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THE
MONITORING SYSTEM
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A
good monitoring setup is critical to mastering. We use
PMC IB1S 3-way midfield monitors. These transmission line
monitors are flat from 25 Hz to 25kHz and extremely accurate
and transparent.
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speakers are are tri-wired to a 500W/channel Proceed HPA 2 power
amplifier. This amazing amp is made by the same company that
produces the Mark Levinson monoblocks and shares similar sonic
characteristics. |
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digital sources in our mastering studio are routed through a
single D/A converter for consistency when A/Bing material. Our
D/A converter of choice is a Classé DAC 1 which uses
a Pacific Microsonics filter and two UltraAnalog DACs per channel
configured for true balanced operation. |
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of our D/A converter the digital audio signal passes through
three stages of dejittering to ensure the highest possible fidelity.
Firstly it goes through the PLL in the Meridian 518, then through
the Weiss Clockwork, and finally through the dejittering stage
of the Classé DAC 1. |
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The
result is a clean, warm, engaging, dynamic, and above all
ruthlessly accurate sound in the control room.
The
Audio Processing Tools
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