In the studio, they use.....wait for it.....studio monitors!
Ridiculous premise and ridiculous equipment list.
If you were serious about sound you would...
If your audiophile quest is to get the best sound then buy the best equipment used to make the recordings originally. One of the few things nearly every audiophile agrees about is that you can't make the signal better than the original. So:
Solid State Logic 2 channels preamp 5k$
Meyer Sound Bluehorn powered speakers 2x 140K$
Pro Tools MTRX system 10k$
Mac Studio Computer 8k$
Total about 170k$
How is it possible to get better sound than the best recording studio gear?
Showing 4 responses by coralkong
@czarivey , yep. Pretty sure. In another life, I did some recording work in a couple of different studios with a couple of different bands I was in. While not on the level as say...Abbey Road Studios (which last I heard used stacks and stacks of Classe equipment), every single mix was done on studio monitors (a couple of different brands and types, actually). These were performed by paid engineers. So yeah....pretty sure.
|
@donavabdear , I'm not sure what your point is. Have a great night. |
@donavabdear , I don’t think you understood my post correctly. Perhaps my fault. Look, the premise of a $5k preamp with $100k speakers (add whatever multiplier here you’d like) is ridiculous. My experiences in a recording studio were many, many moons ago. Think early ’90’s. I’m sure things have changed, but the premise stands.
I looked up Flood Studios and they’re using Focal Studio Monitors w/ Be tweeters for mixing tracks. Not cheap, sure, but surely nothing like what you have listed. It seems Abbey Roads now uses Bryston as well as some older Classe amps. They do seem to have a lot of B&W home speakers in some of the rooms, but they’re also using studio monitors in the booths as well. Certainly nothing in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, though. I dunno, not a recording studio engineer. I DO know that the recording/mixing is done on monitors because they are analytical and unforgiving. They’re not designed to sound pleasing, they’re designed to be accurate. I do think there’s an art in there somewhere. Something professional engineers know and can do, that makes the sound on the a$$ end of the recording sound excellent. It doesn’t sound that way in the studio, though, or when you’re mixing it down. That’s why they get the big bucks. I would argue that the end result most certainly CAN be better than the original equipment it was recorded on. It’s why some people prefer tube pre’s, amps, and warm speakers in their house. Depeche Mode sounds great on a tube setup. One of my favorites. Also why upscaling, digital filtering, etc...on many modern players is so desirable on older copies of recordings. DSOTM sounds excellent on SACD. JM2CW. You do you, man. Enjoy the journey! Happy Listening.
|