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Title: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: Donnywolf on March 29, 2025, 07:41:13 pm
Thought I read they were trying a new system and by God it was great


Credit where it's due ,. Yes I know we have complained about it for a long time but the West Stand had incredible quality today.


Every word was clearly heard by me and others around , what a great improvement


To highlight the improvement I point to the well deserved award given to Paul Mayfield or Retford Rover. A fans fan , supporter of everything Rovers and he's been at it years.


He got a well deserved Award on behalf of Club and Fans and I heard every single word of it from Johnathon and Paul whereas normally ( again in West Stand ) the whole thing would have been a series of mumbles which would have ruined a very serious and worthy commemoration


Long may it continue


And well done PM ... Well deserved
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: KingKendrick on March 29, 2025, 07:49:26 pm
Couldn’t make out a word in the south. Sounded like someone had been gagged
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: Juddy on March 29, 2025, 07:55:48 pm
Very poor in the South stand today could not hear a word clearly
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: idler on March 29, 2025, 07:59:44 pm
Very good where we were. South end of the west stand level with the goal line.
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: DonnyOsmond on March 29, 2025, 08:14:58 pm
Only seemed to be coming from the West Stand so couldn't make anything out from where I was in the South.
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: GazLaz on March 29, 2025, 08:18:27 pm
They just needed another stack in the middle of the south stand.
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: roversdude on March 29, 2025, 08:28:55 pm
Agree with DW excellent in the West
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: Bentley Bullet on March 29, 2025, 08:37:03 pm
Yep, crystal clear in the West Stand. Great to hear a bit of Bass in the music and a much-improved match-day experience.
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: rich1471 on March 29, 2025, 08:46:39 pm
If you noticed they had around 5-6 very large speakers around the ground it was not through the normal PA system
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: drfchound on March 29, 2025, 09:15:03 pm
Couldn’t make out a word in the south. Sounded like someone had been gagged

I have said elsewhere on here, in our spot, left of centre in the South, it was perfect, and I have been very critical of it in the past.
Obviously just needs a bit of tweaking to improve those parts where it still isn’t quite right.
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: Petche on March 29, 2025, 09:20:03 pm
It was generally ok in the east stand apart from the kids reading out the players names
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on March 29, 2025, 09:31:57 pm
A noticeable improvement with those speakers.  Obviously a temporary solution  but a step in the right direction.
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: Padge_DRFC on March 29, 2025, 10:46:27 pm
I literally said to my mate the reviews will be terrible from the south and great from the west. No speaker was even facing or near the south stand. Couldn't hear anything. Really poor behind the goal
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: drfchound on March 29, 2025, 10:56:22 pm
Strange how it was very good in parts of the South but not in other areas of it.
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: allezallezallez on March 30, 2025, 07:31:03 am
Couldn't a hear a thing in the South stand near the TV screen. It was painful at times to try and hear what was being said. 
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: colincramb on March 30, 2025, 07:46:08 am
East side of south stand could only hear muffled voices (if I didn’t know the players numbers, I’d have had no clue who the subs were).

Strange because you could tell it was loud, but where I was it sounded like it was from a fairground half a mile away
Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: Silkscarf on March 30, 2025, 10:22:38 am
I only noticed it when the terrible goal music came on. Wow - someone found the bass knob and turned it up to 11.

I was near East corner of South Stand about 5m from the speakers. The sound quality for me sat there was like standing in a sweetspot at a gig or festival. Great bass and everything clear. But like at gigs it obviously varies a lot depending on your location.

Not sure about kids reading the teams out though.

Title: Re: PA system . Credit to the Club
Post by: Ian Nimmo on March 30, 2025, 10:45:55 am
Yes we sit just to the right of the goal in the south stand.
The music was loud, but the announcements were shocking, hopefully this was a test and full feedback from fans will be sought.

Almost seems like from past conversations, there seems to be more of a reliance on the music quality rather than when announcements are made!