exuast vent holes are done at all angles. cant be seen but they are. no overheating issue
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For the time yeah. Itād be really hard to get the room sound treated given the layout.
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Freshly reorganized Jaspers stand and cabling. Feels really good!
My liveset ācoffinā case sits in the bottom keyboard rack, which normally also holds everything in the lower two rows plus the H9 and Boum. Tr8s is usually on a separate laptop stand during performances.
Centralized power, midi, USB, and patchbay means things are always connected and ready for rerouting physically or virtually.
Newest members of the crew are the Nord A1r, Microfreak, and Tascam Model 16, which along with the Midronome helps with multitracking āto tapeā. Nice to commit things and have everything warped together; jittery USB midi sync + multitracking into one stereo input and then warping all the resulting mess was absolutely killing my flow.
Next up - a pneumatic vesa arm to hold my laptop above the mixer.
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Do you have sold your Syntrx ? 
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Nope. I have the A4, MnM and Syntrx put aside so that itās easier to concentrate on just a few synths at a time.
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Cool, you reassure me, good things to keep.
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Exactly 
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Such a sweet setup
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I know (lol) but you canāt go wrong with either Beyer Dynamics or Audeze (or Senheiser). If you have the possibility to try some at a local storeā¦
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K701s here. Iāve always liked the larger AKGs though, and open back. Honestly though, I havenāt tried anything else lately. I did have some Grado SR125s a while back, and really liked them, but more-so for listening than monitoring/mixing/etc. The AKGs are definitely flatter.
Iāve never owned Senheiser headphones though Iāve had friends that love them. I donāt know how theyād compare.
There are a ton of new ones though that Iāve never had the chance to try. So many brands making nice sets these days.
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Packing up to move with most gear already in storage. Kept a couple essentials near by until I relocate though.
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Is there anything in particular thatās wrong with them? If itās just the earpads then you can always replace those, I replaced my very squished stock pads with some Dekonis last year and it really brought them back to life for me, such an excellent and classic set of cans.
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Another vote for some maintenance. I have an 8 year old set of Audeze LCD-X, and last year I got a custom cable made on Etsy in the exact color and length I wanted for less than the cost of a new set direct from Audeze. A few months ago I finally replaced the stock leather pads with Dekoni suede pads. Thankfully no noticeable change in sound, but they wear much better in my hot California summers now. They still work perfectly, so Iām going to keep using them until I can build a room to the spec I want, which is probably at least 3-4 years out.
If theyāre really broken in some way, you can get the Drop HD 6XX for $200, which as I understand are made on the old HD600 assembly line.
If youāre looking for some improvement (though improving on the HD600s isnāt easy, most moves are going to be lateral at best), I might recommend moving to headphone correction software. The move on my LCDs going from without software to with was twice as big as the move from something like an HD600 to the LCDs, and can be a lot less expensive. I use acustica Sienna, but there are others from Sonarworks, etc.
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Dude, those are the best backpacks! I had bought it thinking it would be a passable option, but elektron branded, so i figured whatever.
Ive been using that thing daily for the last few years biking to work, the grocery store, and everywhere in between.
Thing has stood up better than any other bag ive used
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How is the little virus? I had the TI2 for a minute, but returned it cause of the price and how quickly i used up voices, I could justify it.
Been temped to sell some gear and get one of those or possibly the mini modor
Hi Strutter,
may I ask how much you paid for the MusicMan ?
I sold mine a few weeks ago to the same guy I bought it from
10 years ago. (for the same price I paid back then, 400 ā¬ with hard-case)
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600ā¬. Its like new and recently refurbished.
What a lovely sounding amp.
All fair points!
I donāt normally run my LCDs straight off my synths, but I just checked and they were fine. I bet the senns give you trouble because they have that 300 ohm impedance, huh?
The one thing to look out for with any LCD series headphone is they are HEAVY. Seriously, my neck is either jacked because I swim or itās jacked because I wear LCD headphones for multiple hours every day, and I couldnāt tell you for sure which is the bigger contributor. Iām OK with that when Iām sitting still to mix, but I use different headphones to move around and jam with my synths (AKG Q701, which are broadly similar to the K701 except that they come with a 20 ft lime green cable, which is perfect for being able to plug in and still move around most of my room and see the cable to not trip over it).
I own a pair of Grados and while I would check mixes on them, they are far too fatiguing to spend hours with doing critical listening IMO. Mine are almost a decade old, and I hear new ones are better about that, but I canāt recommend them for mixing based on my experience. Also, for something so light they are one of the most uncomfortable things Iāve ever put on my head (worse than the LCDs for sure), and itās worse if you wear glasses. Great sounding different reference, but I wouldnāt want them to be my only headphone.
The other brand that jumps to mind as really good for mixing is Beyerdynamic. Iām not super familiar with their range, but I know they do low impedance versions of most of their headphones and Iāve heard nothing but good things about them from people who use them to mix all the time (and these peopleās stuff is translating well to my system). A quick glance at their range and this looks like their highest end low impedance model (which specifically calls out working on-the-go).
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