The full control room equipment doesn't appear to be listed on the EA website (https://electricalaudio.com/equipment), but at least one pair of speakers can be seen (and likely trivially identified) in the studio attract image (https://electricalaudio.com/).
Can you mention which speakers and headphones are used for the recording work? Do the engineers have their preferred models or is the hardware mostly shared?
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2I am also curious about headphones and headphone distribution systems.
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3Also, the amplifier(s).jacques-renault wrote: Mon Aug 02, 2021 10:38 am The full control room equipment doesn't appear to be listed on the EA website (https://electricalaudio.com/equipment), but at least one pair of speakers can be seen (and likely trivially identified) in the studio attract image (https://electricalaudio.com/).
Can you mention which speakers and headphones are used for the recording work? Do the engineers have their preferred models or is the hardware mostly shared?
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4I think they use the Furman HDS6 Headphone Distribution Amp and the little boxes that you can attach to a mic stand? I believe it used CAT-5 cable to daisy chain them together. I think it had on cable for 4 pots and one for a stereo signal. I think Mr. Norman modified them? Sadly it has been discontinued, that is the only thing I am sure of. Ha Habrownreasontolive wrote: Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:39 am I am also curious about headphones and headphone distribution systems.
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Re: What speakers and headhones do the Electrical Audio recording engineers use?
53-way Westlakes in the soffits and B&W Matrix 805 for the near fields in Studio A (https://electricalaudio.com/studio-a). Matrix 805 in Studio B as well I believe. I seem to recall reading they use Bryston 4B power amps?
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6sorry, haven't been in for a while!
The studios both have B&W (Bowers and Wilkins) Matrix 805s as nearfields. Studio A has Westlake BBSM-12s as soffit/ farfields and an additional pair of NS-10Ms on the rear coffee table. We have BB-SM5s and NS-10Ms available upon request. For headphones, we have a lot of pairs of Direct Sound EX-25s, as well as a handful of Audio Technica ATM-50s and Beyerdynamic DT770s. We do use the Furman HDS6 system.
For amps, in Studio B, it's a Crown Power Base-1 amp feeding the B&Ws, in Studio A it's a Hafler 500. The Westlakes are bi-amped with McIntosh amps driving both ends.
We're all generally fine with the B&Ws in Studio B, and I personally like the combo of the Westlakes and B&Ws in Studio A. The B&Ws are more "polished" sounding with the mids maybe a bit recessed, and they extend low but have some upper bass (120-150Hz) nonlinearity because of either porting or room modalities, or both. The Westlakes extend quite low and are pretty proud in the mids (1-2k). I work mostly on the Westlakes in A, I think Steve is mostly on the B&Ws. Greg and Jon, dunno.
For mixing, I rarely use a headphone reference in the studio, but either the M-50s or the 770s work well. I wouldn't mix or reference with the EX-25s, they don't extend very low and are a bit punishing on my huge head.
The studios both have B&W (Bowers and Wilkins) Matrix 805s as nearfields. Studio A has Westlake BBSM-12s as soffit/ farfields and an additional pair of NS-10Ms on the rear coffee table. We have BB-SM5s and NS-10Ms available upon request. For headphones, we have a lot of pairs of Direct Sound EX-25s, as well as a handful of Audio Technica ATM-50s and Beyerdynamic DT770s. We do use the Furman HDS6 system.
For amps, in Studio B, it's a Crown Power Base-1 amp feeding the B&Ws, in Studio A it's a Hafler 500. The Westlakes are bi-amped with McIntosh amps driving both ends.
We're all generally fine with the B&Ws in Studio B, and I personally like the combo of the Westlakes and B&Ws in Studio A. The B&Ws are more "polished" sounding with the mids maybe a bit recessed, and they extend low but have some upper bass (120-150Hz) nonlinearity because of either porting or room modalities, or both. The Westlakes extend quite low and are pretty proud in the mids (1-2k). I work mostly on the Westlakes in A, I think Steve is mostly on the B&Ws. Greg and Jon, dunno.
For mixing, I rarely use a headphone reference in the studio, but either the M-50s or the 770s work well. I wouldn't mix or reference with the EX-25s, they don't extend very low and are a bit punishing on my huge head.