--- Daniel James <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For years we ran those little N1 or whatever it > was > > that every studio in the world used. > > Yamaha NS-10? That's them. Incidentally, while I hated the NS-10's one of my partners was dismayed when I bought the M1Active monitors. At the time he was a better engineer than me--I've since hidden a suck button under the desk and turn it on whenever I leave the room. I think he was so accustomed to NS-10 monitors that he didn't want to deal with learning anything new. When we got the Mackie monitors, my partner insisted the M1's stay in the control room and the Mackies go into the mastering room. I wanted to print and engineer with the Mackies. Steve mentioned flat response, I don't know where the Mackies land in that department. The transition from bass to mid to high is like silk and everything is crystal clear. At the same time the sound is very full which causes me to really listen twice. I'm fairly comfortable with the Mackie's now but there was a learning period where I was nervous. I've never listened to a pair of JR-149's. They sound interesting, I'll have to keep an ear tuned for them. I like having many monitors. They all tell different and useful stories. ron > We use a pair of JR-149's. They are 1970's monitors > in cylindrical > aluminium housings, designed by Jim Rogers after he > left the Rogers > company (shades of Leo Fender...). Apart from the > housings, which are > designed to reduce the out of phase internal > reflections found in > square speakers, they are identical to the Rogers > LS3/5a, the 'BBC > monitor'. > > Why am I bothering to tell you all this? Because > they are old and they > get mistaken for novelty speakers, they are really > cheap. We got ours > from a car boot sale (flea market) but you can find > plenty on eBay. > > The only caveat I would add is to make sure you get > a matching pair > with working drivers. Because the drivers are the > same as as the > ultra-collectable LS3/5a and are no longer made, > spare drivers go for > very high prices. > > Cheers > > Daniel __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com
