Multi-award-winning studio designer Jeff Hedback offered me the opportunity to bid on providing custom main monitors for a recording studio he designed, and his client accepted my bid. Jeff specified the tweeter height, outer dimensions, and look-down angle. The installation is in-wall, so the toe-in angle is built into the walls. Jeff helped me arrive at a good horizontal coverage pattern for the application, and provided me with all the input I needed whenever I had questions. The speakers were installed last week, and the studio is opening in early 2024.
The mains use two high-output 12" midwoofers and an advanced constant-directivity horn with a 1.4" throat compression driver in an "MHM" configuration, and the subwoofer cabinets each have a single high-output 21" woofer. The crossover between the midwoofers and horn is passive, and the crossover between mains and subs is active. The subs are EQ'd to get bottom-end extension into the low 20's, and they have plenty of excursion and thermal power handling. Amplification and EQ are by Powersoft.
Arguably one of the most important jobs of studio main monitors is "impress the client", which means impressing the musicians who paid the recording studio and want to hear how their finished recording sounds. With this in mind, the studio owner spent Christmas day (yesterday) listening to his collection of reference recordings. Apparently he is happy with the results, even though final calibration is still to come.
Jeff Hedback also does remote acoustic analysis, design and consultation for home audio applications, and ime his work is outstanding, practical, and exceptionally cost-effective. Here's his website: https://www.hdacoustics.net/
The mains use two high-output 12" midwoofers and an advanced constant-directivity horn with a 1.4" throat compression driver in an "MHM" configuration, and the subwoofer cabinets each have a single high-output 21" woofer. The crossover between the midwoofers and horn is passive, and the crossover between mains and subs is active. The subs are EQ'd to get bottom-end extension into the low 20's, and they have plenty of excursion and thermal power handling. Amplification and EQ are by Powersoft.
Arguably one of the most important jobs of studio main monitors is "impress the client", which means impressing the musicians who paid the recording studio and want to hear how their finished recording sounds. With this in mind, the studio owner spent Christmas day (yesterday) listening to his collection of reference recordings. Apparently he is happy with the results, even though final calibration is still to come.
Jeff Hedback also does remote acoustic analysis, design and consultation for home audio applications, and ime his work is outstanding, practical, and exceptionally cost-effective. Here's his website: https://www.hdacoustics.net/
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