jamin_g t1_jdyqbqs wrote on March 28, 2023 at 4:00 AM

Reply to comment by ThatWasTheJawn in 22nd and Arch (1970) by mikeyv683

Sound couldn't have been worse than modern day Franklin music hall.

inventsituations t1_jdzyqhi wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:56 PM

When ownership changed hands and they were running the poll to pick a new name the top comment for a while was "The Diarrhea Sound House" and that's really stuck with me, refer to it as such exclusively now

ltahaney t1_jdyywkk wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:31 AM

Man, i saw periphery and animals as leaders there. Was such a bummer. Amazing bands, super complicated technical heavy heavy metal, just sounded like.mashed potatoes. Always wonder what you do as a band in that situation. Obviously fantastic performs getting totally screwed by the venue. What a shame

_jeremybearimy_ t1_jdzz5i5 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:59 PM

It might be the worst sound I’ve heard in my life, I can never go there again, it’s just not worth paying money to not hear anything. And every single artist I like plays there when they come to Philly which is devastating

PollenThighs t1_je0fysc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 3:00 PM

I was told that, when they were first setting up the current day Electric Factory/ Franklin Music Hall space, the sound booth had been in the back as per usual, and once everything was optimized for the space, the owner decided they'd visually prefer the booth up front, but never reworked the sound booth, because they had no idea what they were doing.

It feels insane for that story to still be the case, for a venue to change hands and still, no one looks into the weird booth placement and notoriously terrible sound, so I can't say what goes on there currently. I'm not sure I've been there in almost 10 years myself.

jinntakk t1_jdzt927 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 12:08 PM

Saw FKJ there and it wasn't TOOOO bad.

jamin_g t1_je05svn wrote on March 28, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Don't lie to yourself to justify the ticket price.