Large soundsystems for clubs and festivals have an entire culture of their own[1], heavily associated with the dub and reggae music scenes. Many are hand-built

Large soundsystems for clubs and festivals have an entire culture of their own[1], heavily associated with the dub and reggae music scenes. Many are hand-built and maintained by a core group of people who travel with them and operate them on location, bringing resident DJs and MCS, and competing in sound-clashes at dub festivals. On the speaker-technology side, Funktion One systems are easily recognised by their polygonal tweeter horns[2], meant to disperse high frequencies in a very specific cone, which makes it easier to avoid dead-spots and phase-interference in complicated environments while directing the sound. [1]: https://boilerroom.tv/systems-of-sound/ https://boilerroom.tv/systems-of-sound/ [2]: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1836 http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1836