[CQ-Contest] LOUD cans

Stuart Santelmann KC1F kc1f at adelphia.net
Fri Jul 28 20:59:09 EDT 2006


> On Jul 26, 2006, at 8:42 AM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
>
>> LOUD isn't good. Ask Pete
>> Townsend about it; he ruined his hearing the same way.
>
> Back in the mid-80s, I went to one of the first "last tour" concerts
> of The Who. It was at the Lakewood amphitheater pavilion in Atlanta.
> Our seats were about 300 feet from the stage, just 25 feet outside
> the perimeter of the pavilion.
>
> The sound level at our seats was excruciating. I couldn't imagine
> sitting any closer. It would have been painful.
>

"I'm not trying to cause a big sensation !  Just talkin' 'bout my (ear 
de-)generation"

QSP from the "if some is good, more is better" generation

Stu        KC1F






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