is leeds louder than reading?

[codfish]

Is it true leeds can be louder because its in the countryside whereas reading has to have a cap on the noise as its in the town?

[Bradders]

Usually. The sound was absolutely awful last year though.

[codfish]

yeah the sound was really poor and quiet at reading last year, hopefully they sort it out for this year,

and the "weather conditions" dont affect it

[Benj]

Is it true leeds can be louder because its in the countryside whereas reading has to have a cap on the noise as its in the town?

[Budweiser]

yh last year metallica we're really loud ( made my stomach vibrate when the bass drum went off at the start)

But Reading has to keep noise pollution in purspective as there are houses about 300 yards from the mainstage .

[Chris12345]

Yeah usually it's louder... but last year the main stage sound was f**king horrible, and quiet, it got to the point where you couldn't actually just watch a band from the back cos you couldn't hear...

[RedFerret]

Metallica was so damn loud like previously mentioned hence making the experience more awesome! ... but it doesn't vary from time to time at Reading

[TalkShow Bob]

I love the way that everyone is so confident on that. But because the sound is so dependent on weather how can you tell even if you have been to both sites?

[Chris12345]

I love the way that everyone is so confident on that. But because the sound is so dependent on weather how can you tell even if you have been to both sites?

[Bradders]

I've heard loads of people complaining about it being too quiet...

[Chris12345]

Yeah last year it was waaaaay to quiet... not sure why... I'm not a sound engineer...

[TalkShow Bob]

Cos of noise pollution laws, the Leeds system is allowed to run much louder (from memory, I think it's 25%) than the Reading one (or should that be that the Reading one has to be turned down)... but yeah it'll be affected by weather and whatever... tbh it's not an issue, you're not gonna go to Reading, be down in the pit and think "Hmmm, this is too quiet"... it's just pro-Leeds banter

[mikmcmik]

http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/39225

Reading Festival organisers have said that the quiet sound levels on the Main Stage throughout the weekend (August 22-24) were out of their control.

Fans and some bands have complained to NME.COM during the festival that the volume on the principal stage has been too quiet, making it difficult to connect with the large crowds it attracts.

The problem was particularly acute during headline acts Rage Against The Machine and The Killers.

However, speaking to NME.COM, festival chief Melvin Benn said that the volume had been out of his control this weekend.

"The levels on site are almost entirely dictated by the levels offsite," he explained. "The [local] council set levels by which noise, sound can't be above a certain decibel level on certain residential properties nearby [the site].

"They've set exactly the same level that they always set, but the atmospheric conditions [this year] has meant that the sound is staying low and hitting those decibel readings much, much earlier than normal. So we have to turn our levels down."

He added that because of the weather, the sound had been recorded at much louder volumes offsite than normal.

"There's somebody offsite from the council and somebody in front of house [in the area] from the council basically saying it's too high over there [offsite], so we've got to lower it over here," he said. "To be honest, last night, for Bloc Party and The Killers, I had to just say 'I can't lower it, I've got to get it a little bit higher'. So I've got to face the music after the festival."

However Benn said he was confident the problem could be avoided next year.

"I've got a meeting with my acoustic engineers, and I'll present to the council what I intend to do," explained Benn.

[gazza_20]

leeds is louder

[Chris12345]

20% what a load of rubbish. You go to most festivals and there all about the same sound level. Its only once you go outside the UK you realise how loud festivals can be.