Merc:
The concert may have had 2 speakers in the front for amplification/reinforcement , but the sound from those 2 speakers bouncing off the side and rear walls provided the "rear surround channels" ambience. There's no way you could have heard the concert in 2CH, unless you had sound absorbing material 2/3's surrounding your head! Even then, it really would have been 3CH (LCR).

Sorry, but there are no rear or side walls at all. The roof is some sort of suspended tarpaulin material.
Here is an actual image of the Pavilion:
If we assume that the instruments can be also heard directly and that sonic reflections also bounce from those instruments off the back stage wall, then I'll allow for a type of bi-polar speaker type reflections or possibly 3 front channels??? Nah. It sounds like plain jane stereo to me.
Hope this picture clears up your confusion.

Now, if the concert was in the Compaq Center, then I'd say that with wall reflections making every note a distorted mess, it IS more like a bad surround mix. IMO, there is nothing more artificial sounding than a multichannel mix where instruments start to play behind you.

Matthew: in fact each one of the poles halfway up the lawn have speakers on them and they broadcast a mono signal. However, they are pointing up the hill, not back into the seating area.

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Take Care,
merc

[This message has been edited by merc (edited July 18, 2002).]

Merc, live in the Woodlands? I used to live there until '98. Now in Wyoming.

And we all appreciate your willingness to
to serve as a prime example. thanks.

John: Yup. We've been here for almost 8 years after moving from Sugarland. You wouldn't recognize The Woodlands now. In just the last 5 years the population has doubled.
We are Partners at the Pavilion so we get to go to all the concerts for free. Last night, Gwyneth Paltrow gave my 7 year old son a can of coke from the green room buffet table... while I was in the potty. I didn't believe him till later when she appeared on stage as a backup vocal for Sheryl Crow. Dang... timing is everything.

I bet I wouldnt recognize it! Cheyenne,WY, where I live now, is the capitol city of WY. It has around 50000 people. Of course, the entire state of WY only has 493,000 peeps.
I like it, plus only 2hrs from Denver if I crave a big city. And I sure dont miss the humidity! Humid here is 17%.

Just posting here to say sorry Outlaws I just couldn't wait any longer. While on vacation in Denver Co. I picked up a black Rotel 1066 (1300.00). I don't know what the 950 sounds like but this processor sounds and looks great. The dealer had plenty of them in both black and silver.

Sorry to see ya go. I think there are other Outlaws out there that may go down your path.
DmC

The 1066 was hard to get, especially at a discount, but not anymore.

Rotel probably ramped up production.

Hope you enjoy it. Any chance of posting your impressions here?

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Matthew J. Hill
matt@idsi.net