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Originally Posted by tyler3440
I haven't felt the loud pounding in my chest from the bass and drums in a long time at a dmb show. Of corse it's been loud but not as loud as I remember it being. Ok, last summer was the first time I was in the pit. I was about 3 people away from the front about center stage both times last summer in the pit and once this summer at little rock and I noticed I just didn't get as much as a boom as I was used to getting. I mean, I was definitely getting a boom but it didn't seem as intense as it once felt. I thought this had to do with being in front of the speaker stack. Going into the the oak moutain show on Tuesday I thought I was going to get the loud sound again but it was actually less boom then being in the pit/GA Floor. (At oak moutain I was in the second section in the second row. So I wasn't that far from the stage) I was on jeffs side of the stage. I wasn't in the middle so I'm wondering if that has anything to do with it.
I haven't really felt the full effects of the "boom" since Charlotte in 2014. At that show I sat about 15 rows behind the pit on Boyd's side.
My next show I will sit in the pit again. Would standing at the back of the pit have a better sound then the front of the pit?
Do y'all even know what I'm talking about or am I crazy?
Or maybe I'm just numb to the sound because I have been to 10 shows? Idk.
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there is a dead zone in the pit, which is what you are experiencing. the sound comes from speakers on the side of the stage, and the sound waves travel out into the crowd. the waves fan out in all directions from the speakers, but they don't travel straight sideways. think of it like 2 pavilion seating shaped cones, one from each speaker. the inner edges eventually meet, and the sound board is generally just a little further behind this point to have the best sound positioning. however, anybody in the triangle in the middle that is in the area before the inner edges meet is in the dead zone. you'll hear the music, but you're not hearing it directly, which is what causes the lack of "boom" in the sound.
that is the trade-off with having pit tickets. yes, you'll be super close, but you probably wont have ideal sound. being further back in the pit will help, but only if the pit is big enough. a small pit like SPAC won't make a difference. a big one like Alpine will though. you can also try standing off to one of the sides more to be more in line with one of the speakers. if you're looking for prime sound though, get as close to the sound board as possible.