PRIMARY MONITORING CHAIN:
ANALOG OUTBOARD Includes:
DIGITAL INTERNAL AND OUTBOARD PROCESSING - Highlights:
DIGITAL CONVERSION and ROUTING HARDWARE Includes:
SOURCE PLAYBACK
/ TRANSPORT Includes:
DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS Feature:
DITHERING
OPTIONS Include:
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- Custom built and based Ty Lashbrook (Tyler Acoustics) Decade Series D1 reference speakers (crossovers by Danny Richie)
- Pass Labs X-250 power amplifier
- Controller: Crane Song Avocet monitor control system / monitoring D-A
ANALOG OUTBOARD Includes:
- Manley Variable-Mu (Mastering Edition) compressor / limiter with switchable HPF side-chain mod
- Crane Song STC-8M Class A mastering compressor / limiter with HPF side-chain mod
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“SS-oweL” Stereo Compressor (Custom unit based on the SSL4044E/G buss compressor with added MCI 416 transformer output)
- Crane Song Ibis Discrete Class A parametric equalizer (side-chain modded to +/-6dB)
- API 5500 Dual Equalizer (hybrid 550 B/D/M EQ)
DIGITAL INTERNAL AND OUTBOARD PROCESSING - Highlights:
- DBX Quantum ll (Digital Multi-band Mastering Processor)
- Universal Audio Digital (UAD) collection: Fairchild 670, Teletronix LA2A, Urei 1176LN, Precision Mastering Series Limiter, Pultec EQP-1A, Cambridge EQ, Pultec MEQ-5, Precision Mastering Series Equalizer, Precision Multi-Band compressor, Neve 33609C Stereo Compressor, more...
- Extensive digital processing by Eiosis (Eliosound), Voxengo, SSL, Elysia, DFP, Algorithmix, more
- AM-Suite (Native to the Samplitude/Sequoia family)
- Izotope’s RX Series audio restoration tools, Samplitude Professional Cleaning-Restoration Suite
- K-Stereo processor (by Bob Katz / Algorithmix)
DIGITAL CONVERSION and ROUTING HARDWARE Includes:
- Crane Song H.E.D.D. 192 - Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device
- Crane Song monitoring D/A
- Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) digital routing
- DBX Quantum II Type IV Conversion System
- Lynx AES 16-channel Digital Interface / Router
- MCI JH110C open-reel analog deck (with 1/4” and 1/2” head stacks)
- Tascam DV-RA1000 Direct Stream Digital (Sony DSD) system
- Alesis MasterLink ML-9600 High Resolution Master Disk System
- Rega P3 table w/glass platter, RB300 arm and Dynavector 10x4 MC cartridge
- Cambridge Audio Azur Series 640P MM/MC Class ‘A’ phono stage
- Tascam DA-30 MkII DAT deck
- Sony Mini Disc
- Cambridge Audio Azur Series 650BD SACD/HDCD/DVD-A
- Tascam 122 MKIII cassette
- Technics RS-DC10 Digital Compact Cassette
DIGITAL AUDIO WORKSTATIONS Feature:
- (PC) Modified (2010) Sonica Labs G-340 High Performance Audio System
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- Intel Core i7-920 Quad Core processor - 4.8GT/s QPI
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- Intel X58 Chipset EVGA 3XSLI
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- 6 GB DDR3 1600MHz Patriot Viper RAM
- Terastation Pro 2-Terabyte NAS-RAID
- Samplitude Professional recording / mastering production system
- Steinberg WaveLab Audio Mastering and Editing Suite
- Plextor internal and external drives utilizing PlexTools Professional
- Mac Intel Core 2 Duo
- Lavry Engineering Dithering with Acoustic Bit Correction®
- Apogee UV-22 HR (Hardware and software) Dithering
- POW-r Dithering system
- Crane Song “Analog Dither”
- Crane Song HEDD 192
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- Room treatments by GIK Acoustics, Klups, RealTraps ®
- All interconnections are Belden 1800F cable with Neutrik connectors. Amplifier and speaker connections are Silver Serpent and Cobalt cables respectively.
- Monster Power® Professional and Blue Circle power conditioning and filtering - Pangea AC9 and AC14 cabling on all vital componentry.
- Custom console by Sterling Modular
- The famous “Stereo Stupidifier with Digital Sonic Decrapulator”
