SoundSytem Sound-Off January 2012

can anybody confirm if the lamb shank is on tonight?????????

Yes big respects to Motion 54, keep up the brilliant works brotha, nice, all sounds on the night nuff respects 


Peace........................

Big up Pro-motion 54 crew. Wicked night yet again. Keep up the good work
Big up to all 4 sounds or as Mitch said 3 sounds and the "Box builder crew"
All good fun. Good way to start 2012, got a feeling this year is gonna be a good year for Sound system

Oh @ Lev - Not my preamp mate, that is motion's preamp

Big respec to Motion 54 once again and nuff respects to all 3 sounds and the "box builder crew" Heathrow bass labs for all making the effort to bring out their sounds.

That being said, as you know I always like to give my opinion on the night and as I paid my £5 here is what I thought but no disrespect intended.

Foundation Culture E sound needs a complete overhaul..Sounded like their set was playing back to front. seemed as if mids was playing thru the tops and tops was playing throung their mids! Even tho they may have had technical issues, they were still trying to force their sound to keep up with the others. Why???? Sorry guys but back to the drawing board i think. Try using a mixer into an eq, then a simple 3 way crossover with 3 amps as this would sound much better.

Reggae Magic - sounded a bit better than Foundation but still poor. I hate to see a selector playing tunes while sitting in a chair. Set was again quite poor. Looked like a tubbys pre amp but that needs to be replaced or the operator needs to read the manual on how to use a tubbys pre amp. As for the bad language on the mic You will never score any brownie points there my friend. With regards to setting another date for playing HBL - You will loose (plain and simple) and i dont think many people would turn up anyway! I heard you played alot of dubs on the night but the set was so poor I couldnt hear any of them.

Heathrow Bass labs - Nice sounding set. Had the clearest mic on the night. Very impressed with the Community mids/tops section. 4 x double 8 inchs for mids, although you needed more to cover the venue. Bass was loud but had no deepness, but I feel sounded best overall. Music selection was all over the place tho. Using a QSC PL9 for bass.

Motion 54 - Sounded alot better than last time. Bass was by far the deepest on the night but seemed to play only deep notes. Need to turn up your kick boxes to et the higher bass notes. But i think those ASS scoop chambers have something to do with that. Tops were not as crisp as HBL. The mostec pre amp did make the bass sound better than last time tho. Good tune selection on the night.

Overall there were only 2 sound systems that sounded ok. The other 2 need to rebuild and enter again once they've rebuilt. Just my opinion.

Big up promoters once again.Look forward to the next one.

Any more pics,coulnt make this one but defo back on track for the feb one,well done all sounds for takin part !

hbl's minis definatly impressed me.  aswell as the tiny mid hi's! man built his scoops himself so credit where its due for that

enjoyed the banter with all the soundman in the place, Tony, always a pleasure mate





Edited by luton_soundman - 02 January 2012 at 2:20pm