Product Reviews: Professionals in the field test today's hottest audio gear.
Field Test: JBL LSR6328P/LSR6312SP Speakers
Aug 1, 2004,
By George Petersen
Five years ago, Mix checked out JBL's award-winning LSR (Linear Spatial Reference) Series monitors. Designed for stereo listening (with or without a matching...
Field Test: Princeton Digital/Eventide Reverb 2016
Aug 1, 2004,
By Kevin Becka
Designed by Tony Agnello, the Eventide original SP2016 digital reverb was stellar for its day. The name referred to SP for signal processor and 2016 for...
Field Test: Crane Song Ibis EQ
Aug 1, 2004,
By Michael Cooper
The discrete, Class-A, solid-state Crane Song Ibis ($4,500 list) embodies a new approach to the equalizer's time-honored user interface and feature set....
Field Test: Tannoy Ellipse 10 Studio Monitors
Aug 1, 2004,
By Barry Rudolph
Tannoy's Ellipse 10 monitors make bold statements on many levels beyond their futuristic-looking yet functional cabinet styling. The three-way powered...
Field Test: Digidesign DigiDelivery Network System
Aug 1, 2004,
By K.K. Proffitt
Although many people (including myself) never saw the point of musical collaboration via the now-defunct Rocket Network, in retrospect, it's obvious that...
Field Test: Electro-Harmonix NY-2A Tube Compressor
Aug 1, 2004,
By Eddie Ciletti
The Electro-Harmonix NY-2A vacuum tube compressor/limiter is impressive. Inside this $2,995 stereo unit is a mix of modern, retro and audiophile parts,...
Field Test: Voxengo Pristine Space Reverb Plug-In
Aug 1, 2004,
By Barry Rudolph
Voxengo's Pristine Space (MSRP: $139) is an 8-channel, native PC VST convolution reverb plug-in with extensive routing capabilities and several latency...
Snapshot Product Reviews
Aug 1, 2004
NEUMANN BCM 104 Side-Address Broadcast Mic The death grip that the RE20 and RE27 N/D have on the radio and TV station announce market is legendary. Neumann's...
Field Test: Sony C-38B Microphone
Jul 1, 2004,
By Barry Rudolph
Sony's C-38B is certainly one of the oldest new mics around. The lineage of this latest version goes back to 1965, when Sony unveiled the successor to...
Field Test: SSL XLogic Channel
Jul 1, 2004,
By Erik Zobler
Solid State Logic consoles populate many of the top studios in the world. Now, the company offers every studio that SSL sound for a fraction of the cost...
Field Test: A Designs Audio MP-2r Microphone Preamplifier
Jul 1, 2004,
By Michael Cooper
The A Designs Audio MP-2r ($2,650 list) is a higher-gain version of the company's MP-2 tube preamp, adding an additional 14 dB of gain capability to the...
Snapshot Product Reviews
Jul 1, 2004
SABINE SWM7000 SERIES Smart Spectrum Wireless System Wireless technology has turned into a cat-and-mouse game, as once-clear frequencies become more crowded...
Solid State Logic AWS 900
Jun 1, 2004,
By George Petersen
Mention the name Solid State Logic and images of huge, high-end, high-ticket mixers immediately come to mind. Yet at the recent NAB show in Las Vegas,...
Focusrite Platinum TwinTrak Pro
Jun 1, 2004,
BY NICK BATZDORF
The newest member in Focusrite's Platinum Series is a 2U channel strip/monitor mixer combination that promises to have everything you'll need to record,...
KRK Rokit RP-5 Powered Studio Monitors
Jun 1, 2004,
By Barry Rudolph
The KRK Rokit Powered Studio Monitors intrigued me because of their incredibly low price. I received the RP-5s, the smallest pair in the line, which sell...
Aaton Cantar-X Field Recorder With Mixer
Jun 1, 2004,
By Eddie Ciletti
The Cantar-X field recorder, designed by French film camera maker Aaton, covers almost every conceivable requirement for video and film, with multichannel...
Wunder Audio PEQ1 Mic Pre/EQ
Jun 1, 2004,
By Michael Cooper
In 1971, Led Zeppelin bass and keyboard player John Paul Jones ordered a custom-built console for his recording studio. Decades later, Wunder Audio owner...
Prism Sound Dream ADA-8 8-Channel Converters
Jun 1, 2004,
By K. K. Proffitt
Prism Sound Dream converters are well known in mastering circles for their transparency and detail, and the ADA-8 continues the tradition of fine design...
Field Test: Trident S40 Single-Channel Strip
May 1, 2004,
By Barry Rudolph
With its signature black-anodized front panel, colored aluminum knobs and small rectangular push buttons, the S40 is clearly the progeny of Trident's Series 80 and TSM consoles....
Field Test: Yamaha Pitch Fix, Vocal Rack and Final Master
May 1, 2004,
By Barry Rudolph
Workstation users, rejoice: A trio of new plug-ins brings Yamaha's proprietary digital processing technology to your VST/AudioUnits-based projects....
