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    NOBLE AUDIO ON TIME, EFFORT, AND THAT MAGICAL TOUCH

    Dr. John Moulton (a.k.a. Wizard) talks about the focus and dedication that it takes to build beautiful handcrafted Custom In-Ear Monitors. Each month, IEMITO proudly presents an inside look into the visions and concepts behind the products. This article is reprinted and shared here freely...
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    FITEAR'S FOUNDER ON INSPIRATION AND IMAGINATION

    Retailers often use FitEar products as a benchmark to compare everything else against in terms of build quality. So we asked Keita Suyama — FitEar's Founder — about design and inspiration and the role of the in-ear monitor. Each month, IEMITO proudly presents an inside look into the visions...
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    INSIGHTS INTO SENNHEISER'S IE PRO SERIES || PROFESSIONAL IN-EAR MONITORS FOR STAGE & LIVE APPLICATIONS

    Jannik Schentek & Tom Vollmers share key thoughts on the making of the Sennheiser IE 400 PRO and IE 500 PRO for the stage and live applications. Jannik Schentek is a Product Manager for Professional Audio at Sennheiser. Tom Vollmers is the Head of the Professional Portfolio for Sennheiser...
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    DESIGN PHILOSOPHY WITH 64 AUDIO

    Vitaliy Belonozhko — the founder of 64 Audio — on design, inspiration, and balance. An inside look into the visions and concepts behind the products. THE FOUNDER'S PHILOSOPHY What keeps you motivated? Where does that relentless drive come from? I’m always in pursuit of better quality...
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    The History of In-Ear Monitoring with Andy Shiach from ACS

    Andy Shiach — the founder and managing director at ACS — speaks about his early life as a musician and how a studio accident permanently damaged his hearing setting his life on a very different trajectory. In this intimate interview, Andy talks about how he went from musician to audiologist...
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    An Interview with Charles Sprinkle — Director of Acoustics for Kali Audio

    Neutral Frequency Response & Controlled Directivity Charles Sprinkle — Director of Acoustics for Kali Audio — on creating ideal loudspeakers through value engineering. Hi Charles — thank you for taking the time to talk with us today. Before we dive into what you’ve been working on lately at...
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    Here's why Audeze's Planar Magnetic Speakers are at the Apex of Audio Technology

    Have any of you had the chance to listen to Dr. C's Mini Dragon System? Imagine the sound and imaging of the LCD4's in a Nearfield desktop monitor. It is amazing to see the technology in that form factor.
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    Here's why Audeze's Planar Magnetic Speakers are at the Apex of Audio Technology

    Mastering the Three Variables of Planar Magnetics Dr. C has been working with planar magnetics for the last 45 years. And he has been slowly and steadily perfecting this underlying technology. From his time with Sonigistix to making fixed installation 8’ x 8’ planar arrays that could throw...
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    Critical Listening Tips — An Interview with Recording Engineer Russ Long

    I am pretty sure that you can figure that out yourself. All you need to do is to reference the article above. There's really no need to be a troll on this.
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    Critical Listening Tips — An Interview with Recording Engineer Russ Long

    Hi maira — the goal of this series is to show the overlap between the music creators and the music consumers. We have much more in common than you may realize. A lot of the gear used in the studio is available for home and portable listening — and vice versa. Many of the favorite Hi-Fi brands...
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    Critical Listening Tips — An Interview with Recording Engineer Russ Long

    When it comes to critical listening, pay attention to the stuff that sits deep in the mix. That's where you really can hear the difference high-quality components are making. The length of the reverb trails, the number of times a vocal delay repeats, the noise of a piano’s sustain pedal being...
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    Domo Audio Brings you that Sweet Spot — Get Better Imaging Through Speaker Placement

    Russ Long — engineer & journalist who has engineered/ mixed on multiple gold/ platinum albums himself — just interviewed Carl Tatz for ProSound News. They went deep on the PhantomFocus System methods. The article is geared towards professional engineers and not so much for home theater or...
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    Domo Audio Brings you that Sweet Spot — Get Better Imaging Through Speaker Placement

    Hi Whitigir — I think you just described the perfect test case scenario. Try Carl's methods as noted above for placement of the 2 monitors within the room without treatment and see if you can get that sweet spot. Let us know. Would love to hear your experiences.
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    Domo Audio Brings you that Sweet Spot — Get Better Imaging Through Speaker Placement

    (This article originally ran at Domo.Audio. It's part of a new series about Recording Engineers & Their Audio Gear. The entire article is republished below for the enjoyment of the community. We're here to build relationships, not transactions.) Carl Tatz designs award-winning studios and home...
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    Recording Engineer Kevin Becka on Making Hits with Focal, Audeze, & Ultimate Ears

    Recording Engineers & Their Audio Gear (This article originally ran at Domo.Audio. It's the first in a new series about Recording Engineers & Their Audio Gear. The entire article is republished below for the enjoyment of the community. If you want to learn more about Kevin Becka and his body of...
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