Slate vsx

I have to try the 3.0 update today. Ever since I got the Aurora N, I went back to just using my K701 without VSX. VSX has the same issues all closed headphones have and I agree with this comment I saw on YouTube or some forum where a guy talked about how it has this comb filtering problem and makes you mix as if there’s more reverb than there actually is. Still, it’s probably helpful if you don’t have to access to a headphone setup with objectively good conversion and appropriate amplification. Maybe 3.0 will be a game changer.

Yes, it’s gimmicky. It’s also the best purchase I’ve made in recent memory. I have spent a small fortune on monitors and room treatment. I’m at the point where I think my only options to upgrade would be Trinnov or speakers that calibrate themselves to the room like Dutch Audio or Kii, or of course hiring an acoustic consultant.
I was very skeptical too, but a very high profile recording engineer that I used to assist for told me they were the real deal, so I tried them. Glad I did.

This new update definitely sounds a lot less messy. But it still has a way more narrow sense of width when compared to the K701 and those closed back headphone resonances or whatever the sound of closed back headphones is called.

That’s exactly how i intuitively feel about this product.

If the studios in Essential were two that are good. i presume Steve’s room is flat then I could see that working. I have seen multiple references to the phasy sound issue being fixed in this update.

Sonarworks is also on sale so I’ll mull this over, bit I have tried it before and it didn’t stick for me.

you can adjust a lot in the aurora have you checked the manual?

Sorry got to laugh that peeps would describe anything on the N as just good but guess its all relative!

I have had a variety of good monitors and although my room is treated, I ended up preferring not using monitors, take the room out of the equation,

Me neither, but I was just diving deep yesterday in settings setting up my horizontal metres for mastering with my outboard, pg 23 and noticed there is a phones selection?

After reading your comment I wondered if there is any deeper functionality in the settings ?

Because most of us are mixing in compromised rooms, and switching rooms (virtually) is a more powerful reference than a second pair of monitors.

i think what matters is how well calibrated you are to what ever you mix on/in, how well do you know your : room, monitors, cans, its about your sonic judgement and what informs it ?

How much better, do you simply find the headphones themselves in terms detail and flatness: thx !

K, is it called linear or something like that, sort of an internal reference check?

Some monitors make everything sound awesome, which is why I stopped using the LSR-305s. When I first got VSX, I noticed that I didn’t make a lot of changes to some that I did on the K701 and the Twin. Will have to reread the N’s manual when I get back. Some stuff I did on VSX sounded awful on computer speakers. What I do with the N is listen to classic album tracks and try to get a feel for what stuff is supposed to sound like. The more experienced I get, the more I can sort of reverse engineer an album and figure out what sort of things they did.

Mainly in terms of fx usage and settings, how much compression, bass guitar level. Basic stuff.