Loud & Clear Inc

The name has one thing right: they can definitely make an event loud.
Loud & Clear supplies electrical and audio setup for large events, one being Taste of Cincinnati which I attended last weekend. Most of my time was spent at a booth near the Metromix Stage, which was located in P&G Pavilion. Several things happened that made me question the professionalism of this company:
— During the initial set up of microphones, the crew did not mute the audio to disconnect XLR cables which resulted in loud popping, screeching, «nails on a chalkboard» sound blaring out into the festival.
— Eight speakers were used for a small stage, which was about four too many for the space. The pavilion, which had tables and seating for festival-​goers to eat, attracted only a handful of people due to the intensity of the music.
— The audio engineers did not take into account that since the P&G building is directly behind the stage, the music would reverb causing it to sound louder than normal.
— The music was so loud, vendors near the Metromix Stage were having to yell at their customers. Requests to the audio engineers to turn down the volume went ignored.
Having experience setting up A/​V for live performances, I was quite surprised at the rookie mistakes Loud & Clear made during Taste of Cincinnati.