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I'm the wrong side of 60 and have been involved in the professional recording industry for most of my adult life. A short daliance into mainframe computing and training to be a lawyer aside. After recording a good many tracks using two mono reel to reels I moved onto a Teac A3440 at the age of 18 (I still have one). I became studio engineer and Director at Horizon Recording Studios ( The home of Two Tone) at 22 and enjoyed my time recording some great artists. Eventually, after a few years retraining (see above) and marriage, kids and so forth, my wife and I set up Mantra CDs & Recording in 1997 which we have run ever since. We have studios in mid Wales and the Wirral and are currently converting a 7.5 tonne horse truck into a mobile studio and pa truck. Alongside this I am very keen on speakers, particularly British, vintage hifi. I have a pair of 15" Tannoy GRF's, Wharfdales Denton and four pairs of Leak speakers (2 x 2060, 600 and some mystery diyers with Leak drivers). I want to learn as much as I can before renovating/ improving the Leaks, but am also very interested in nearly all aspects of audio.
I'm the wrong side of 60 and have been involved in the professional recording industry for most of my adult life. A short daliance into mainframe computing and training to be a lawyer aside. After recording a good many tracks using two mono reel to reels I moved onto a Teac A3440 at the age of 18 (I still have one). I became studio engineer and Director at Horizon Recording Studios ( The home of Two Tone) at 22 and enjoyed my time recording some great artists. Eventually, after a few years retraining (see above) and marriage, kids and so forth, my wife and I set up Mantra CDs & Recording in 1997 which we have run ever since. We have studios in mid Wales and the Wirral and are currently converting a 7.5 tonne horse truck into a mobile studio and pa truck. Alongside this I am very keen on speakers, particularly British, vintage hifi. I have a pair of 15" Tannoy GRF's, Wharfdales Denton and four pairs of Leak speakers (2 x 2060, 600 and some mystery diyers with Leak drivers). I want to learn as much as I can before renovating/ improving the Leaks, but am also very interested in nearly all aspects of audio.
Good intro although being the wrong side of 60 you may not be loving the Leaks that can often afflict men of a certain age 😉 So far as home hifi is concerned what bits of kit do you use or find fit best with your choice of speakers.
Ha, not too much trouble there, yet. I'm very keen on Luxman amps, especially the relatively low cost L2-10 series. I use an L5 pre to Naim NAC 250 to power my Tannoy GRFs, an L2 to power my Wharfdales Glendales and haven't decided on the Leaks (probably another Luxman). I have quite a few solid states from Denton, Rotel, Ken Wood, Pioneer, Sony, Jvc, so not short.
Most of my studio monitors are active Dynaudio or Mackie HR824's. My M3A's are on Chameleons and BSS over.
Most of my studio monitors are active Dynaudio or Mackie HR824's. My M3A's are on Chameleons and BSS over.