16-12-2020, 08:02 AM
Years ago when spent my gap year (1974-5) at BBC Research Dept (Kingswood Warren) I was doing TV stuff but was aware of audio work. It was in the days of Harwood. I went into the anechoic chamber once which is a strange and unsettling experience. Apparently they tried to get musicians to perform in there which was well nigh impossible. They were also making scale models of studios with the aim of testing the acoustics in the days before computer simulations were feasible. I'm sure the relevant reports are on the BBC R&D website.
I know that acoustic measuements are fraught. Not least because the room plays a major part. I'm sure there's an art to designing speakers that will work well in a wide range of non-optimal roms. As against working superbly but only in very tightly controlled spaces.
I know that Quad claimed that the ESL63 can produce a decent 1kHz square wave, as measured by a precision microphone. That's a pretty astonishing achievement - I wonder how many other speakers can approach this. Or how important it is in terms of perceived quality of sound.
I know that Audio Gold will do home demos. Need to check what monitor speakers they sell. There are several other audio dealers fairly close to me, both domestic and professional. AG are basically domestic, others such as Funky Junk are professional. If anyone tries to sell me cryogenically treated speaker cable or other such snake oil then I'm likely to walk out.
Thanks for all the trouble you've taken and the invitation.
In the recent past I've been involved in stripping out a couple of TV facilities. Unfortuantely there were no main monitors to be had. Not even any of the bigger nearfield monitors. All I got was a couple of pairs of Mackie CR4: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mackie-CR4-Crea...B00KVEIY4O which I haven't yet tried. They look great for doing video editing (which was their role before they came to me) but far from ideal as domestic hifi. A pair may replace the 20+ year old Altec Lansing speakers I use with my main PC.
I know that acoustic measuements are fraught. Not least because the room plays a major part. I'm sure there's an art to designing speakers that will work well in a wide range of non-optimal roms. As against working superbly but only in very tightly controlled spaces.
I know that Quad claimed that the ESL63 can produce a decent 1kHz square wave, as measured by a precision microphone. That's a pretty astonishing achievement - I wonder how many other speakers can approach this. Or how important it is in terms of perceived quality of sound.
I know that Audio Gold will do home demos. Need to check what monitor speakers they sell. There are several other audio dealers fairly close to me, both domestic and professional. AG are basically domestic, others such as Funky Junk are professional. If anyone tries to sell me cryogenically treated speaker cable or other such snake oil then I'm likely to walk out.
Thanks for all the trouble you've taken and the invitation.
In the recent past I've been involved in stripping out a couple of TV facilities. Unfortuantely there were no main monitors to be had. Not even any of the bigger nearfield monitors. All I got was a couple of pairs of Mackie CR4: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mackie-CR4-Crea...B00KVEIY4O which I haven't yet tried. They look great for doing video editing (which was their role before they came to me) but far from ideal as domestic hifi. A pair may replace the 20+ year old Altec Lansing speakers I use with my main PC.
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