Sound LogicListening notes.
Plan a better-sounding room or event. Practical acoustics, audio history, and the ideas behind what we build.
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15 notes- Sound & business
A space worth staying in.
Sound is part of the welcome: it shapes conversation, mood, and the pace of a night out.
- Listening fundamentals
Clarity before volume.
Clear sound starts with the room: where the speakers point, where people listen, and how the system works together.
- Materials & making
Why we care about the woodwork.
Good woodwork earns its keep: useful proportions, honest materials, and details made for daily use.
- Boston audio history
What Symphony Hall can teach us about sound.
Before the first note, Boston made the room part of the instrument.
- Greater Boston hi-fi
Hi-fi, made in Cambridge.
KLH brought serious listening into the rooms where people actually lived.
- Vintage systems
Altec Lansing: sound with presence.
The Voice of the Theatre began in the cinema and never learned how to disappear.
- Vintage systems
JBL: a working history.
Sound since 1946—and plenty of old cabinets still ready for another room.
- Design & listening
Give the idea a useful form.
The Bauhaus was a school, a workshop, and a way to ask better questions of everyday objects.
- Planning & architecture
Plan the sound before the room is finished.
When to bring acoustics into a renovation, and the decisions worth making before ceilings, finishes, and layouts are fixed.
- Hospitality & renovations
Leave room for conversation.
A practical acoustic brief for restaurants, bars, and cafés: conversation, music zones, finishes, and everyday operation.
- Event Rentals & planning
Choose the room. Then plan the sound.
What to check before renting event audio: the layout, microphones, listening areas, venue restrictions, and time for soundcheck.
- Weddings / The running order
One wedding. A few different soundtracks.
Quiet vows, dinner conversation, a good toast, and a full dance floor. Plan the sound around the way your day moves.
- PA systems / How things connect
What makes a PA a system?
Follow the sound from a microphone or music source to the audience. A guide to the parts, connections, and controls that make a rental work.
- Event production / The working brief
Give the crew a brief they can use.
A venue, a program, an access window, and someone at the controls. Put the practical details of an event in one shared plan.
- Reception sound / At the controls
Before the first toast.
How to set up sound for a wedding reception: place the speakers, connect the sources, check speech and music, then rehearse the handover.
Have a room in mind?
Tell us what you hear now and what you want the room to feel like. We’re happy to listen.
