While looking up a few things on the internet I ran into this article about the sound system in the Paradise Garage. I’m not sure how many people here are old to have been in the club. It was one of the best sounding system at the time. I remember not leaving until 10am in morning and my ears not ringing. One of the guys working for me had Friday night membership so we got a chance to go a number of time. Given the size of the dance floor, which was huge, it’s amazing so little power was used. Actually at the time High power amps weren’t out yet. One of the links on the button, links to a typewritten AES white paper on the system. I don’t think I’ve seen anything typewritten in so long. Most don’t know how difficult we had it typing papers on a typewriter. As I look back now I see exactly why I did some of the things I did. During the 1980’s because of where I was working, I was luckily, I got into many of the larger clubs. My Top 3 were the Garage, the Palladium and the Limelight. The Limelight I was only in once, a special event part of the New Music Seminar. It was the club with a planetarium dome over the whole dance floor. Studio 54 is up there too, even in the 80’s most still wanted to in. The lightshow was nice and they had that moving bridge. But I alway felt like I missed the real party during its prime.
The next AES convention is in NYC October at the same time as NAB show. They don’t really have DJ level stuff just the more higher end stuff, But definitely a
chance to hear some really great sounding equipment is the demo rooms. I am should be there for one day as my schedule permits.
The next AES convention is in NYC October at the same time as NAB show. They don’t really have DJ level stuff just the more higher end stuff, But definitely a
chance to hear some really great sounding equipment is the demo rooms. I am should be there for one day as my schedule permits.
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Introducing Soundsystems, an in-focus feature series on the Hi-Fi equipment of the past, and the notorious clubs and DJ’s that used them. An absurd amount of precision, fine-tuning and constant reinvention is needed to build and maintain a legendary sound system. Even in our humble little...
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