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Ground-stacking (directional wall of sound)

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The sound-system convention of stacking boxes on the ground and aiming them directly at the crowd, rather than flying a PA overhead, to build an immersive, directional wall of sound at body level.

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sound-system culture features; The Reggae Museum anatomy notes; Julian Henriques, Sonic Bodies.

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