Far-field speakers

[dr.sound]

Erik,
These:
Acheron Studio : Screen Channel Loudspeaker

They sound amazing!!!

[ErikG]

Thanks marti!

JBL is still the main cinema speaker here. And we use JBK three way speakers in our dubvstage. Is the Meyer horn characteristic similar?

Fantastic sounding speakers are great as long as they have the cinematic style sound to it. I'm not sure what that is actually (probably just distortion from the horns)...

[tpad]

Take a look at the McIntosh XRT column series (or equivalent). This type of speaker works better for far field listening, due to reduced vertical radiation. They have a tendency to "pull you in".

[Cottage Lunch]

The largest of the LSR series (6300?)would do the trick for sure.
Also, powered Meyer UPAs are findable at a great price and sound fantastic.

[Smallbudgetguru]

From what I've seen the JBLs are as standard to large rooms as 416 is to prod sound.. Not always the best or choice but always good
Disclaimer: I don't own or work on them regularly...yet..

[ErikG]

I already have the model before the LSR6328, the LSR28P. And I doubt it would fill a room that size without hitting the limits of performance, and if that happens that won't sound good.
The choosen speaker really have to work the full room not just a forward placed mixing position. Actually it's the "mix position" that is least important in a grading suite. The client area in the rear is.

[apple-q]

Originally Posted by Smallbudgetguru

From what I've seen the JBLs are as standard to large rooms as 416 is to prod sound.. Not always the best or choice but always good

haven't seen a 416 on set in the last 10 years

[Brent_in_Sydney]

8 x 7 coffin shaped premix room (3m ceiling) with a 3.5m wide perf screen at the front
I mix 5m back with clients alongside me and the 3 x LSR6328Ps are brilliant with plenty of headroom calibrated and mixing at 82 for translation to dolby 5.5 in big rooms (which is what most cinemas are playing back at in australia unfortunately). DCP delivery means I don't have to play in the loudness wars if the client doesn't want to.

[danijel]

Originally Posted by ErikG

I already have the model before the LSR6328, the LSR28P. And I doubt it would fill a room that size without hitting the limits of performance, and if that happens that won't sound good.
The choosen speaker really have to work the full room not just a forward placed mixing position. Actually it's the "mix position" that is least important in a grading suite. The client area in the rear is.

I'm currently prepping in a slightly bigger room than that with LSR28Ps. They are near the limits of their performance, but I'm thinking, since you're not building a mixing room, you could bass-manage them, and that would put some strain off?

[Smallbudgetguru]

Originally Posted by apple-q

haven't seen a 416 on set in the last 10 years

That's nuts! It's probably in the truck as backup