Andrew B.;263897 Wrote: > Sorry Guy, I have to pick you up on this. Perhaps you are confusing > mixing with mastering. I have never seen or heard of anyone mastering > on headphones. Occasionally people may mix or mix-check on headphones. > But mastering is a very separate and serious discipline, carried out in > highly refined audio environments (lots of acoustic treatment, minimal > equipment and distractions, built for the task) on FULL RANGE > LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEMS. > > Mastering is instructive for hifi hobbyists since it is a closer > approximation (than mixing) to what they might want to achieve with > their own systems. The first lesson from mastering should probably be > the importance of improving the listening room environment rather than > fiddling with cables and power leads! The speakers used for mastering > are often those available at the high end of consumer audio: the big > B&Ws, ATCs, PMCs, Tannoys, Eggleston (I have never heard of a mastering > studio using Linn or Naim but I concede that it is possible). Sometimes > these are actively driven and sometimes passively with expensive hi-fi > type amps made by people like Bryston, Chord and Pass Labs. > > B&W 8xx series are serious speakers and 802s are used for mastering for > reasons other than simply the brand name. I agree that they may not be > the best value, particularly when combined with a suitably powerful > amp, which is why I often suggest people listen to the active ATCs as > an alternative. > > Andrew
Andrew - the Linn and Naim labels use their own speakers...and their CD sound quality is generally accepted as top notch. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42808 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
