Wall of Sound (Grateful Dead)

A model of the "Wall of Sound", on display at the Dead Forever Experience exhibit at the Venetian

The Wall of Sound was an enormous sound reinforcement system designed in 1973 specifically for the Grateful Dead's live performances. The largest concert sound system built at that time,[1][2] the Wall of Sound fulfilled lead designer Owsley "Bear" Stanley's desire for a distortion-free sound system that could also serve as its own monitoring system. Due to its size, weight and resulting expense, the full WoS was only used from March to October of 1974.

  1. ^ Grushkin, Paul (2006). Rockin' Down the Highway: The Cars and People That Made Rock Roll. Voyageur Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-7603-2292-5.
  2. ^ Osborne, Luka (April 22, 2021). "Remembering the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound: an absurd feat of technological engineering". happymag.tv. Happy Media PTY Limited. Retrieved August 3, 2022.