Question re: S6 PA system

[Mr. Tom]

I sit about halfway up the Kop, and this season I've noticed on a few occasions that the half-time Yorkshire Tea gubbins they run on the big screen has been broadcast at absolutely ear-shattering volume. Not always - just sometimes. Yesterday for the first time it was so bad I actually had to put my fingers in my ears, and two little kids on the row behind me started crying and saying it was hurting. Today my ears are ringing.

 

My question is, was/is it the same for people in other areas of the ground, or is it a weird architectural quirk of exactly where my seat happens to be and the acoustics in the ground? Was it noticeably worse than usual yesterday for anyone else?

 

If it's just me, I'll shut up and move seats. But kids crying and people grimacing/covering ears all around me seems fairly mental; I'm pretty sure I don't sit in a particularly soft section and I wonder if the club have run any decibel tests on that stuff in different sections of the ground, because yesterday was just ridiculous - apart from anything else we couldn't hear a word of it as it was distorting so badly (not, of course, that we felt we were missing out!).

Edited May 8, 2017 by Mr. Tom

[WhiteOwl91]

I sit on the south and yes it was ridiculously loud yesterday. Couldn't hear the person next to me speak even though they were almost shouting by the end. 

 

Nonsense. 

 

 

[i used to be sc_owl]

Without exaggeration it was painfully loud on the grandstand. 

 

As someone with tinnitus due to exposure to loud noise (roadworks) I wasn't too impressed. 

[DesWalker]

Same in North, was actually uncomfortably loud 

[Mr. Tom]

Just now, WhiteOwl91 said:

I sit on the south and yes it was ridiculously loud yesterday. Couldn't hear the person next to me speak even though they were almost shouting by the end. 

 

Nonsense. 

 

 

 

Interesting, ta. If it seems various people all around the ground experienced similar I might drop them a polite line 'cos I'm sure it's not intended but those kids were upset and my ears are definitely affected today. It's a bit concerning.

[Striggy]

It was the music for the dance troupe that did me in, painful it was!

[i used to be sc_owl]

Just now, Striggy said:

It was the music for the dance troupe that did me in, painful it was!

 

That was also extremely loud. 

[Mr. Tom]

Thanks all, I'll gather what anecdotal evidence I can through here and drop the club a note later today. I'm sure they'd want to know.

Edited May 8, 2017 by Mr. Tom

[nevthelodgemoorowl]

SAG need to get their act together and measure those decibels !

[Mr. Tom]

Just now, nevthelodgemoorowl said:

SAG need to get their act together and measure those decibels !

 

Oh christ, sorry 

 

But seriously it was just bonkers yersterday, felt like a sonic weapon 

[aeroswfc]

What you say?

[WhiteOwl91]

It also led to me shouting "I CANT HEAR WHAT YOU'RE EFFING SAYING' to the Mrs in the middle of my irritation, for which i now need support for the repercussions...

[DielnaFromDistance]

I'm sat half way up the Kop too and yesterday was particularly hard to listen to! If you look up at the speakers they just aren't big enough to put that level of sound out, which means it glitches and screeches. You can't talk at a normal volume to the person next to you at half time. 

[Buxtongent]

This is REGULAR in the South. I sit on seat Z196, and, despite my complaints to the club, nothing has been done. It is not just the Yorkshire tea adverts. As soon as the players come out at the start of the game, I take my hearing aid out and put an ear plug in The 'Hi Ho silver' which I love to join in has become such that, as soon as the players enter the field, I sit down and go into my silent routine.

In fact, this very morning I've had to go for a check up on my H aid and the young lady has, in a split second, adjusted it and given me three settings - 1. normal 2. In noisy company and a third which she calls my Football match setting which is virtually silent.

I expect to hear noise at a football match, but were anyone asked to work in those levels they would be able to make claims under H&S.   

[Spencerowl]

WE DONT DO THINGS LIKE THAT AROUND HERE, IMAGINE IF WE ALL DID THAT? ASK NOT WHAT YOUR TROUSERS CAN DO...BLAH BLAH BLAH 

 

BREWTOPIA ... YORKSHIRE ... or somthing I couldn't hear it 

Edited May 8, 2017 by Spencerowl

[modboy]

13 minutes ago, Mr. Tom said:

Thanks all, I'll gather what anecdotal evidence I can through here and drop the club a note later today. I'm sure they'd want to know.

 

thanks, had a mate come with me also to a few games and he has to go to the sides at half time due to the excessive loudness (and treble) on the front left kop speaker.

[HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU]

Ridiculously loud in the North too

[danhuk007]

I've noticed it's been ridiculously loud on the North this season.  I've been forced to put my fingers in my ears at times too.  Physically painful!

[Kanye West]

Yep, very loud yesterday on the north too. I didn't notice it too much at half time, it was the post-game music that I noticed it louder than usual. The music was probably left at a loud volume after the "dancing".

[FatBadger]

I thought that the PA was waaaaay too loud on the kop yesterday, it was uncomfortable.