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Tannoy 12" concentric driver design. Highly sought after drivers in original ported enclosures with rugged grill design. Front grilles are essentially scratch free, but top/bottom/sides of enclosures have light scratches from being mounted in cabinetry. Lightly used by previous owner. Best I...

Appears to retail for around $3000 USD for the pair. These are in good working order... no significant scratches on the face plates, minor to moderate scratches on tops and bottoms from rackmounting. Digital EQ and system processors, one 4 channel and one 2 channel. Asking $800 for the pair OBO.

Do these exist? I've been doing a lot of research lately on acoustic theory, focusing primarily on the playback aspect. i.e., how you use stereo playback to recreate the sound of the recorded venue (real or simulated). I have inevitably been led to the conclusion that multichannel playback is...

Are typical mic cables that might be ordered on-line or purchased from a local music or guitar store compliant with building codes for in-wall use? If not, what do you guys suggest for lengthy (100') runs of in-wall cable? Is DIY an option?

My recording needs are all filled for the moment (thank God :D ), but the new home theater being designed is in desparate need of crossovers. I'm hoping you guys can make some suggestions. I'd like linkwitz-riley 24db/oct slopes, and I need both three-way and two-way models. The option to sum...

Since there seem to be endless arguments over whether you can "master at home," perhaps establishing a term specifically for DIY-ers that encapsulates the idea of "the best they can do themselves" in regards to final EQ'ing, compression, reverb, normalizing, and arranging tracks to form an album...

I was unsatisfied with the stereo field I was getting on my X/Y recordings of my piano. Wide spaced mics sounded "artificial" and X/Y sounded too centered, even with hard L/R panning. This afternoon I ripped several clips from classical piano works I have to use as a reference, and began a...

If I have 60db of gain on my mic preamp, and typically run at 20db to 30db gain for my recording needs before clipping, is there any advantage of using the -10db pads and cranking the mic pre gain up to compensate? Are they only for extreme cases where avoiding clipping is just really...

I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do with this. What have you guys found to work well? Reverb - what size room, predelay, etc. has worked for you? What about layering reverb? Delay? Compression - do you compress the whole track? Limit? Do you attempt to compress the hammer...

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/album.php?aid=2316&alid=-1 No, it's not the best performance, and I'm still a little unsure of mic placement, but this position seems to be about as good as any of the others I've tried so for now it will do. I really have no idea what to do for mixing...

http://www.homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72982 I know cross-posting is generally not very nice, but since I had a hard time deciding whether to post in this forum or the mixing clinic, maybe you'll forgive me. I wasn't sure if everyone made there way down there often, or...

OK, so this isn't exactly a mix. :) I started to just post in the mic forum, but this seems to be the place where people listen and give advice, so here goes. This is a recording of 22 different mic placements (well, 11 with and without an acoustic damping "tent") for a grand piano. A vocal...

Until I buy/make a preamp for these active monitors, I'll have to adjust the volume through the hardware control panel. I have a Delta DiO 2496 card and Yorkville YSM1p active monitors. In its control panel is a monitor mixer section. Changing the level setting here does nothing. Muting the...

After some research, and on the advice of members here, I've purchased a pair of Yorkville YSMP1's (other thread just below). In that thread, an interesting quesiton came up. I had asked if active monitors have a gain (volume knob), and someone replied that most active monitors have a gain...

Here's the short version (like I ever make anything short)... I'm tracking into the Delta Dio 2496 in 24 bit 88.2 kHz using a dbx A/D converter. Upon the recommendation of everyone here (and by my own logic), the Delta is set in the control panel to sync to the incoming S/PDIF signal for its...