FIRST Making it TOO Loud

[Kit Gerhart]

Originally Posted by Marc S.

In the dome at champs, and now especially on Einstein, the music and the game sounds are way too loud! When the music plays I can't hear the person next to me, and when the buzzer went off during the practice match, I could actually hear my eardrums breaking. Please, if your near the field, ask them to turn it down!

Also, how bout them Killer-Guerrillas-Mayhem!

The music and PA at the events has always been too loud. It is well above the sound level allowed in work settings without requiring hearing protection.

For years, I have used ear plugs while in the stands at the events. It not only protects what is left of my hearing, but with ear plugs, it is easier to understand people talking to me.

[GBK]

The sound level of the music, play by play and game announcements, depended on where you were sitting. On the Curie field we had to sit off to the side so far that we could not hear what was happening on the Curie Field. However the sound from the other field was way louder than it needed to be. Watching one field from a bad spot and hearing another field from a spot that you could not even see the field. Then during Einstein our team ended up in the nose bleed seats and they could not hear anything or see even the videos.
The Einstein problem could be solved if Einstein was set up in the long side of the dome like it was in Atlanta. That way more people could see it without having to go so high up in the arena.
If it's too loud, then I have to side with the ear plug group

[JohnFogarty]

The problem stems from how the JBL line arrays were hanging.
I don't have the time to draw a picture, but there were 3 areas where the sound system was going to be a lot louder than the rest, and it sounds like you were in one of those hot zones.

[Chi Meson]

Originally Posted by Navid Shafa

I'm also in nose bleed. It was too quiet to hear most guest speakers and especially Dean...

Dean may have been saying some inspirational things, but I have no clue what they might have been.

And many times, on Curie field, I could hear the FTC games and announcements much more clearly and loudly than our own matches.

[JohnFogarty]

Yeah...the FTC fields did have the best sound setup for some reason that I can't explain....

[Mastonevich]

Seriously, why are we even talking about ear plugs?

It is almost certainly at a level that hearing can be lost which for a safety culture of FIRST is completely unacceptable.

If I stopped by as a member of the public, I would just leave.

[Nemo]

Originally Posted by Chi Meson

Dean may have been saying some inspirational things, but I have no clue what they might have been.

And many times, on Curie field, I could hear the FTC games and announcements much more clearly and loudly than our own matches.

I could hear Archimedes better than I could hear Curie from the Curie stands.