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Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection by Brian Anderson
In Loud and Clear, Brian Anderson explores the band’s search for sonic purity. The Wall of Sound wasn’t just a PA—it was a skyline three stories high containing some 600 speakers powered by McIntosh amps stacked like steel towers.
Stuart Ake
Dec 18, 20253 min read
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