Thank you John Scrip

[Garry Sharp]

For your advice.

I read your suggestion to another UK poster to consider Wharfedale Diamond 8.2's as passive mixing monitors. I had been struggling away wth my Alesis Actives for nearly a year - just couldn't hear anything clearly in the mid range. It was getting so that I hated to turn them on.

So I sold them, and as I had a good reference amp lying about, took your suggestion (bought the W'dales today) and I am completely blown away. I know this is old hat to you guys, but the difference was phenomenal. Actually being able to hear the difference when I made a 2dB para Eq change was a new experience.

Now at last I can start learning

 

[Massive Master]

Garry, the pleasure is all mine. Once in a while you plug something in or hook something up and wonder why everyone in the world doesn't have it.

I don't even remember what drove me to the Wharfedales, but I found them on Ebay (slightly used) and set them up in the nearfield. I threw a DVD into my DAW (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon if I remember correctly) and I was so taken aback by the clarity and stereo imaging - The entire soundfield had more dimension than I could have imagined from such small and smartly priced speakers.

I still have them in the mid-field (pretty rare that you can get a speaker to work well in the near AND mid fields) and I swear - Not one job comes out of here without passing the Wharfedale test.

Just try not to lose much sleep.

John Scrip - www.massivemastering.com