{"id":408020,"date":"2026-07-22T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408020\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T15:04:07","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-hollywood-bowls-new-sound-system-gets-mixed-reviews-from-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/408020\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor: Hollywood Bowl\u2019s new sound system gets mixed reviews from readers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To the editor: Having attended many concerts at our beautiful Hollywood Bowl over the decades, I am a big fan of the improved sound (<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/story\/2026-07-16\/la-phil-returns-to-hollywood-bowl-with-soccer-and-suffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Hollywood Bowl\u2019s beast of a new sound system is a work in progress,\u201d<\/a> July 16). I no longer have to strain to hear some of the softer or more muted measures. I am no longer distracted by knocked-over wine bottles rolling down the hill of seats. The strong sound system helps block out conversations of other patrons too.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to attending more performances, knowing I will enjoy hearing the beautiful music without the prior years\u2019 distractions or otherwise weaker sound capabilities. Thank you, Hollywood Bowl!<\/p>\n<p>Laraine Miller, Northridge<\/p>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>To the editor: Mark Swed wonders if \u201cthe newly potent sound waves only make matters worse.\u201d His question has been answered.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this past Saturday\u2019s concert of three subpar rock bands, the mega-amplified sound was deafening and soul-crushing. It added nothing to the mediocre music, which was part of our season subscriber lineup and not a personal choice.<\/p>\n<p>The Bowl made its booking mistake worse by playing loud recorded music during the two hours prior to the live concert, requiring our foursome to amplify our voices to have a conversation during dinner in our terrace-level box. The \u201csonic beast\u201d sound system needs a major reset.<\/p>\n<p>Doreen Braverman, Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To the editor: Having attended many concerts at our beautiful Hollywood Bowl over the decades, I am a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64657,136369,17876,15042,55285,2072,8122,48,52,51,163614,1838,47,50,49,63,163615,163613,163612,46815,1892],"class_list":["post-408020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-beast","tag-beautiful-music","tag-concert","tag-conversation","tag-distraction","tag-editor","tag-hollywood-bowl","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-laraine-miller","tag-letter","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-mark-swed-wonder","tag-mixed-review","tag-new-sound-system","tag-prior-year","tag-reader"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}