Product rave...Westone ES49

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Submitted by Buddha on

I've been checking out some of those 'ear care' products that are supposed to attenuate volume yet preserve frequency response and I recently got fitted for the ES49 filters made by Westone and headed out into the amplified fray.

On Saturday night, Big Mike, another friend, and I went to the Social Distortion show and stood at the back edge of the mosh area and took in the sights and sounds.

Audio Doctor February Open House

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Dealers' Open House
Submitted by audiodoctor on

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Is It Real? Or Is It... Page 2

Is It Real? Or Is It... Page 2

Enid Lumley accosted me in the corridors of Santa Monica's BayView Plaza Hotel in March: "That doesn't sound like a real piano!" I was taken aback. The sound to which the redoubtable Ms. Lumley was referring emanated from a 7' Steinway we had hired for <A HREF="http://www.performancerecordings.com/">James Boyk</A> to play at the <I>Stereophile</I> show. Jim was conducting a series of tutorials on how the sound of a real piano is constituted, so Enid's criticism, on the face of things, seemed absurd. As my face obviously showed this conclusion, she hastily explained that, of course it <I>was</I> a real piano, but the fact that it overloaded the 40-seat room in which it was being played caused it to sound different from the sound of a real piano played in a concert hall. To lead visitors to the show to expect piano records to sound similar to what Jim was producing was dishonest.

Is It Real? Or Is It...

Is It Real? Or Is It...

Jan 27, 2008 First Published:Jun 01, 1987

Enid Lumley accosted me in the corridors of Santa Monica's BayView Plaza Hotel in March: "That doesn't sound like a real piano!" I was taken aback. The sound to which the redoubtable Ms. Lumley was referring emanated from a 7' Steinway we had hired for <A HREF="http://www.performancerecordings.com/">James Boyk</A> to play at the <I>Stereophile</I> show. Jim was conducting a series of tutorials on how the sound of a real piano is constituted, so Enid's criticism, on the face of things, seemed absurd. As my face obviously showed this conclusion, she hastily explained that, of course it <I>was</I> a real piano, but the fact that it overloaded the 40-seat room in which it was being played caused it to sound different from the sound of a real piano played in a concert hall. To lead visitors to the show to expect piano records to sound similar to what Jim was producing was dishonest.

Audiophile vs. Pro Audio Gear

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Tweaks 'n' Tips
Submitted by JK1234 on

A simple question, but one for which I have found very little feedback on the web. The question is this - does anyone have real-world experience comparing high end audiophile gear to pro audio equipment, and if so, what were the results? Every now and then you see manufacturers that bridge the gap (Bryston, PMC, Benchmark, etc.) but rarely do you find audiophile-oriented reviews of pro gear. Seems logical to me that the equipment used to record the music the in the first place should do a half decent job on reproducing it, no?

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