Recent content by makinao

One characteristic of "Pro-audio" components is that they operate at higher levels. This is because, even in a studio environment, components are situated father apart. Also, RF rejection is a must to prevent unwanted noises. This necessitates +4dBu levels and balanced connections. Home or...

They’re in the bookshelf of my study area. I pop one out every time I get pissed off by a badly mastered stream in Spotify.

I played avant-garde/20th century music in college as part of a new music ensemble. Just like in any other genre of music, some of it was fantastic, and the rest ho-hum. I actually enjoyed playing it more than listening to it. But it expanded my horizons so much so that by the time I started...

Unless your house is hardcore brutalist. If that's the case, then it will fit right in.

My parent's house was very near a major road, so dealing with dust was a fact of life. Add the humidity of a tropical country, and our records got dusty very quickly. You could tell how much dust there was by the accumulation on the stylus after playing only one side. I even had to clean the...

In the Philippines we have the "Rondalla", an ensemble adapted from the Spanish "Banduria".

You would if you worked in a large tv or recording studio, or on a large stage setup.

I don't see too much of a problem putting more than one set of speakers in a room. That's done countless recording studios. In many cases, you'll see a large pair in or out of soffits, a pair of bookshelf-sized nearfields, and a pair of auratones.

I needed closed headphones for long zoom meetings to prevent feedback from my headband mic. I also needed it to be comfortable because my online meetings and classes can go on for hours. And finally, I wanted it focused on voices because that’s the content of most meetings. My HD650 and HD58x...

Current wireless recording/teach-from-home/online meeting/recreational listening setup. Signal reaches far beyond bluetooth range. I can audibly stay in meetings while going outside the house to answer the door for deliveries, or doing housework away from the workstation. Uses any of my wired...

What speakers do you recommend? I don't have a lot of space for anything bigger than bookshelves or thin floor standers, or budget for brand new.

A friend gave this monster to me last month. It was lying in her brother's garage for a few years. I immediately sent it over for a checkup and overhaul by a local amp specialist. If it comes back in good shape, I might look for a pair of good used 4311's for it.

I compared the 650 and 660 at a store. I wanted one to check mixes. I didn't know exactly what it was at the time, but I did notice the 5k peak (and a 10k peak which sonarworks reported HD6XXvs.jpg), making it sound both brighter and more aggressive. I left the store with a 650 because I thought...

Acme branded?

The Shannon-Weaver model of communication was basic reading when I was an AB Mass Comm student in the late 1970s. But it was only during my MA studies in the 80s when I read the original 1948 "Mathematical Theory of Communication" article, did I realize his monumental contribution to the...