Best sounding stage

[bigbilly]

One for the audio geeks. What stage has the best sound?

In my opinion it's Holts

Spirit of 71 is ace as well with the surround sound F1

[stormtrooper]

Best sound system I've heard at glastonbury is the London Underground in Block 9.

The glade always used to sound pretty good.

I find the big stages lose a lot of the sound.

Edited June 18, 2013 by stormtrooper

[bigbilly]

Yes I agree on the glade. I think Arcadia is good if your in the right space

[johnny-yen]

Spirit of 71 with their surround sound can be very trippy if you stand in the right spot.

[Nice hymer]

Anywhere with a Funktion One stack, I'm guessing that plenty of venues will sound lush this year...

[LondonTom]

Brothers Bar.

[Memory Man]

Anywhere with a Funktion One stack, I'm guessing that plenty of venues will sound lush this year...

Edited June 18, 2013 by Memory Man

[ian the worm]

I really like gigs in Acoustic and JP sized tents.

[SeaOx]

I always find John Peel has the best atmosphere, not sure if that necessarily means it has the best sound, I assume they go hand in hand

[Trotter Fist]

Definitely the Acoustic stage.

[olive123]

Wine bar.

[Memory Man]

i remember watching the cribs headline the John Peel one year and you could barely hear them, it was absolutely awful

[Stuzo]

I always seem to enjoy stuff on the Avalon more than any other stage. I'm not sure how big a part sound quality has to play in this, but they always seem to massively over run setting up each act, continuing to go back and tweak instruments and check levels for ever and ever and ever. Possibly due to the fact that they have a lot of multi-instrumentalists on there so there is naturally a lot to set up, but I get the impression they are quite finicky about making sure everything is just right.

[mail1234]

Anywhere but the John Peel. The sound there is possibly the worst I've heard at any gig. It's as though a vacuum is sucking in the sound from around you, leaving a hollow, bassy mess full of delayed sounds bouncing from the roof. I miss certain bands just because of the fact they're playing in John Peel rather than somewhere else. worst venue at Glastonbury soundwise.

The sound at the Pyramid can be surprisingly spot on if the weather conditions are right and you're in the right spot

[BlackHole2006]

Another shout out to West Holts, gonna be improved even more with this moving it business.

[matt_berr]

agree with Avalon great sound in there, lot of pride goes into setting the instruments and mics up - maybe something to do with the type of artist who plays

[bigbilly]

Yes smaller doesn't mean worse sound. As mentioned the weather pants a huge part on the big outdoor stages

[bass1999]

For me it was the Other Stage. I am specifically thinking of The Prodigy when they played a couple years back. The bassline on Take Me to the Hospital was making the ground shake. Intense and I loved it.