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In article <1992Nov18.200540.4948@samba.oit.unc.edu> sodenn@med.unc.edu (Sheila O. Denn) writes:
>I am afraid that sound quality has consistently been a problem in the Dean
>Dome.  I attended one of the very first concerts to be presented there (I
>think it was David Bowie), and the sound was just awful.  At the time

Yeah, this was the first and list concert that I attended at the 
Dean Smithsonion. It was Spring 87, Bowie's insipid Glass Spider tour,
with cheap theatrics and a 4 story stage. 
The sound was was terrible!

>(this would have been '86 or '87) some talk was bandied about on doing
>something to improve it, but the last post indicates that this never
>happened.
> I think it would involve putting up some kind of temporary shield under
>the dome so that sound wouldn't get up there and bounce around so badly. 
>I am no physicist, so please don't flame me if this guess is way off the
>mark on physical feasibility :)

Quite useless, IMO, the place was built to hold hordes of ppl for Chapel
Hill basketball games, not at all for acoustics. Mungy R&R was meant for
the old Cradle or San Francisco's Matrix of old, doncha know better
chance for early hearing loss :^>

Wm

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>
>Sheila O. Denn
>denn.msalan2@med.unc.edu


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Bill Madden
wpmadden@eos.ncsu.edu
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In article <1992Nov18.213957.16493@ncsu.edu> wpmadden@eos.ncsu.edu (Bill Madden) writes:
>Quite useless, IMO, the place was built to hold hordes of ppl for Chapel
>Hill basketball games, not at all for acoustics. Mungy R&R was meant for

No, the sad thing is, it supposedly was built as a "student activities center"
and it was supposed to have good acoustics so concerts could be had there.

I wasn't at the Springsteen concert the other night, or
the Bowie concert from a few years ago, but I have attended
a number of concerts at the Dean Dome.  I've always
thought it had average to great acoustics.

I don't remember any particular complaints about the
Springsteen concert from a couple of years ago.  The Sting
concert from about 4 years ago was incredible, it had about
the best acoustics of any concert I've ever attended (the Sting
concert from a year ago was only average).  I've seen "loud"
acts such as Pink Floyd, and "quieter" acts like Billy Joel,
and usually been happy with the sound.  When compared to 
arenas like the Greensboro Coliseum the Dean Dome has 
much better sound than older venues.

All of course, IMHO.


-- 
Ken Worsham
SAS Institute Inc
worsham@vms.sas.com

I've seen several acts in the Smith Cbeter and thought the sounded fine.
Yes in 1988 is a case in point. I walked around a bit and the sound was great
wherever I was. I saw Rush this year and thought the sound was clean and 
powerful, although a tad loud for my tastes.(earplugs are very helpful in
cutting down on damaging high freq's)


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  Jeff Hunnicutt, UNC-Wilmington/Information Systems/Datacommunications 
   \--------------------Wilmington, North Carolina-------------------/   
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In article <Bxz5Mp.304@unx.sas.com> saskdw@marmoset.unx.sas.com (Ken D. Worsham) writes:
>
>
>I wasn't at the Springsteen concert the other night, or
>the Bowie concert from a few years ago, but I have attended
>a number of concerts at the Dean Dome.  I've always
>thought it had average to great acoustics.
>
I saw Bob Dylan at the Dean Dome in 88 (?) and it sounded VERY
bad and I vowed never to go back.  Then when Paul Simon's Rhythm of the 
Saints appeared at the Dean Dome I went and the sound was wonderful.
Actually better than the latter show at Walnut Creek. I also heard
James Taylor there last week and the sound was OK.  

Mary
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Mary Overby   Becton Dickinson Research Center  mao@bdrc.bd.com