Rest assured the guy running the PA is probably the most experienced person in SA to do it

Oh so Central Video (or whatever they are called these days) dont look after it anymore, they used to.

I understand what you are saying music man, but for years it was a lot better than it is now. Some new guys took over 2 or seasons ago and blew the crap out of the speakers the first week and it has never been the same since. Me thinks perhaps they were replaced with speakers from Tandy or Dick Smith.

You are correct but the speaker that blew up was a result of someone else's fiddling and not the tech crew.

Central Video are not involved anymore.

Nothing would please me more than a whole new set up complete with stadium black out and follow spot lights etc....as with everything though it comes down to money.

Hate to harp on the same old subject but surely this one isnt that expensive to implement.

That is lights out for player intro's (ie introducing them onto the court before warmup comences).

The lights take around 15-20 minutes to comeback to fully lit yeah?

So is it possibly they do the player intros with lights out and a nice big spotlight. then switch on have warmup's as the lights adjust to full (or is that to much on the players?) than have the anthem as normal etc etc.

Alternativley bite the bullet and replace the lights.

I am telling you that a great introduction can have the crowd pumping before the tip off, has people arriving earlier so as not to miss anything and obvioulsy the earlier people get there the less strain on the gates/last minute people, more food and bev's sold etc etc.

There is nothing better than lights out, a quick intro of the opposition (number and name) and than pump some music up and bring out the Sixers.

Have seen it done at a few diff stadiums (no-one in Aus does it every game that I know of).

They did it at the powerhouse for the globetrotters and way back for the all star game (although that was coupled with a laser light show).

I am not sure as to why this can not be done.

The last time i saw the dome "blacked out" was for a finals game against the magic.

The stadium was not blacked out at tall as there are many light around teh stadium on different circuits.

Maybe it would take the entire lighting of the place to be rewired as well or at least switchable in the same place otherwise you would need 6/7 staff at the different piots all with radio gear to turn the lights on and off simulataneously.

If the stadium was to be blacked out, by law, each step in the stands has to have a light on it (or be illuminated in some way) like at the movies, or like the entertainment centre has. that is why it hasnt happened. it has been tried & wanted to be done, but decking every step with lights is lots of money.

Have seen it done at the POWERHOUSE before :-)

They left the concourse lights on (ie where the food is) so it wasnt really darkness but still had good effect for the spotlight.

Did take a while for the main lights that light up the court to fire back up, they kinda go through a warmup where there is a bluey look to them for a while.

See your point about individual steps being lighted, but if you have ever being in the Dome whilst lights are out it isnt that dark that you cant see

Just for interest sake, i believe that the lights used at the Dome are not rated for quick off on change overs. Due to the extremly high operating temperatures that these lights have, the propensity for them to blow would increase many times over if they were treated in this way. Given that they cost [each] well and truly more then a season ticket, you can see why the blackouts do not happen. NOW. You can buy lights that do have the ability to be off on as would be required by the blackouts. But these are STUPIDLY expensive and we all know that the club aren't going to spring for those...

My Advice. Concentrate on the Boobies or chickens or whatever else you decide to look at.

PS: Bring back Central Video. Always a professional outfit.