ericn
Temp
Balance Engineer
Posts: 16,087 
|
Post by ericn on Sept 28, 2016 9:12:45 GMT -6
Well there are those crazy million dollar price range ion or Plasma speakers and some esoteric B&O that are pretty much omni. Having lived with dipoles and Bipoles ( speakers not talent) and at times tried to mix on them I'll say this when and if we have a revolutionary quality affordable Omni speaker system we are going to have to totally rethink the microphone ! Yes I love my Magnepan MG 3.5's even if At the moment they are in their boxes, nothing and I mean nothing comes close to that line source true ribbon ! Hello ericn, what do you mean by.."I'll say this when and if we have a revolutionary quality affordable Omni speaker system we are going to have to totally rethink the microphone!"Thanks. For the most part we work in a world where we create a quasi stereo image from mono semi directional sources realizing that our reproduction is based on directional speakers and for the most part we except that we are very limited in how depth and height are defined, but. True quality omni reproduction is going to make us want true 3 -d reproduction . Current surround pickup is pretty much using mic arrays that have all the comb filtering and phase issues that keep us from using speaker arrays from being used as omni speakers! We are going to need / want a point source pick up that let's us not just pick up omni but output 3D or let us minipulate in 3D! Basically it's Virtual Audio Reality, to get there we need the tools at both ends. |
|
|
|
Post by roundbadge on Sept 28, 2016 18:58:12 GMT -6
me and a buddy got a mint pair of Sony c37a's in.
love them
|
|
ericn
Temp
Balance Engineer
Posts: 16,087
|
Post by ericn on Sept 28, 2016 19:29:09 GMT -6
me and a buddy got a mint pair of Sony c37a's in. love them You have this way of makeing me jealous in a most fun way Hunter, yet we have never met in person! |
|
|
|
Post by roundbadge on Sept 28, 2016 23:50:39 GMT -6
me and a buddy got a mint pair of Sony c37a's in. love them You have this way of makeing me jealous in a most fun way Hunter, yet we have never met in person! Haha!  |
|
|
|
Post by Ward on Sept 29, 2016 4:26:22 GMT -6
Well, iamasound, ericn made perfect sense to me. Yo can't change one part of the equation without another... either the other variable or the result. |
|
|
|
Post by iamasound on Sept 29, 2016 10:16:28 GMT -6
Well, iamasound, ericn made perfect sense to me. Yo can't change one part of the equation without another... either the other variable or the result. I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of omni speakers. Would I be getting close if I thought that an array of microphones would be needed to capture in three dimensions? |
|
ericn
Temp
Balance Engineer
Posts: 16,087
|
Post by ericn on Sept 29, 2016 11:34:59 GMT -6
Well, iamasound, ericn made perfect sense to me. Yo can't change one part of the equation without another... either the other variable or the result. I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of omni speakers. Would I be getting close if I thought that an array of microphones would be needed to capture in three dimensions? At this point yes! look at any of the surround mics ! |
|
|
|
Post by Ward on Sept 29, 2016 12:51:35 GMT -6
I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of omni speakers. Would I be getting close if I thought that an array of microphones would be needed to capture in three dimensions? At this point yes! look at any of the surround mics ! Our buddy Eric N nails it, again!! |
|
|
|
Post by dandeurloo on Sept 29, 2016 20:22:22 GMT -6
I had eggs for a year or so. I loved the idea of them design concept and I liked a number of the speakers the designer had previously designed. But I could never get along with the eggs. I moved to ProAcs and Love them. I maybe grabbing a nice pair of NS10's from a friend for a nice deal. Not that I love NS10's but for the price they will be hard to pass up. You know I was telling Jesse just a couple of days ago , I love the concept of the eggs but I thought the choice of drivers was the limiting factor! At one point I did a comparison between the eggs and some nice passive speakers and a killer amp. I put the eggs up in the listening position and the other speakers where 90 degrees away from each other and one ones on the floor. I flipped to them on accident and they sounded way better then the eggs. It was at that point I knew I had to move away from them. I did take a look at the amp before I sold mine. They use a really cheap amp as well. It would have been best to figure out a way to power them with a nice power amp. Then I could have heard what the design and speakers are really doing. Maybe some day SE will release a higher end passive version. That could be very cool. Anyway Jesse I don't want to bum you out. Maybe you will get along with them much better then I did. |
|
|
|
Post by dandeurloo on Sept 30, 2016 14:34:53 GMT -6
BTW, I just grabbed a nice pair of original NS10's for 500. To good of a deal to pass up. Now I will have to build another amp for them.
|
|
|
|
Post by c0rtland on Sept 30, 2016 15:41:17 GMT -6
Sm69
Pair ba71a
|
|
|
|
Post by wiz on Sept 30, 2016 15:52:52 GMT -6
Boss Katana 100W amp
cheers
Wiz
|
|
|
|
Post by ragan on Sept 30, 2016 22:02:02 GMT -6
Couple of budget gems. Squier Classic Vibe Tele and Martin D121XAE. The Classic Vibe is something I'd been keeping an eye on for a build I was going to do. I absolutely love the necks, couldn't care less that they're made in China. The profile and finish just feels right. Anyway, I put some SD Broadcasters in it and threw the white pearloid pickguard on it and it's a great Tele. Nothing about the rest of the hardware makes me want to swap it, and I'm pretty picky. These are solid guitars, stock. The Martin is another thing I'd been watching out for a deal on. HPL back and sides but solid spruce top. I swear they're some of the better sounding 12 strings I've played. Very boring aesthetically but great playing and sounding guitars. Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by WKG on Sept 30, 2016 22:19:36 GMT -6
Couple of budget gems. Squier Classic Vibe Tele and Martin D121XAE. The Classic Vibe is something I'd been keeping an eye on for a build I was going to do. I absolutely love the necks, couldn't care less that they're made in China. The profile and finish just feels right. Anyway, I put some SD Broadcasters in it and threw the white pearloid pickguard on it and it's a great Tele. Nothing about the rest of the hardware makes me want to swap it, and I'm pretty picky. These are solid guitars, stock. The classic vibe teles are surprisingly good. I found one on the local CL a few years ago. I ended up putting a set of fender nocaster pickups and a rutters bridge on it but it was very playable stock. I agree on the necks, really comfortable. I'd like to pick up another and put a trem king tks-2 on it. |
|
|
|
Post by hadaja on Oct 1, 2016 7:02:03 GMT -6
Dizengoff d864 compressor and a Stager sr-2n ribbon mic. Cant play with them until i return from road trip in 3 x weeks.
|
|
|
|
Post by ragan on Oct 1, 2016 19:54:54 GMT -6
Matched pair of Beyer MC 930s. For $350...like new, guy only used em a couple times. I couldn't pass it up. Attachments:
|
|
|
|
Post by jcoutu1 on Oct 1, 2016 20:04:14 GMT -6
Matched pair of Beyer MC 930s. For $350...like new, guy only used em a couple times. I couldn't pass it up. $350, shut up. Smoking deal. |
|
ericn
Temp
Balance Engineer
Posts: 16,087
|
Post by ericn on Oct 1, 2016 20:21:58 GMT -6
Matched pair of Beyer MC 930s. For $350...like new, guy only used em a couple times. I couldn't pass it up. Sweet deal! |
|
|
|
Post by ragan on Oct 1, 2016 20:35:01 GMT -6
One of the better deals I've come across. Had to scoop it up immediately. MC 930s have been on my radar forever.
Edit: just plugged one into the Great River and strummed around a little. Really nice.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ward on Oct 3, 2016 8:51:05 GMT -6
Matched pair of Beyer MC 930s. For $350...like new, guy only used em a couple times. I couldn't pass it up. You win the thread! Unless someone picks up an original 251 for $1000. |
|
|
|
Post by Ward on Oct 3, 2016 8:51:52 GMT -6
One of the better deals I've come across. Had to scoop it up immediately. MC 930s have been on my radar forever. Edit: just plugged one into the Great River and strummed around a little. Really nice. Have you heard those things as drum overheads either in AB or XY?? FEE NO MEAN AL. (phenomenal) |
|
|
|
Post by joseph on Oct 3, 2016 9:56:01 GMT -6
Sound quite nice on piano too.
|
|
|
|
Post by ragan on Oct 3, 2016 11:32:52 GMT -6
Yeah I bet they're great on both of those things. I might flip em. Haven't decided yet.
|
|
|
|
Post by Bender on Oct 3, 2016 11:34:19 GMT -6
I finally pulled the trigger on upgrading my interface to an RME FF802. Not as sexy as some you Uber professional folks, but It has more expandability then I'll ever need and the A/D is a serious improvement from my last setup. Don't need the remote capabilities/ features of the new Ufx+ ( out of my budget anyway) though the thunderbolt & Usb3 is probably a little more future proof but I'm set.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ward on Oct 3, 2016 11:34:21 GMT -6
Yeah I bet they're great on both of those things. I might flip em. Haven't decided yet. Hit me up if you choose to flip them. I've been meaning on picking up a set for a while now. |
|
