 | | New Products - April 23, 2012 | | |
| | Today's Product Review | Pro Audio Review Session Trial: Premium Headphones featuring AKG, Audio-Technica, Shure, Sony & Ultrasone
By Rob Tavaglione
This, our eighth Session Trial — PAR’s ongoing series of comparative, real-world gear evaluations — examines the following premium studio headphones: the open-back AKG K702 ($539 list); the closed-back, collapsible Audio-Technica ATHM50 ($199 list); the closed-back Shure SRH840 ($250 list); the closed-back, collapsible Sony MDR-7509HD ($265 list); and finally, the closed-back Ultrasone HFI-680 ($249 list). All are well-built, full-size, ear-surrounding models and are most definitely ‘professional grade’ headphones. More » | |
| | Today's Blog | Thoughts on the Invisible FOH Engineer
By Clive Young
"The Thread, the blog of Duke University’s Duke Performances department, recently interviewed Ken Jacob, chief engineer and director of the Bose Live Music Technology Group, on a variety of topics regarding live sound. In a conversation that ranges from over-amplified concerts across a broad spectrum of genres to the trade-offs of speaker size versus audio quality, Jacob offers an interesting take on the classic notion of the ‘invisible’ FOH engineer: ‘Audiences are used to hearing music mediated through technology in some way. We’ve talked to audio engineers who often tell us variations on the theme: “If you do your job well, you make yourself and your work invisible.” Do you agree that the ideal amplification system is one that goes unnoticed?’" More » | | | | | | |
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