Звукова апаратура за мераклии

[Parni_Valjak]

Реших да отворя още една характерна тема.

 

Получавам много информация, от различни източници и реших да споделям това, което ми прави впечатление като качество, идеи, възможности или привлича световното внимание по една или друга причина. Естествено, от мен няма да очаквате залитане по аудиофилски малоумия, но не изключвам да се промъкне нещо, ако го има в материалите, които ще споделям. Границата между високото качество и малоумието не е строго дефинирана. Често е нужно изострено внимание и много знания, за да се отсее зърното от плявата.

 

Надявам се, темата да помогне за развитие на мирогледа на хората от форума. Да видят, че освен хапаратурки за джобни пари, има сериозни професионални достижения. Така ще имат подтик към по-високи изисквания. Затова съм кръстил темата "за мераклии".

И да не можеш да си позволиш нещо, не пречи да му се порадваш, пък и благородно да завидиш.

Отношението към качеството и високото ниво се възпитава, то не идва от нищото. След време става втора природа и се пренася към всяка дейност, която се върши. Към МУЗИКАТА също!

 

Manley VOXBOX Fit for a Queen  

Queen Latifah’s front-of-house engineer Rob Treloar found a match made in heaven when she opened this summer’s Jazz at the Bowlseries at the Hollywood Bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Features & Specifications

• MANLEY transformers w/nickel laminations in mu-metal cases
• 2 kOhm MIC INPUT Z w/High current 48V Phantom power built-in
• Hi-Z (100K) Direct Instrument Input
• LINE & INSERT INPUTS (balanced XLR & 1/4")
• PREAMP & EQ outputs LO-Z (50ohms)
• Transformer balanced XLR outputs
• Transformerless unbalanced 1/4"outputs
• STEREO LINK for Compressor & De-esser/Limiter
• SIDE CHAIN MONITOR for De-Esser
• Large ILLUMINATED Sifam METER with FIVE readout modes 
• Maximum output: +31dBu

Manley VOXBOX® Combo:

• Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price $4600

За повече информация  http://www.manley.com/mvbx.php

Редактирано Януари 16, 2014 от Parni_Valjak

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Очаквайте следващата седмица в темата - Снимки от марсохода Кюриосити! Подобно на гореописаната апаратура снимките също ще разкрият уникална гледка, но непостижима за вас!

 

[Parni_Valjak]

Every night and every morn,

Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night,
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

«Auguries of Innocence» by William Blake

 

Така, де, не всекиму е дадено да може. Хората са различни.

Редактирано Януари 16, 2014 от Parni_Valjak

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Lynx Studio Technology Offers Informational Video On Thunderbolt™

The Lynx Aurora TB and Hilo TB converters utilize the latest Thunderbolt Technology. Lynx cofounder and chief hardware engineer Bob Bauman is interviewed by Lynx's Mike Nicoletti. In this video, Bob explains Thunderbolt technology and how it applies to today's recording and audio applications.

Some of the topics discussed in the video are:

• What is Thunderbolt?
• Thunderbolt’s unique advantages for audio.
• Lynx’s implementation of Thunderbolt technology for Aurora and Hilo.
• Thunderbolt’s connection with PCI Express technology and why that is important.
• Use with both Apple and Windows computers.
• How this is different from some of the early-to-market Thunderbolt products currently available?
• What is Thunderbolt 2 and why the LT-TB is compatible with this?

[Parni_Valjak]

MIDAS launches $5,000 M32 digital audio console at NAMM 2014

 

 

 

Midas products hit a new price point with the release of the M32 Digital Mixing Console at NAMM 2014 in Ahaneim. The M32, a 40-input digital mixer for live sound and recording, is available at a suggested US minimum advertised price of $4,999.99.

The new console features the same mic preamplifiers as the Midas PRO Series consoles and ‘one-million lifecycle’ Midas Pro Faders. The new console is 96kHz ready and features 192kHz AD/DA converters.

The mixer also features Ultranet for ‘Acoustic Integration’ with the new Turbosound iQ Series active loudspeakers or in-ear monitors.

An eight-slot stereo effects engine is said to remove the need for outboard gear. An onboard 32 × 32 USB interface allows real-time tracking; additionally multiple expansion cards such as ADAT, MADI and Dante, are available for digital networking.

“We’ve been listening to our customer requests for a lightweight, durable and transportable Midas console,” said Al Walker, senior product manager. “We incorporated the same amazing mic preamps from the Midas PRO1 and PRO2, and gave the M32 professional-grade motorised faders for maximum durability and unparalled accuracy. The design is compact and eye-catching, thanks to the high-tech carbon-fibre and aluminium construction – which also makes the M32 extremely light and portable.”

The Midas M32 is covered by Music Group’s 3-Year Warranty Program.

 

www.midasconsoles.com 

 

Music Group Е ПРИТЕЖАНИЕ НА ULI BEHRINGER !

Редактирано Януари 27, 2014 от Parni_Valjak

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To Infinity and beyond: Studer Vista X is giant processing leap

27 January 2014

 

With a launch that the company is calling an “enormous step forward in large-scale mixing console technology for broadcast applications”, Studer will introduce the Vista X (“ten”) digital console and Infinity Processing Engine to broadcast technology specialists in New York today.

 

Up to 100 invited guests are expected to gather at All Mobile Video Chelsea Television Studios this evening as Andy Trott (VP and GM, Soundcraft Studer) and Peter Glaettli (head of Studer R&D) present the system, which has been designed at Studer HQ in Regensdorf, Switzerland and built in Potters Bar, UK. 

The Vista X (above), says Harman-owned Studer, offers an “unsurpassed intuitive user interface, retaining the patented Vistonics and FaderGlow user interface [seen other other Vista consoles], providing control of 800 or more audio DSP channels and more than 5,000 inputs and outputs”.

 

At the heart of the system is the Infinity DSP core, which uses CPU-based processors to provide huge numbers of DSP channels for large-scale, high-resolution audio processing and mixing. Studer reports that this is the first time more than 800 audio channels have been processed in a single CPU-based board.

 

Eschewing current trends for SHARC or FPGA chips, Studer says its approach offers “significant advantages, as CPU processing provides a scalable system, faster development of new signal processing designs, huge channel counts, full system redundancy without a single point of failure and the possibility of running third-party algorithms”.

 

Infinity employs A-Link, a fibre-based audio protocol that uses a 3GBit/s data rate to offer 1,536 audio channels per connection with 32-bit standard AES timeslots. The Infinity DSP engine in Vista X provides 12 A-Link digital audio interfaces, providing more than 5,000 inputs and outputs. A newly designed high-density I/O system, D23m, is used to break out these A-Link connections to standard analogue, digital and video interfaces. The A-Link interface also provides direct connection to the Riedel MediorNet distributed router, allowing many Infinity systems to be connected together with router capacities of 10,000 x 10,000 or more. Soundcraft and Riedel agreed to collaborate on developing MediorNet-based tools in 2012.

 

The Vista X console features four processors, offering complete redundancy of the control surface. Now, the Infinity Core, with a combination of CPU-based DSP and A-Link audio interfaces, offers N+1 redundancy of the DSP engine and I/O with instant switch-over between main and standby system without a break in audio transmission.

Vista X with Infinity Core and D23m will ship in April 2014.

 

www.studer.ch

[Parni_Valjak]

Tube amplifiers aren't just for audiophiles

Electric guitarists' love affair with tube amplifiers dates back to the birth of rock music.

• by Steve Guttenberg 

 

The backside of a Blackie Pagano guitar amp.

Vacuum tube technology goes all the way back to the first decade of the twentieth century, and tubes were integral to the development of radio, television, home/professional audio, radar, telephone networks, medical test instruments, and early computers! The transistor was invented in the late 1940s, but widespread use was only reached in the mid-1960s. Transistors nearly obliterated the tube home audio market in the 1970s, but audiophiles and guitar players never gave up on tubes. Audiophile and guitar tube amps are still hugely popular, precisely because tube gear sounds different -- richer, warmer, more full-bodied -- than transistor amps. Those amps are, for the same output power capability, smaller, lighter, and cheaper than tube amps.

When I spoke with my friend Blackie Pagano about why tube guitar amps are enjoying continuing popularity he said, "Rock music was invented with tube amplifiers, the amplifiers are musical instruments, and their distortion became in integral part of the sound." So much so that Pagano thinks that 99 percent of transistor guitar amps are designed to sound like tube amps. Pagano again, "Tube distortion is in the DNA of rock and roll."

According to Pagano new tube guitar amps far outsell transistor models in the $500 and up categories. Tubes have that special mojo guitarists can't get with transistor amps. Yes, the new breed of digital processing amps can try to emulate the sound of tubes, but they never really get there. That's why the 100+ year old tube technology is still the preferred choice among young and older players, and they're always bringing Pagano vintage amps from the 1950s and 1960s to have them rebuilt. While Pagano also designs and builds new tube and solid-state amps, most of his day-to-day work is repairing old hi-fis and instrument amps.

Older amps in good condition fetch high prices, precisely because lots of today's players crave that juicy distortion they can only get from vintage amps. Amps 50 to 60 years old in good condition are worth a lot more now than when they were new, the best tube gear maintains its value, it's a great investment.New tube guitar amp prices start around $500. A complete list of tube amp makers is too long to include here, but Boss, Ibanez, Marshall, Mesa/Boogie, Peavey, and Vox are still proudly making tube amps. Fender has their 65 Princeton Reverb ($1,299), which is part of their Vintage Reissue Amplifier Series. There are also "boutique" builders hand-making new tube amps.

I'll look at what's up with audiophile tube electronics this coming weekend. The 100-year-old tech is still going strong.

 

[Parni_Valjak]

Why does 100-year-old tube technology still turn audiophiles on?

Audiophiles love affair with tube amps -- still crazy after all these years?

• by Steve Guttenberg

 

Audio Research VSi75 stereo amplifier

This past Wednesday I wrote about electric guitarists and their never-ending love affair with tube amplifiers. The technology dates back to the first decade of the 20th century, and tubes were integral to the development of radio, television, home/professional audio, radar, telephone networks, medical test instruments, and early computers! The transistor was invented in the late 1940s, but widespread use was only reached in the mid-1960s. Transistors nearly obliterated the tube home audio market in the '70s, but audiophiles and guitar players never gave up on tubes. Tube gear sounds different, it's richer, warmer, more full-bodied than transistor models. Those amps are, for the same output power smaller, lighter, cooler running, and cheaper than tube amps. Even so, the popularity of tube amps remains strong.

A properly designed transistor amp will always measure better than the best tube amp, so transistors are definitely more "accurate." I accept that, but instruments and voices sound more like themselves with tube electronics; life is full of mysteries and some things can't be easily explained. We like what we like.

I'm definitely not claiming that tube hi-fis always sound better than transistor gear, that's far from true. Matching tube amps with simpatico speakers is required to get the best sound, transistor amps are less finicky about speaker matching.

Vintage transistor gear doesn't hold its value as well as choice tube stuff, and old CD, DVD, Blu-ray players and digital amps are, with rare exceptions, almost worthless. Nothing gets old faster than new technology, a five year old AV receiver is already out of date, but a well preserved 30 year old tube amp can still fetch a high price on the used market.A lot of audiophile tube gear is expensive, but there's no shortage of affordable tube amps to choose from. I reviewed the still-available Jolida FX10 stereo integrated amp a few years ago, and it now sells for around $600.

American made tube amps from Audio Research, Cary Audio, Conrad-Johnson, Decware, Manley Labs, McIntosh, Rogue Audio, VTL, and Woo Audio are sought after here and in the global audiophile market.

 

[Parni_Valjak]

Мечтата на звукоинженера...

 

Rack of goodness from Grammy-winning engineer/producer Andrew Scheps' (Beyonce, Adele) Punkerpad West studio

 

 

Айдеее, оказа се, че има още по-, по- най-...

 

Grammy-winning Producer/Engineer Jack Joseph Puig at Ocean Way recordingstudio  proaudio

 

Редактирано Юни 17, 2014 от Parni_Valjak

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Latest news from Rupert Neve-

 

Transformer coupled MIDI through box - what will Rupert Neve come up with next?

 

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80 Years of Excellence

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Редактирано Юни 21, 2014 от Parni_Valjak

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The Audio Century: Top Ten Audio Personalities of the 20th Century

 

1. Rupert Neve – Champion of Audio Quality

2. Ray Dolby – Household Name
3. Sir George Martin – People’s Producer
4. Willi Studer – Tape Machine Pioneer
5. Colin Saunders – Founder of SSL
6. Alan Blumlein – Inventor
7. Georg Neumann – Microphone Designer
8. Michael Gerzon – Mathematician
9. Valdemar Poulsen – Inventor
10. Les Paul – Guitars and Multitracks

Редактирано Юни 21, 2014 от Parni_Valjak

[Parni_Valjak]

Time to rest up for the knockout round! Happy Football Fader Friday! 

[Parni_Valjak]

Много често на територията на форума се четат сърцераздирателни молби от типа "Как да постигна звукът на....".

Мислих, мислих, и реших да дам най-подходящите отговори. Отговорите, които са използвали именно тези, на които се търси ЗВУКЪТ.

Предусещайки поредния коментар от типа

Очаквайте следващата седмица в темата - Снимки от марсохода Кюриосити! Подобно на гореописаната апаратура снимките също ще разкрият уникална гледка, но непостижима за вас!

 

предварително повтарям отговора -

Every night and every morn,

Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night,
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.

«Auguries of Innocence» by William Blake

Може да се прегледа и подписа ми, там също има подходящи сентенции...

Истината обаче е неумолима   

 

 

  GBP

ACOUSTIC PREAMP/DI/MUTE

382.79

LD-1™

192.28

LD-3™

289.30

CC-1™

510.79

SS-2™

411.01

SS-3™

435.01

G-2™

476.28

P-1™

523.03

P-2™

462.17

NG-3™  

514.39

ST-2™

472.75

NB-3™

296.35

NBM-2™

359.86 BD-1™ 472.75

A/B/C BOX

458.64

AC POWERED 3 WAY SPLITTER WITH MUTES

589.18    

VINTAGE SERIES

 

TB-83™

239.90

TB-83 EXTRA™

306.94

TB-83 EXTRA DUPLEX™

583.88

Ето и устройствата в действие. Даже са посочени притежателите им / използващите ги.

 

 

 

 

И така нататък...

 

Пожелавам приятна разходка в джунглата на ЧИЧО ПИТ КОРНИШ !

 

( ЦЕНИТЕ СА В БРИТАНСКИ ЛИРИ, за който не е разбрал. За по-лесно - ето къде да се провери какви левове съответстват на мечтите.)

 

За да няма заблуждение, че няма кой да купува такива скъпотии, ето списък на клиентите ПЛАТИЛИ за качеството.

 

Pete Cornish is a British designer of electric guitar effects and other electronic musical instruments. He is mainly noted for his elaborate fully custom guitar pedalboard systems. He has worked for Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, The Who's Pete Townshend, Lou Reed, Tony Iommi, Brian May, Mark Knopfler (as well directing some Dire Straits videos), The Police's Andy Summers, and many others.

Cornish has been described as "the inventor of the pedalboard" and a key figure in the transition from single effects to the development of multi-effects units

Lou Reed calls him 'a genius.

Редактирано Юни 28, 2014 от Parni_Valjak