[sdiy] Speakers and SDIY (was: The final cut power amp!)

[harrybissell]

say W~H~A~T ???

H^) harry



"JH." wrote:

> This may sound surprising, but I don't feel comfortable at high sound levels
> at all.
> I want to hear music in reasonable (low) volume, and I want my environment
> to
> be accordingly quiet, such that I still have high dynamic range. Our world
> has
> become increasingly LOUD, and silence - silence per se, and silence as a
> background
> for music that does not need to scream over background noises - is a most
> valuable
> good to me.
>
> I'm recording and mixing with headphones. This is said to be difficult, as
> it would
> have a tendency to increase bass unnaturally in the mix (to compensate for
> the loss
> of bass in headphones). I have my own method to avoid this, however: I'm
> using the same
> type of Sennheiser headphones for as long as I can think, and every time one
> is worn out,
> I'm buying the exact same model. (Yes, this means looking on ebay, as they
> aren't built
> anymore.) So I have learned how they sound, and how my recordings will sound
> on other setups. The final test, of course, before I finish a piece of
> music, is putting it
> into other setups, like car speakers, portable radios, and the hifi in the
> living room.
> Sometimes there is an unpleasant surprise (and will be taken care of), but
> normally
> this works remarkably well.
>
> JH.