Which speakers are the Classical Music Pros using?

[thewas]

Deadmau5 has some nice monitor collection https://equipboard.com/pros/deadmau5/#studio-monitors

Source: https://www.magneticmag.com/2016/05...he-completion-of-his-new-home-studio-finally/

Also beautiful Blackbird studio with ATC monitors:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/Avid/photos/a.304764312524/10157033618532525/?type=3&theater

Metropolis studios with the huge Genelec 1236:

Source: https://www.genelec.com/music-studio

 

[tuga]

Deadmau5 has some nice monitor collection https://equipboard.com/pros/deadmau5/#studio-monitors

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Source: https://www.magneticmag.com/2016/05...he-completion-of-his-new-home-studio-finally/

Also beautiful Blackbird studio with ATC monitors:

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/Avid/photos/a.304764312524/10157033618532525/?type=3&theater

Metropolis studios with the huge Genelec 1236:

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Source: https://www.genelec.com/music-studio

But do any of them do classical?

 

[JIW]

But do any of them do classical?

Kind of...

 

[thewas]

But do any of them do classical?

Sorry, thought the "classical" referred to old known studios and not the music style. Am sure that Deadmau5 doesn't mix classical music , about the other 2 I don't know.

 

[JIW]

Sorry, thought the "classical" referred to old known studios and not the music style. Am sure that Deadmau5 doesn't mix classical music , about the other 2 I don't know.

Well, he did, sort of. See my previous post also.

 

[March Audio]

It seems to me that the focus of this post was to counter the hate B&Ws get in this forum (rightfullly or not, is up to everyone to think), by showingthe preference of famous, world-renowned studios.

- Most of these speaker brands used are a result of partnerships/contract.

However, it is extremely naive that a huge studio would pick a subpar system to work with.

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I think the 2 statements are potentially contradictory. I have certainly worked in situations where the correct technical decision has been over-ridden due to other factors such as cost, commercial relationships, personal relationships, bias etc.

I also think its a dangerous assumption to conclude studios/studio engineers always know good/accurate sound.

 

[LTig]

I think the 2 statements are potentially contradictory. I have certainly worked in situations where the correct technical decision gets over-ridden due to other factors such as cost, commercial relationships, personal relationships, bias etc.

I also think its a dangerous assumption to conclude studios/studio engineers always know good sound.

This is why @Floyd Toole coined the "circle of confusion".

It makes sense to use the same speaker at home as the recording engineer uses in his studio. But as long as not all studios use the same speakers (or with comparable characteristics) this approach is impossible. Therefore the best approach is to use a proper speaker with good spinorama and apply EQ when necessary.

 

[March Audio]

This is why @Floyd Toole coined the "circle of confusion".

It makes sense to use the same speaker at home as the recording engineer uses in his studio. But as long as not all studios use the same speakers (or with comparable characteristics) this approach is impossible. Therefore the best approach is to use a proper speaker with good spinorama and apply EQ when necessary.

Absolutely.

We have standards for video/film production. Calibrated monitors etc and you can carry that calibration through to your home display device.

Yet with audio anything goes.

 

[DSJR]

In my naivety I have to tell a tale of a visit to a chap who'd had his converted double length 'tandem' garage into a nice listening room and treated by a then well known professional acoustic engineer. The room was set so the speakers were at the more live end with windows behind and the 'istening end' was more 'dead' acoustically, as you'd listen in the audience at a large venue. Whatever the good or ill of this setup, the big active ATC's I know and love sounded magnificent, but actually, the cheap Heybrook HB1's he also had (a long time UK classic in the early 80's) sounded pretty darned good as well and rather better than they ever sounded in our dem room (single pair dems too).

 

[tuga]

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (North German Broadcasting) studio at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg:

Neumann KH 420

 

[tuga]

BBC Radio 3 OB truck (BBC Proms):

ME Geithain RL901K (2014)

 

[ta240]

The hi-res record label trptk based out of the Netherlands has a pretty sweet setup for their mastering studio. They have five KEF Blade Two, Hegel H30 amps, Merging Technologies ADs/DACs, Furutech cabling, and the list goes on...

https://trptk.com/studio

All that equipment and it is all wasted because the cables are touching the floor.

 

[tuga]

WGBH Boston:

ATC SCM100ASL Pro

 

[AndyLu]

The Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) uses Grimm LS1 speakers for recordings in their own concert hall.

Grimm LS1 in Concertgebouw

 

[tuga]

Winspear Hall at the University of North Texas:

B&W 801 Diamond

 

[tuga]

Boston Symphony Orchestra:

B&W 802 Diamond

 

[tuga]

Chicago Symphony Orchestra:

B&W 802 Diamond

 

[tuga]

RMV Studio (Benny Andersson/ABBA) in Stockholm. TAD & something unknown to me.

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The topic is about classical music recording/production only.

 

[amadeuswus]

WGBH Boston:

ATC SCM100ASL Pro

Thanks for the continuing tour of classical recording studios. Off-topic:
This studio (WGBH Boston) was the venue for the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's recording of Tobias Picker's Fantastic Mr. Fox, which won the 2020 Grammy for Best Opera Recording. (I was part of the violin section.)

http://www.bmop.org/node/1799

In many BMOP sessions, the producer and engineer rely exclusively on headphones (at least during the takes; I don't know about post-production). Sennheiser HD580 is among the engineer's favorites.

 

[Deleted member 65]

The topic is about classical music recording/production only.

Which they also do, pls carry on ...