Soundstage and explosive dynamics?

Hddg 's suggestion is a good one. 

@kosst_amojan

I agree a lot has changed in the market - Meyer, Nexo and Funktion One make great gear for PA. IMHO EAW Anya has the best portable array system currently for stadiums. These days, it is as much about an easily setup and controlled computerized adaptive sound management system as it is high quality transducers. Anya from EAW is the most impressive I have heard - it turns lousy venues into qood to excellent acoustics. Incredible ability to tune the sound in all directions.

It is just Buellrider97 specifically mentioned the sound from the Supertramp tour as being something he has been looking for. Supertramp like Pink Floyd were very careful about sound quality. Crime of the Century MFSL version is probably the most dynamic range pop album ever released! Supertramp were famous for their live sound too and especially the bass response.

That said not much has actually changed in terms of low distortion and high SPL. It simply takes lots of clean power and very expensive good quality drivers (large motors, large underhung voice coils and large woofers with high Xmax). At that time, the ATC 12 inch driver was the best in the entire PA market. Other large PA speaker manufacturers no doubt copied ATC higher performance designs (and made them at lower cost) and meanwhile ATC continued improving their design far beyond what is necessary for a PA setup and entered the high end studio market (where users were willing to pay for costly incremental performance improvements at high SPL for their showcase Main Monitors)

So to summarize, my last two comments are really directed at Buellrider97 and I am not suggesting anyone start building there own speakers to achieve "explosive dynamics" - although that is probably the cheapest solution!!!

+2 Hddg - large Tannoy is another good option.

Costs less than $10k. Sorry only horns can do Explosive dynamics with force and surprise. I know so many are sold on undersized cheap to build sell thin towers with far to small over worked wee mid range woofer combos installed in thin baffles requiring compensation in networks to correct it. But if one really wants what the threads poster demands only a fully loaded horn system will deliver it.

Wow thanks for the info . Glad I didn’t mention ZZ Top or Green Day “ American Idiot Tour “.  As far as “ Crime of the Century” , if you want to see a system stumble , play it LOUD ! BTW , I saw” Dark Side Of The Moon “ at the Cow Palace in SF , makes sense what you guys are sharing . Also +3 on the Tannoy’s , great suggestion. If I remember correctly Manly Labs , has them scattered around their shop . I’m glad  there is not a -#5 Wife Factor restriction at play 😝. Thanks again, Mike B , Clovis , Ca.