Audium-Theatre of Sound

Brad Johnson

a year ago

A cool experience overall. I'm a perfectionist audiophile, so below are my thoughts on where it falls short. Stop reading now if you want to go in without biasing your experience. I'd say it's worth hearing. - Acoustically, I wasn't that blown away. I could perceive the speakers, whereas I was hoping their positions would be transparent. I think the experience is probably also designed to be experienced in stereo, somewhat, so the circular chair arrangement means some listeners probably get a better/different experience than others. Bass notes rattled some of the old fixtures in the room, which distracted from the piece. And some speakers also sounded like they were being overextended or maybe they're just old. That said, it WAS still impressive. I could also hear the artist pushing buttons on the tape console which, again, distracted from the artwork.

ty

a year ago

What can I say... we where in a dark room and the "DJ?" Play a bunch of random sounds. I could here the sounds of buttons being pressed. Click, click, click. It was about as random as the sounds coming out of all of the random speakers in the room. It was... different. That's about as good as I can give it. This place has so much potential. If they could find a way to make it work it would be an awesome place. I don't know enugh about the internal working of the place to give any good advice. I just think there needs to be some structure in the way the sounds are used or something.

Norman Howard

a year ago

This was an "interesting experience," but not one I can easily recommend. If you know the music genre called Noise then you will like it. Otherwise it's a challenging experience that I found bewildering at best, frightening at worst. It's an SF institution, but soundscaping is now a common part of the entertainment experience, so it's difficult to compare it to, say, Dolby Atmos and not find Audium sounding a bit antiquated.

Arthur Gleckler

a year ago

It was a beautiful, mind-blowing experience. After it was over, the whole audience sat mesmerized for a long time. No one wanted to leave.

功囍

12 months ago

Don't be mistaken, this is not a "musical experience." This is sitting in uncomfortable chairs in a dark room with off-putting noise.