Hi! I’ve been to Open Ground a couple of times so I was very curious to hear how they improved the sound at Freifeld. Doubling the Evo 6E and Evo 6EL definitely delivered as I could hear the high frequenties no matter where I stood in the room. It was interesting to see that in the right corner they kept the pair of F132’s and on the left they replaced the old F132’s with three F221’s. This meant that I could directly compare the performance of these subs for the first time ever.
I’ve always loved how the F132’s delivered on the low frequencies as it an experience like no other. Especially because the room is accoustically treated to perfection. However, I noticed during the night that for the longer periods of time I preferred standing in front of the F221’s as these were not necessarily “overwhelming”. The low ends were perhaps not as “punchy” as I would like it to be but overall I really enjoyed the experience from that corner. I was suprised to come to this conclusion as I’ve always stood in front of the F132’s the past clubnights.
I assume the perfect sweetspot would be in the middle where the frequenties of these two systems meet, however, it was always so crowded there that I didn’t bother going and preferred the back where there is usually more space.
Mind you I’m no audio engineer so this comes solely from the perspective of a “sound enthousiast”. I’m very curious to hear other people’s perspective on how this dynamic influences the place you prefer to stand! :)
Edit: turns out the subs on the left were always F221’s. They’ve added third one.