Products you'd like, that don't exist

[Count Arthur]

How is this different from a Genelec SAM connected digitally (AES/EBU) and using GLM for calibration?

It isn't exactly, but see my previous comments.

Merging Technology Anubis

Looks familiar: https://www.neumann.com/en-us/products/audiointerfaces/mt-48

It almost certainly has a lot of features, functions and connectivity, that I wouldn't need as, outside occasionally connecting a measuring microphone, I would only use it as a playback device, and not for any pro audio tasks.

It looks as though it works with Sonarworks, which you need to purchase separately which is not a deal breaker. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like that function is available on the Neumann - which is cheaper, has a USB connection, which would suit my needs better, and most importantly it's GOLD!

 

[Blumlein 88]

Holographic audio... directional audio true to each instrument as if each instrument were actually present in the living room.
Nice to have .. each instrument can be freely allocated in the listening room.

Now that would be nice... would like that but does not exist.

This would be such a big jump in realism and satisfaction. I've experimented with close miking and having one musician per speaker. Then play back with up to 5 speakers. Obviously only works for small groups. Despite qualms about speaker directivity vs instrument/singer directivity this sounds very real. You can move the speakers and it sounds like a musician moved. You can walk around in the room or move seats and it still sounds like some people playing in the room you are in.

What to do about orchestral musics, or soundscapes in movies? Different issue, but this holographic audio if possible would be a big step up.

 

[Esprit]

It isn't exactly, but see my previous comments.

I apologize but I still don't understand: you can connect the Genelecs via AES/EBU (or S/PDIF), via USB, all the corrections you make are saved directly in the speakers so you are free from the source and if by chance you have analogue sources there is the 8320A.

 

[Mark1]

Pretty basic but can't seem to get anymore. I'd like to have a receiver or tuner/preamp with a really good FM tuner and with at least 8 or 10 direct preset buttons on the faceplate (and remote control too) big buttons and knobs not the little dinky buttons. And also better integration of streaming apps with the preamps controls.

I think it would be kind of neat to have a home stereo preamp/tuner along the lines of what cars have, with a touch screen and apps all integrated in. There would be drawbacks in cost and redundancy though. You could just use a laptop or TV. But I'd like to have it all integrated into one stereo.

 

[BinkieHuckerback]

...I wonder what the real Count Arthur would come up with?...meat-based audio...

 

[Dimitri]

Yes, I'm aware that there are proprietary systems along these lines, Neumann and IK Multemeda both have active monitors with measuring microphones and room correction. However, they require an all Genelec, Nuemann or IK Multimedia set-up, what I'm proposing is a universal standard.

Once you have an account...you can have everything else ...

"Now, with the introduction of UNIO and the 9320a, users can integrate these technologies and services via a single intuitive mobile desktop device, and view the entire system via the user’s own MyGenelec account"

https://gearspace.com/board/new-pro...ring-platform-9320a-reference-controller.html

 

[RHO]

I apologize but I still don't understand: you can connect the Genelecs via AES/EBU (or S/PDIF), via USB, all the corrections you make are saved directly in the speakers so you are free from the source and if by chance you have analogue sources there is the 8320A.
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And what if I don't want Genelec speakers? Doesn't work, does it?
You can't mix brands. You need to pick 1 brand and get everything from that specific brand or it doesn't work.

 

[compilatus]

Hi (first post),
I dream about AI based EQ, voice controlled, which remembers my preferences in general and for individual peace of music.
Let's say, I'm hearing Genesis - Wind & Wuthering and say to EQ "hey, there is no bass" and the tonality will be corrected and remembered for this album
and effects partly also my general preferences. Other EQ commands could be "this guitar solo is too piercing" or "this voice has no body" and so on.
I could describe, what I like about the sound of the peace currently playing and what I dislike.
There are drastic tonality differences between music albums:
Chick Corea - "Where Have I Known You Before" (thin sound)
early Kate Bush, Van der Graaf Generator (full sound)
bye

 

[Timcognito]

I want a accurate 30 Hz - 20 KHz flat panel speaker that is adaptable to DSP. Onboard amplification and wifi connectivity, a plus Some DMRs are close but lack FR. In-Wall speakers require embeddment and commitment.

 

[Esprit]

And what if I don't want Genelec speakers? Doesn't work, does it?

As in many other types of products in any sector.
We don't even have the same voltage worldwide or the same video format.

 

[restorer-john]

A new, solidly-built, 3-head cassette deck. One designed with tight tolerances and the ability to ENCODE tapes with Noise Reduction.

See if you can find a Sony TCK-333ESR, or even the 555ESR

Quartz locked direct drive, 3 head, closed loop dual capstan, Dolby B/C, switchable MPX, bias, full logic of course, remote control.

About 9.5kg of awesomeness.

 

[RHO]

As in many other types of products in any sector.
We don't even have the same voltage worldwide or the same video format.

But we can connect audio gear together from all kinds of brands and it works. Would be nice to be able to add some PEQ/DSP/ARC to it with digital in- and outputs that can be connected directly to an active speaker.

 

[Scytales]

A true universal multichannel digital player dedicated to audio which would be :

- not too bulky (miniaturization should make it possible to dispense with the usual hi-fi format at around 40 cm wide);
- multi-channel audio outputs (at least six outputs and preferably eigth), all identical (no bandwidth limitation or compromise on the performance of any outputs), and fully assignable;
- reading absolutely all physical formats: CD, DVD/SA-CD and Blue-Ray and their variants (R/RW, HDCD, DTS CD, ...);
- direct digital inputs for connecting sources or external storage devices (USB, HDMI, S/PDIF, etc.);
- network socket and wireless connection to read streams;
- totally autonomous: must be able to operate without having to connect any screen or use a computer, including using smartphone applications (obviously, the possibility of controlling the device with a smartphone application is welcome, but the application should not be mandatory to use any function of the device);
- integrated volume and tone control and robust low impedance outputs (< 50 ohms) capable of driving several meters of cable to eliminate the need for a preamplifier;
- a remote control (even if a smartphone application exists), at least optional.

 

[Mikig]

I thought it would be fun to see what sort audio products people might like that don't currently exist. Maybe a some manufacturers might take notice and make them.

I'll kick off.

1. A DAC, with built in PEQ and room correction that has an input for a measuring microphone and a semi automated process, similar to IK Multimedia ARC Studio: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/arcstudio/?pkey=arc-studio, but without the need for a separate box, or an audio interface.

2. Digital active monitors and sub-woofers. Adjacent to my previous wish, given that many active monitors used DSP, so they effectively take an analogue input, digitize it, do some digital signal processing, then convert it back to analogue: AD -> DSP -> DA. It would nice if we could do something like this:

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As such, the signal is stored digitally, transmitted between the components digitally, all the processing is done in the digital domain and only converted to analogue a single time, at the final stage within the monitors or sub-woofers. Ideally this would use standardized digital connections, USB or Ethernet, maybe, and an open source protocol, so that you could mix and match brands.

3. VU meters just for show. I'd like a small box with a VU meter, that I can place on or near my monitors, preferably rechargeable, and using a built in microphone, so that no physical connections are necessary. Not practical in any sense, just decorative.

Similar things exist, but not quite what I had in mind:

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Douk Audio 16-Bit MIC Sound Level Meter Music Spectrum Visualizer Anal

Features 【Visualizing Dynamic Music】With 16 vivid blue LED lamp beads, highly sensitive microphone pickup and noise filtering function, AK_DB16L_MIC provides different display modes and all items are adjustable, incomparably and perfectly make music alive. 【Advanced and Powerful Function】The AGC...

doukaudio.com

Hi,
on point 2 I think Meridian still produces, but they certainly produced similar systems. The Meridian DSP speakers have built in Dac and DSP. You can control them with digital volume devices like the old 562V or from a CD player or a computer. In fact they only had digital inputs. I had the wonderful DSP 5000 and used them with 562V3 which is basically an ADC, 518 and DSP speakers.

 

[gilency]

Automatic room correction. No tools or effort needed other than 1 or 2 wireless mics

 

[Madlop26]

Implanted devices connected to the auditory nerve replacing the cochlea function, image to have the hearing of a teenager again, or if you are bold the hearing of a Dolphine, at last, able to enjoy my 192 Khz HD tracks!

 

[mglobe]

Storm Audio ISP Core 16 with Dirac Live ART

Like that?

Trinnov | HiFi Preamplifier and Streamer with Trinnov Room Correction

The Amethyst brings Trinnov's exclusive Room Correction, Bass Management and Active Crossovers into a Roon-Ready 4-Channel HiFi preamplifier

www.trinnov.com

 

[Mikig]

I hope I can explain myself…!!

1) I would like a device that, when connected to the system, automatically tells me where to place the speakers and equalizes them in the best way in relation to the exact position of the room. Without buttons, graphs, levers and toggles or selectors. I would like only and exclusively the only possible exact answer and not to have to intervene anymore. I am not interested in the possibility of intervening, adjusting, it must be an exact science.

2) in this regard I would like information contained in the song, predetermined by the record producer, which explains to this device how to equalize the signal and transmit it to the system in order to have a listening response that is what the artist imagines. So the song that contains the instructions for being listened to at its best or in any case as it was imagined when it was played. Clearly each song should have its own built-in instruction, capable of equalizing the signal in the right way based on the speakers, the system, their position and the listening room. A sort of EQ and DSP instruction prepackaged in the song…

PS I forgot! Now that I wrote it, I have the paternity of the invention with my name!! so I want my share!!

 

[DWPress]

1. A DAC, with built in PEQ and room correction that has an input for a measuring microphone and a semi automated process, similar to IK Multimedia ARC Studio: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/arcstudio/?pkey=arc-studio, but without the need for a separate box, or an audio interface.

It already exists with the Okto Dac8 and Pro with the new firmware. Not exactly a user friendly GUI and not automated but leaps and bounds beyond anything else in the consumer offerings.

 

[ehabheikal]

A power strip turned on/off with a 12v trigger