Some comments and lessons learned from last Sunday's event which I really enjoyed.
The scoring was incredibly close in the first round. A change of a single vote would have changed the order completely. I found that some amps suited certain music better than others.
Oddly enough, after the closeness of the 1st round, there was no doubt in the final round that John's amp was the winner and also the cheapest at under $150.
We definitely had problems getting the sound level correct for each entry and we need to re-think how we do this for next year's competition. Since it was a nice day and the world outside was quite active, there may have been noises other than the test tone affecting the db reading. Let's play with this aspect during our future meets to develop a better method.
I appreciate our team of judges being so quiet during the music and taking this event seriously.
Although I was not judging, I found it very difficult to pick an order during the first round and perhaps at future meets, we can talk more about scoring techniques. For myself, I think in future I would do a preliminary score just after the first piece based on first impressions and then adjust as I heard further music.
Finally, could those who submitted entries and would like their schematics posted, please email them to me. Now I have arrived at a house with a fast internet connection, I can work on getting them posted. And no, I can not see any volcanic ash in the beautiful blue sky near Whitby.
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