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Do you own these?
Have you ever heard them?
Yes it has a 3.5" woofer, which means it has less excursion and can reproduce less bass but you know what else it has?
A big-ass rear port.
Cover that rear port up (like you can with a pair of ATC SCM25a's) and then tell me how much bass you are getting.
I've done this with the MTM.
Most of it goes.
The IK Multimedia marketing folks (and I say this as the owner of the iLoud's) seems to conflate a bunch of currently hip and fashionable audio marketing terms (point source, phase coherence, DSP controlled) and aim them at hobbiest without really demonstrating the efficacy of their claims.
Let's take one- 'point source'.
Here is a definition of a point source monitor:
"https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/point-source-monitor/
"A type of studio monitor or loudspeaker system in which sound only radiates from one location. One type of point source system would be one that has only one loudspeaker. In order to produce a high fidelity “full range” signal, one that can adequately cover the human range of hearing more than one driver is generally required. These are normally positioned across the face of a loudspeaker system, which causes different parts of the frequency range to emanate from slightly different spots. An example of a point source monitor would be a coaxial design where the tweeter sits in the center of the woofer, or on top of the center of the woofer, the full range of sound all comes from one place. The advantage of a point source design can be minimal phase cancellation of common frequencies reproduced by both drivers due to an overlap of energy around the crossover point due to path length differences from the two (or more) devices to your ear."
This is what a point source monitor looks like:
FWIW, these are also rear ported.
I'm not against ported designs- it is a good way to get low end out of a box, if the rest of the design is right.
IK Multimedia seem to be claiming 'point source' for their MTM: 'provides ultra precise, defined, point source sound'.
Why I do not know.
They aren't a point source monitor as much as I can see.
The marketing seems to reply on people who buy this sort of thing not knowing what point source is, maybe they have just read about it and seeing the words usually associated with much more expensive monitors make consumers feel good.
They are not using an established term correctly and in my opinion trying to confuse consumers and make something that is a decent prosumer product appear much more sophisticated than it is.
There is (and I say this knowing that it is falling on deaf ears) no free lunch here.
The MTM's are, what £350 in the UK.
Whilst it is true you don't need to spend thousands on high end monitors to produce finished records you still need to accurately assess the marketing claims of companies selling gear.
Anyway, we are quite a way off topic now.
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Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
I've looked at Abacus speakers, and I made a thread about them on here. They certainly lack the built-in DSP room correction & phase control, which makes the MTMs a unique product.
Yes, we are a bit off topic here, but it also offers a glimpse into the delights that await those who want to progress past the simple act of plugging their guitar into an amp, and thrashing the hell out of it. For my current environment, decent prosumer eqipment is perfectly fine for me if it can do the job.
- lowered bass overall and added volume automation to lower bass even more during verse
- raised volume electric guitar fills
- compressed rhythm acoustic guitar to tame transients
- lowered reverb on acoustic guitar abit
I've more or less run out of things I want to do to this track (mix-wise!). Really appreciate all the feedback!https://soundcloud.com/brandon-shen-shi-han/best-part-marjo-mixdown-792019-tfb-feedback-6/s-lZ1Ii
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