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Where did you sit? I'm 6'3"-235...I attend dozens of NHL games at AAC each year seating is not a problem for me.
Section 118, Row 0, Seats 3 & 4.
EDS, glad you don't have a problem with the seating at AAC. I don't either. At 6'3" 235 you probably wouldn't be considered over weight or large of butt. The poor man in front of me was. While I understand the economics of the more seats the better, I feel that at those prices the guy in front of me should have been able to sit though the entire concert in comfort.
Second I have it on good authority that no less than Dr. Chris Jaffe did acoustics work on AAC........he did Bass Hall BTW. And myriad other places with great sound.
Bass Hall is indeed a beautiful theater and I've enjoyed each and every visit. Though I've never been to a concert at Bass Hall, my wife and I have attended many plays there. Thus far we share the opinion that the acoustics are fine for a straight play (the players have always been miked) but the acoustics for musicals are average at best, and perhaps that's a bit kind.
We'll be at Bass Hall Sunday night for Diana Krall. We've heard her at the Morton Meyerson which IMHO is about as good as it gets so I'll have a better opinion of Dr. Jaffe's abilities after Ms. Krall's show.
AAC is big...big spaces are always tough audiowise.
I totally agree. Bass Hall is also very large and therefore a difficult undertaking. Hell, maybe Dr. Jaffe's brillant and the acoustics at AAC are as good as they can be considering it's size. Regardless, IMHO they certainly are far from good. I'll continue to attend concerts at AAC for the live experience but I certainly won't use AAC as a reference for what music should sound like.
