I brought my PAS to the school where I teach a few times over the past few months. The pit band played through the PAS from stage left and was heard clear as a bell all through the auditorium, and I also used it to mic the jazz band and jazz choir at a concert last week. Because of the performance of the PAS, the school has decided to buy a PAS for next year.
Perhaps the most interesting experience was with one particular student. He is a very fine young guitar player (and is majoring in jazz performance when he goes to college next year).When I first brought the PAS in, he became fascinated with the technology and the sound. Last Thursday, he brought his science class into the band room to give a lecture/demonstration on the PAS, and the technology that makes it possible. He had diagrams written on the board, including the "old" 3-way system vs. the PAS, the sound dispersion pattern of both systems, etc.He spoke about the line-array concept, and the acoutic theories that are at work in the PAS. He had the students walk all around the room to see if they could hear any difference, and he held a mic right up to the PAS to show how it wouldn't feed back.
I saw his science teacher in the lunch room that day, and he was blown away by the presentation, and by the PAS itself. The technology behind it is interesting even to non-musicians, it seems!
I thought that was really cool, and wanted to share the story with everyone.
I'm totally knocked out by this story. If it's possible for me to send him something, I'd like to do that as well. I have a few copies of the hand-numbered white papers we gave out on press introduction day, for example, that he might like.
Let us know if you know how to contact this fellow.
