I wonder too if maybe we need a big speaker upgrade? Upgrade the speakers, and you can likely turn it down a tad and it will still sound awesome.
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I wonder too if maybe we need a big speaker upgrade? Upgrade the speakers, and you can likely turn it down a tad and it will still sound awesome.
We sat in the lower bowl, about the N 20 yard line, press box side halfway up. It was same experience as OP for me. My kids and I couldn't hear each other to converse pre-game, so we just sat there. People behind me with lots of "huh's?" and "what was that?"
It's not just loud, it's low-quality. The term "drowned itself out" was applicable. It's like the bass is more rattling than actual bass.
Not as bad during the game, just the before stuff.
It's not just loud, it's low-quality. The term "drowned itself out" was applicable. It's like the bass is more rattling than actual bass.
Not as bad during the game, just the before stuff.
It was annoyingly loud last night and needs changed. The sound quality seems to get worse as it gets louder. It just sounds like high-pitched blaring crap vs good-sounding music.
I’ll add that it’s frankly loud enough that it makes me not want to go back to watch in person. I like talking to the people around me and we just gave up after a while because we were tired of yelling at each other. So what’s the fun in going to the game if you just sit there in silence and stare at the field in warm ups or between plays/possessions.
Maybe email Mike Green, the assistantAD for Football communications?
C'mon....This comment just isn't fair. I tried the best I could to explain in my initial post that it shouldn't be construed as a negative complaint but more of inferring if there are others out there that hear it differently AND can a slight 'improvement' be made to make things more enjoyable at what is already a great stadium and fan atmosphere.
If I was the leader of a church and everything about a funeral or a wedding was top notch but the microphone system took away from how great it was, I would want people who attended to alert us to the fact so we could make things better.
Geez, this isn't anything even close to complaining about the football team, fans leaving, uniform colors, the punter, who was the guest picker, schedule, who sells their tickets to a rival, prices, etc.
I guess I’m not sure about the too loud comments. We always seem to get those but our seats it is tuned pretty well. Music tends to be a bit quiet but announcer volume is good. The band announcer is really loud though. Meanwhile the band itself is really quiet through the speakers.
It absolutely does not need to be that loud. The sound levels are too high for those speaker drivers and it causes a lot compression. In other words, it sounds like sh#t.
Also wind direction and strength can alter the heard volume.
Agreed 50 yard line, section E and it is loud. I thought it was the worst for the UNI game, but maybe I've gotten more used to it. Probably overdid people complaining it was too quiet in the past, although I can't remember thinking that.
For people talking about sound distribution, there is no way to do that in a stadium. You can only have speakers in one location. If you tried to put speakers in multiple locations you would have phasing issues and it would sound terrible.
I sit in row 2 of the upper deck (section V) and don't have any complaints about volume, haven't noticed it being too quite or too loud. I think it's mainly an issue being too loud for those at the same level as the speaker which I think is roughly middle of the upper deck (inside the areas on either side of the north video board) and perhaps some other places where you get reflections off other surfaces.
The "Another Cyclones First Down!" guy was definitely too loud. That needs to be turned down.....like to zero, or maybe -1. It would be a great stadium experience to never hear that again. Walden days were for celebrating first downs.....that was last millenium.
My folks were at the game last night and said it was stupid loud. I chalked it up to them just complaining but it sounds like a bigger issue.
Yet you can hardly hear it in SW corner of the stadium
Those are called earplugs.
JTS has the worst sound system of any sporting venue I've ever been in. Always sounds like it's turned up louder than the system can handle.
This. I've heard single horn speakers at Iowa high school baseball games in corn fields sound better.
