Port Dickson Methodist Centre

was there a couple of weeks back
nice place, new, clean and well equipped
airy, all corridors and walkways well lit at night; torches not needed
the beach is about 10-15 minutes away on foot 

plenty of meeting rooms and halls 
canteen area is large, capable of seating a few hundred easily 
flies, however, are a problem - fly paper or tea lights may come in handy during meals

food was pretty good 
a testament to the chefs 

there are ramps and washrooms for the disabled 
washroom facilities are clean and well taken care of 

accommodation ranges from dorms to singles to twins to two room apartments
apartment bathrooms come with showers 

that glass shelf is NOT practical

what i like most are the halls where partitions can be removed to enlarge the area as needed
sound dampening panels work well despite initial looks
what caught my eye was the small 3-in-1 EV line array speaker system hanging from the ceiling
it was more than capable of meeting the sound needs in the hall 
bass, trebles, mids, highs, lows .. whatever or however you may wish to label it 
the ensuing sound was well blended, well mixed, clear, crisp ... different parts were clear and distinct 
no overkills of bass or clashes of instruments competing to be heard
voices were clear yet not overwhelming 
the single EV subwoofer on the floor near the back wall more than did its job  
the sound room ... elevated about 1-1.5 feet, received all "information" through a single person-wide narrow door quite clearly ... with very little loss of "data" - a soundman could do his/her job quite well and efficiently
the PD Methodist Centre set-up reinforces the conviction of my ears that "less is more"

cute ... small yet powerful

 

 that 3-in-1 line array speaker at left more than met the needs of this hall 

forgot to get a shot of the mixer but it looked normal enough 
not exceptionally big nor complicated looking LOL

the single sub-woofer towards the rear wall

















it makes me wonder all the more about a 6-8 speakers with large woofers set up monitored by an open and sunken sound station instead of the norm 
resulting(?) in bass overkill, instruments clashing and competing to heard,
voices overwhelmingly loud and clashing 
too much reverb or echo or delay .. or whatever you may call it since i don't know music and am not a sound engineer  :P

one the other hand, it may not be the hardware but the person or people using or trying to use the hardware ... just like in photography ;)