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Re: How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

lcargil...@comcast.net (Les Cargill) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:08:57 UT

My standard is , and probably will always be the Columbia soundtracks
of the great musicals, best exemplified by "The Sound of Music".

Re: Please help ID old Supro instrument amp.

jeppa...@msn.com (crow) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:41:25 UT

i'm not sure, but a 6V6 for a reverb driver seems a little odd. Does
it still hum if you pull it out?
jepp
if it sounds good...IT IS GOOD!

Re: How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

s...@spam.com (Don Pearce) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:12:35 UT

On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:51:22 +0000, Laurence Payne
No, it was the Sally Army - Early Christmas begging I guess.
d

Re: musical biscuits in the mixing bowl

bm...@yahoo.com (George's Pro Sound Co.) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:58:19 UT

That sounds fantastic Hank
let me know when I can buy your CD, I believe I will learn not just a lot
from your playing but also quite abit from your production as well
George

Re: How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:58:09 UT

Yup. What people expect with pop music vocals isn't an accurate sound
at all. People want a much larger than life vocal effect.
But there's a hell of a lot more to the music world than just pop and
close-miked stuff.
--scott

Re: How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

ar...@hotpop.com (Arny Krueger) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:49:24 UT

"William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgee...@comcast.net> wrote in
message news:hd6n8s$ihv$1@news.eternal-september.org
*Everything* is debatable... ;-) ...especially on RAP.
Where the debate is easy to settle is in the realm of bass extension and
dynamic range. The last 25 years have done marvels in that area. Also:

Re: How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

muzicia...@yahoo.com (muzician21) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:35:28 UT

Isn't what the speakers are reproducing in many cases not what things
sound like to your ears as a spectator but what they sound like to the
mic - generally a few inches away? I.e. I imagine if you were at the
same vantage point to Faith Hill as her mic, she'd sound very
different.

Re: Opamp Labs eq question

swa...@nospam.org (Swanny) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:28:12 UT

I suspect the capacitor in the 7K shelving EQ should be 0.015uF.
Maybe the tolerance was so wide in the original caps that they were hand
selected from a bunch of 0.01uF caps to use in one position or the
other. Or maybe it's a misprint (more likely).

Re: Level adjusting in Auditon and Audacity

ge...@nospam-paf.co.nz (geoff) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:07:42 UT

It's not trivial.
But it is relatively easy to achieve 'roughly', with say a hand drawn volume
envelope on the displayed waveform. Dunno if your software can do that.
But if you want quality results, you sill have to put the effort in
addressing each section individually..
geoff

Re: Why I think Inferior Speakers sound "inferior":

ge...@nospam-paf.co.nz (geoff) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:51:23 UT

This is not news. If you buy speakers that are not crap, then these issue
will already be addressed. Just the mounting to worry about.
geoff

Re: Opamp Labs eq question

maxwellsm...@control.gov (Agent 86) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:57:13 UT

Right, but my question is only about the shelving side of the filter.
With the inductors bypassed, the 10k & the 7k filters both consist of
just a .01uF cap & a 1.5k resistor. That's what I'm having trouble with.
I'm beginning to wonder about that myself. The link im my original post
points to the same diagrahm that's on page 23 of both of the print

Re: How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

grizzledgee...@comcast.net (William Sommerwerck) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:08:18 UT

Get the SACD of Helmut Rilling conducting the Britten "War Requiem", and let
me know what you think about "realism".
The new Blu-ray of "North by Northwest" has the soundtrack in stereo, and
the sound is magnificent. The best analog recordings of the late 50s and
early 60s hit exactly the right balance between accuracy and euphony.

How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

richard.webb.my.f...@116-901.ftn.wpusa.dynip.com (Richard Webb) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:35:50 UT

Because they're accustomed to them, their ears are
calibrated to them. Used 'em for years, and got used to
them because many studios had them. Which is why I've a
pair in my remote truck.
I've the JBL monitors I mentioned earlier mounted, and will
eventually think about something else, but then I"ll have to recalibrate my ears <g>.

Re: How is it determined that a monitor is good/accurate?

grizzledgee...@comcast.net (William Sommerwerck) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:05:59 UT

I have several pairs of KLH Audio (now unfortunately out of business) 911B
speakers. They cost $15 a pair when Best Buy had them on sale a few years
ago. (The pricing was a mistake -- it should have been $30 a pair -- but it
still would have been a great deal at the higher price.)
Their main problem is a bit of boxiness, which can be reduced (though not

Re: Studio window

event...@hotmail.com (SoundBites) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:00:54 UT

Thanks Eric & David for pointing out the issue with the room size and
shared resonances. Ill check the exact dimensions and look into it
further. This is all a learning curve for me. Im a location sound mixer
and this is my first studio build...Id like it to be my only studio
build for a long time so I again thank everybody for all this valuable