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**LICORNE** · July 9th, 2011, 07:46 PM

CLAIR . Old company from the 60's. Was listening to their sound test with U2. Big and Loud not much refinement. What happen to alluminium phragms.! !

Those line arrays reach quite a distance with high SPL. But there's that something missing that only Altec has.Clear RESOLUTION.

Now that Meyer has converted to Alluminium . JBL with Berylium.It's a wake up call.

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**Altec Best** · July 10th, 2011, 07:41 AM

Roger Waters concert I went to in 2008 used Clair Bros.Arrays.From where I was sitting they didn't sound bad.I snapped this picture of it.I was sitting right under it.

**LICORNE** · July 11th, 2011, 11:23 AM

They are good speakers. The Digital mixer Digico has it`s limits and who is behind the board makes a difference. I still prefer analogue like Midas 4 series. Maybe Yamaha digital PM5 for stage monitors. At least 2 Analogue boards for FOH if your using Rock band plus orchestra.Analogue amps to. that is the signal to the amps should be analogue.

These world tours; Rock bands cut corners on material weight. Try to lift a MIdas board. So they will go with Digico or Studer instead.

**Old Guy** · July 11th, 2011, 01:20 PM

Clair builds their own boxes but outsource drivers. They have always done good Live audio...

Same with Ratt Sound...own boxes (Ratt Traps)

but outside drivers.

**Altec Best** · July 11th, 2011, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by LICORNE

These world tours; Rock bands cut corners on material weight. Try to lift a MIdas board. So they will go with Digico or Studer instead.

I can tell you first hand Roger Waters Shows do not cut corners.I remember seeing all the tractor trailers 18 in all, and I got a tour of the back stage from Jon Carin the keyboard,slide guitar player of all the equipment.The crew was like 200 guys.Our local radio station 93.3 WMMR went through all the logistics of putting that show on and it was ridiculous. I snapped this one of Jon Backstage, this time we where in Denver,Co. on 4/30/08 the first picture was from the Wachovia Center in Philly.The amount of equipment was staggering for the that show "Dark Side Of The Moon Tour".His tour now "The Wall" is even bigger.

**bowtie427ss** · July 11th, 2011, 04:20 PM

Clair builds their own boxes but outsource drivers. They have always done good Live audio...

They did some magic with the Carver PM 2.0 power amps too. Not all that long ago someone had a few of their clamshell amp racks for sale still loaded with the dozen working Clair modded 2.0's.

I have long been a fan of the mammoth S4 box. Do a google image search for "clair s4", 10 JBL drivers per box, they're big, they're louder than stink, and they sound very very good when properly processed and amplified. I'd post a pic, but since i'm a new member i can't post links or pics for 3 days.

**LICORNE** · July 11th, 2011, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by BBC454SS

They did some magic with the Carver PM 2.0 power amps too. Not all that long ago someone had a few of their clamshell amp racks for sale still loaded with the dozen working Clair modded 2.0's.

I have long been a fan of the mammoth S4 box. Do a google image search for "clair s4", 10 JBL drivers per box, they're big, they're louder than stink, and they sound very very good when properly processed and amplified. I'd post a pic, but since i'm a new member i can't post links or pics for 3 days.

Here is a picture of the S4 I hope. This speaker is from the 80'S .................................................. ............................