re: Why are the tiger stadium speakers so bad?

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Would a huge speaker on cables hovering way above the stadium so we all hear the same thing at the same time work?

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Probably. (Side note: it would be an array of speakers of more accurately, multiple arrays pointing in different directions).

The thing is, if you can hang arrays at the middle of the field it means you have a roof - so you can probably hang them anywhere.

Jerryworld has a bunch of EV line arrays that hang from cables at different heights/angles above the stands:



This is probably the best solution if you have a roof, because it makes the time alignment fairly simple. You only really have to worry about the areas where the top and bottom arrays overlap, which should be fairly narrow because the whole point of line arrays is that they have a tight vertical throw.

Ideally you would place them such that the top and bottom arrays are equidistant from the transitional parts of the stands. They probably couldn’t do that at Jerryworld, though, because the bottom arrays have to be farther back so they don’t block the scoreboard for folks in the upper decks. So the top arrays are probably delayed to compensate.

The real downside is that those speakers have to be a royal pain in the arse to access for any kind of maintenance.