QSS V RC1

No one nothing ? jeez

Just been told by very knowledgeable engineer who was at the gig, when Qualitex first started pre gig warm up, ceiling above the bar, started shaking and was in danger of collapse, and venue owner instructed both sounds to unplug 2x subs.

Apparently Qualitex did comply, and RC1 did not.

Which means RC1 system was running the night with a pair of subs more than Qualitex, even though the feedback was, Qualitex sub, was rounder and deeper.

To be honest, many of us already expected this, after hearing RC1 previously, so I would expect any more discussion of sub in this topic, to be of little consequence.

What I think would have been of more interest, is if both systems were playing Roots Reggae and Dub only, which would further identify, which system was superior, between 30hz-18khz, if they were both playing, the same number of subs, that is.

Mid tops- RC1's sound amazing, absolutely loved them, like a massive hifi. QSS' were fine and definitely more 'soundsystem' style (unbalanced?) but clear enough and not harsh but... RC1s were just lush.

Bass- Much preferred QSS. I was surprised and a bit disappointed by RC1 with how low they didn't play and how distorted it sounded. Unless I was consistently unlucky with where I was standing, there were notes completely missing off the low end. My guess is John raised his high pass in order to win on SPL, but shit loads of distorted 60Hz+ was not it imo. I like a rough bass so I can see the appeal and see why people rate their bass (if that's how they normally sound?) but I want to hear the root notes as well as the 2nd harmonic. QSS was felt in the stomach, RC1 was felt in the nose and throat.

Music- If you like DnB, then RC1 will have won for you, basically. From what I could see, RC1 had the crowd until 12/1am or so when Footsie n others came on for QSS, that seemed like a turning point and the crowd were more on the side of QSS following that.

Bonus thoughts- It was nice to hear different styles of music played on both sounds as dub/roots doesn't always have the best production imo. It was good hear the systems tested away from what they we're designed for.

For the last hour or so (maybe longer? Didn't check) John was stood arms crossed and looking pretty miserable tbh, whereas Kutty was dancing and joking around.

RC1's selecta/mic man gave the win to QSS, think that says a lot.

Seem to remember the Sinai vs RC1 thread had a decent amount of people singing RC1's praises, there's none of that now.

Overall QSS won for me but it wasn't a slaughter, but it wasn't even that sort of a night anyway.