What are your favorite mastering speakers?

[JohnnyReverb]

Hey george i wonder where i can listen to some tyleracoustics mm5 ? as i live in lucerne, i could came by for a listen.

jr

[TranscendingM]

Originally Posted by aszacca

Anyone would give a chance to Chris Pelonis 4288 monitor system?
They are big..cheap..full-range..linear..and coaxial..
Dont have the way to audition em yet,but im very interested..
I think it would be a choice..
Any opinion?

In a properly treated room of decent size, they sound great
Relatively speaking, they are super linear with a slight upward shelf towards the high end.

[tomdarude]

which is clearly visible from my signature btw., even though I´m actually a product manager for their distribution... I do not earn one single cent more, if someone buys a pair of LS1...I´m there for all technical questions only!

ps: and everyone who knows me, has probably realized that Im here on GS as a private person and gear nerd! I never push stuff into people´s throat as many others do... because I hate that....and YES these two systems are indeed the best I´ve heard so far, that´s my humble opinion!!

Originally Posted by George Necola

Tom is a Grimm audio dealer btw.

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[DAH]

Originally Posted by George Necola

Yes. Passive radiator design --> funny lowend. It's physics.

It has nothing to do with like or don't like. The SM9 might work for some people. I prefer 75 c, not 75 a with inlays.

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The funny thing is many of your posts I seem to disagree internally, but here I cannot, just having witnessed the ports\plugged ports (read:sealed) sound change in the low-end. Sealed is more real.

[Weezyanna]

Hmmm favorite speakers for mastering maybe?

[Weezyanna]

Really, No more?

[Rev. Eslam]

For mains I use a pair of full-range Landmark LSX monitor speakers as used by Sony Music Mastering, Australia, and for nearfield I'm about to get the Neumann KH 120 to replace a pair of Genelecs which I'm not sorry to see go.

Actually, the Neumanns will be replacing my KRKs which are still in their boxes. Probably not worth even opening the boxes.

Possibly the finest system I've ever heard included the Legacy Whisper speakers.

[SCDBM]

so current nearfield K&H O 300D's full range + SVS PB12+ @ <50hz
midfield B&W 803s on Crown XLS1000 amp, dirt cheap but really good (start to love the accuracy of class D type amps)

[da goose]

Proven concept: B&W N802's with a good old hypex ucd400 based amp with a benchmark DAC1. Still love it!

[teebaum]

Originally Posted by priko

Psi audio a21m, a25m, a215m

i love the psi a215m every day a bit more! i compared them in the last view month with some other speakers, who are mabye impressive the first 10 minutes, but for working all day long the psi are just wonderfull.
very detailed, less fatiguing than every speaker i worked on, perfect spectral balance, extremly accurate stereoimage & you can hear smallest amounts of eq changes.

[priko]

Originally Posted by teebaum

i love the psi a215m every day a bit more! i compared them in the last view month with some other speakers, who are mabye impressive the first 10 minutes, but for working all day long the psi are just wonderfull.
very detailed, less fatiguing than every speaker i worked on, perfect spectral balance, extremly accurate stereoimage & you can hear smallest amounts of eq changes.

I exactly feel the same Dan! They make me work much better. Perfect fellows for mastering and mixing.

[UnderTow]

Originally Posted by teebaum

i love the psi a215m every day a bit more! i compared them in the last view month with some other speakers, who are mabye impressive the first 10 minutes, but for working all day long the psi are just wonderfull.
very detailed, less fatiguing than every speaker i worked on, perfect spectral balance, extremly accurate stereoimage & you can hear smallest amounts of eq changes.

Agreed. For some reason they manage to have a very detailed high-end but without being aggressive or tiring to listen to!

I just moved my PSI 25's to a bigger room and now I think I need a pair subs...

Alistair

[teebaum]

Originally Posted by UnderTow

Agreed. For some reason they manage to have a very detailed high-end but without being aggressive or tiring to listen to!

I just moved my PSI 25's to a bigger room and now I think I need a pair subs...

Alistair

2 x psi 25 with 2x sub 225 must be a killer setup in a big room! my room is only 35qm (but 4 m high), distance to the speakers approx. 2m, in this location the 215's working perfect.

i tried to find additionaly a bigger speaker to place with more distance but comparing to the psi all of them sounds (sometimes impressive but) unbalanced, tiring or clumsy. most awfull was the sonics allegra, slow and gross.

i try now the a.o.s. s100 tl mk2 and would like to hear the tyler d1 - just as a supplement to the psi.

[dietrich10]

Are the PSi 25 enough for a good size room? I was under impression they were more of a mid field than full range

[UnderTow]

Originally Posted by dietrich10

Are the PSi 25 enough for a good size room? I was under impression they were more of a mid field than full range

They have plenty of power if that is what you are asking. So much so that I have the sensitivity trim permanently turned down 20 dB to tame them in. Even so, on regular modern mastered music my main playback volume control rarely passes the halfway point. This is in a nearish-mid field setup.

I'm not even sure I need subs. I guess I got used to the bump in the low-end frequency response in the old smaller room. So I'll probably get some at some point. I will see how things sound when I've done works here.

Alistair

[priko]

Originally Posted by UnderTow

They have plenty of power if that is what you are asking. So much so that I have the sensitivity trim permanently turned down 20 dB to tame them in. Even so, on regular modern mastered music my main playback volume control rarely passes the halfway point. This is in a nearish-mid field setup.

I'm not even sure I need subs. I guess I got used to the bump in the low-end frequency response in the old smaller room. So I'll probably get some at some point. I will see how things sound when I've done works here.

Alistair

Alistair

what was the size of your previous room with the A25?

[UnderTow]

Originally Posted by priko

Alistair

what was the size of your previous room with the A25?

The previous room was very small: About 3m by 4m. The new room is currently 4.3m by 5.8m but after some works (removing two walls) it will be about 5.8 by 9m. Obviously the low-end is much more even in the bigger room and should get even better after proper acoustic treatment.

Alistair

[squeegybug]

Digital Phase EP-SM1.

The best tweeter in the world.

So easy to master on these speakers.

Steve

[teebaum]

Originally Posted by JohnnyReverb

Hey george i wonder where i can listen to some tyleracoustics mm5 ? as i live in lucerne, i could came by for a listen.

jr

i'm not able to show you the mm5, but in around 2 month i will have a pair tyler decade 1 in m room in zurich...

[audiomastermind]

"What are your favorite mastering speakers?"

Grimm LS1's


Cheers
Philip

[DSD_Mastering]

Mine are the Evolution Acoustics MM3. Here's a pic.
The chain is Playback Designs MPS-5 or MSB Diamond DAC to an EMM Labs Switchman 3

The woofers are powered so all the Pass Labs amps have to push are the MTM. Freq response is 7Hz to 40k

[Twerk]

Decade D1's hand built by Ty Lashbrook in Kentucky.

http://www.tyleracoustics.com

[Mirolab1]

Hope this in not inappropriate to mention here.... but i am selling my Tyler Acoustics D1's on Ebay for $5400.... local LA/orange county.
Lot's of interest for them here... so i thought it was on-topic!
Thanks.........Mirolab.

[dietrich10]

Originally Posted by Mirolab1

Hope this in not inappropriate to mention here.... but i am selling my Tyler Acoustics D1's on Ebay for $5400.... local LA/orange county.
Lot's of interest for them here... so i thought it was on-topic!
Thanks.........Mirolab.

hi mirolab

what did you replace with?