Ahem - there is nothing wrong with mikes and monitors?

No - its the people who use them that are the problem. Volume is everything and sometime all there is. Then there is the ballance which is affected by alcohol I find - then there is the microphone technique.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE PUNTERS WHO DON'T LIKE LOUD NOISES.

It's a bit like folk singing really - some does it well, some does it soso and mostly there are those who do what they do.

Personally I go to FOLK session to get away from the flickaswitch society.

Mr Red CEng MIEE

Oh Sal - don't forget to tell the listmeisters (web and paper and radio) about your venture - free publicity is worth a lot more than you pay for it.