Hearing is Believing

PRO AUDIO REVIEWS

Interview with Julian http://youtu.be/03imG6Ok6Rc

Best of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgQlB0mkSrY

Julian Treasure is a sought-after and top-rated interna-

tional speaker on sound. Collectively his five TED talks

on various aspects of sound and communication have

been viewed an estimated 14 million times. He has been

widely featured as a sound and communication expert

- Julian Treasure, Chairman of The Sound Agency

“I am truly blown awayby their balance, qualityand spatialisation.”

in the world’s media, including TIME Magazine; The

Economist; The Times; TV and radio in the UK, US,

Canada, Australia and Netherlands, as well as many

international trade and business magazines and web-

sites.www.ted.com/speakers/ julian_treasure

Interview with Stuart Hawkes: http://goo.gl/NDtN0v

Metropolis Website: http://www.thisismetropolis.com/

Metropolis Studios in London is the home to the most

successful independent recording, mastering, creative

and production facility in Europe. Led Zeppelin, The

Rolling Stones, U2, Rihanna, One Direction, Adele, and

Lana Del Rey have all recorded, mixed or mastered with

Metropolis in the last 12 months. Metropolis’ top two

mastering engineers Stuart Hawkes and John Davis are

now using the LCD-X in their Studios. Both have been in

audio mastering for over 25 years. Reading a list of

records that Stuart and John have mastered is like a

who’s who of modern music and global artists such as

Led Zeppelin, Lana Del Ray, Amy Winehouse, The Prod-

igy, Lorde, Ed Sheeran, Knife Party and Disclosure to

name a few.

METROPOLISSTUDIOS

Full Interview with Ken Andrews : http://goo.gl/Ruf4hN

Kens’ Website: http://kenandrews.tumblr.com/

Ken Andrews is the mix engineer of Paramore's No.1

Album. Ken has also mixed and produced for Moby,

Failure, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, A Day To Remember and

M83 to name a few.

“They’ve made high resolution speakers that you wear

on your head. And that’s exactly what they sound like.

All the rich gradations of bass and subtle shadings of

high frequencies all come through just like an amazing

set of speakers in a fantastic control room. But the twist

is you can be anywhere! Well maybe not exactly

anywhere as these phones are, like most high-end head-

phones, open back. So you hear a bit of what’s happen-

ing around you. If there are people talking nearby, you’ll

hear them a bit, and if your in a really noisy place, it

won’t be so good. So you need some level of privacy,

but what you don’t need is an expensive acoustically

designed room, with an expensive set of studio moni-

tors to hear truly neutral, high resolution audio. You just

need a relatively quiet space where a bit of open-back

headphone bleed won’t bother anybody, and you’re

good. And that’s a game changer in my world. I can now

sit in my backyard and mix now. Not just do a few things

and wait to properly evaluate it later in the studio, but

actually mix a song and keep the results. Ears happy.

Mind blown. What these monitors do for me in the

studio is nothing short of miraculous and in the last 3

months they have become a huge part of my everyday

workflow as a mixer, producer, and artist. Do I still use

speakers? Yes I do. But I use them in tandem with my

LCD-Xs. When I’m working in my studio, I prefer to mix

it up throughout the day, between speakers and the

LCD-Xs just to keep it interesting and give my ears a

change of scenery. But if I don’t have access to my mix

room, I continue to work on the LCD-Xs alone. So who

am I recommending these monitors to? Professional

audio people, for sure. I could see forensic audio people

using them, as well. And audiophiles are clearly going to

love these. The fact is, when you look at the price of the

Audeze line, and you compare that to its loudspeaker

counterparts, you are getting an incredible deal. To

match the quality of the monitoring experience that

Audeze provides, you’ll be shelling out at a bare mini-

mum 5-10 thousand dollars, probably much higher, just

for speakers, and that’s to say nothing of the room that

you will need to put them in. So yes, compared to other

headphones, they are expensive, but compare them to

professional studio speakers, and that’s where you

realize that they are are actually a ridiculous value.”

Noisia interview: http://goo.gl/RIcr1l

Noisia Website: https://www.noisia.nl/

Praised and celebrated across all corners of modern

music, the Dutch trio Noisia’s production techniques

and brutally beautiful creations exist in a premier league

of their own. Noisia have released music on Jay-Z’s,

Skrillex and deadmau5’s. As well as remixing the likes of

Katie Perry, The Prodigy and Moby. “Wow, just when

you thought the reference standard had been perma-

nently set by the LCD-3s, out comes the X. It's a very

subtle difference, but as every producer knows, those

differences can matter in some situations. We care

about those differences. And so do Audeze. So the

LCD-X is a little more accurate, a little less flattering.

Which is a good thing in the studio, so bigups! And

besides that, I love the fact that with the LCD-X I can

just plug it into my phone now, it doesn't necessarily

need an external amp for proper volume. The LCD-XC

are the best closed-back studio headphones I've heard.”

Just when you thought the referencestandard had been permanently setby the LCD-3s, out comes the X.

http://thump.vice.com/en_uk/words/dave-parry-fabric-matter-ministry-of-sound-camdenpalace-sound-lighting-engineer-designer

http://mosttechnical.in

Dave Parry is known across the world for his use of

technology. He was the first to bring digital processing

into clubland as well as surround-sound technology and

line array systems. He works on the premise of supply-

ing quality components, innovative design and superior

programming to provide the best possible sound and

light systems. Through his work creating the world’s

best sound sytems (Fabric was voted the best club in

the world for 9 years running), and more recently,

India's first superclub Elevate in New Delhi. He has

made a career of bringing nightclubbing into the realm

of full-blown sensory experience.

BBC Tomorrows World

"World's leading sound system's designer”

Night Magazine

“Industry legend, technological wizard, always looking

forward to the next stage”.

'The LCD-Xs are astonishing headphones. I have been

testing them with different engineers in our new

Shanghai studio and all are amazed by the clarity and

detail thar compares closely with the high-end monitors

we have installed there. I have also been using them

with DJ/Producers who work in the digital domain and

all have been stunned by the performance and sonic

quality of the LCD-X; everyone who tried them could

not go back to their usual monitoring afterwards.

Personally, hearing some well-loved music on them

both at home and in the studio blew me away and we

will be specifying LCD-Xs in all our future studio

projects”

Mondo dr Magazine

“A forerunner in terms of technology, the magnitude of

what has been done with Dave Parry's expertise is

nothing short of phenomenal”

“World's leading night club sound system's designer”- Dave Parry -

Knife PartyPendulum

“These headphones are the closest thing I've found to

full-range monitors that you can travel with. They’re incred-

ibly detailed. The LCD-X's are on an entirely different level.

I'm not letting a single mix or master outside of the studio

unless I've checked on these first.”&ROB SWIRE

http://knifeparty.com/bio

http://www.pendulum.com/about

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Filipetti

Frank Filipetti is a music producer, engineer and mixer

who was born in Bristol, Connecticut. He was one of the

first engineers to embrace digital. His credits include

mixes for such number one singles as Foreigner's I Want

to Know What Love Is and I Don't Want to Live Without

You (which he also produced), the 1983 KISS album,

Lick It Up and The Bangles' song, Eternal Flame. Filipetti

engineered and produced Survivor's 1988 album, Too

Hot to Sleep. He also recorded and mixed albums for

Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams,

George Michael, 10,000 Maniacs, Lauren Kinhan, and

James Taylor, whose Hourglass Filipetti produced,

engineered and mixed, winning Grammy Awards in

1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album. A

proponent of surround sound, Filipetti has made nine

5.1/DVD projects, including works for Billy Joel, Carly

Simon, James Taylor and Meatloaf. He has recorded and

mixed numerous live albums including the Pavarotti and

Friends series, 1999's Minnelli on Minnelli: Live at the

Palace, James Taylor's Live at the Beacon and most

recently, Elton John's One Night Only. He is also record-

ed original cast albums for A Funny Thing Happened on

the Way to the Forum featuring Nathan Lane, the Gram-

my-winning Annie Get Your Gun and 2000's Tony

Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Aida, among

others.

FRANKFILIPETTI

“These are not just the best headphones I've ever heard,

they're the best headphone experience I've ever experienced.”

"I keep hearing things

on my masters I've

never heard before

with these phones

which is quite

something”.

- Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering

http://www.gatewaymastering.com/mastering_bobludwig.asp

Throughout his career, Bob has mastered

recordings by Led Zeppelin, Rush, Jimi

Hendrix, The Police, Paul McCartney, Eric

Clapton, Rolling Stones, Def Leppard,

Nirvana, The Who, Bruce Springsteen,

Dire Straits and Daft Punk.

http://goo.gl/r5VFDY

http://stardeltamastering.com/

“The LCD-X provides something I never heard in a

headphone before. A sense of listening in an acoustic

space to a pair of speakers! This is not the boxy,

anechoic sound of headphones, this is the sound of

high- end audio speakers in a headphone. Totally aston-

ishing! For all producers out there looking for mix accu-

racy I would recommend the LCD-X. It works much

better for getting an accurate, full-range picture of your

mix than any pair of monitors, in any room without

expensive acoustic treatment. Most mix issues I come

across in mastering are a result of decisions made

through speakers in non-acoustically-treated environ-

ments. Cut out the guesswork and hear what your mix

really sounds like with the LCD-X.

Lewis HopkinStardelta Mastering UK

Lewis Hopkin at Stardelta Mastering is oneon Europe’s leading mastering engineers

Mala is a highly respected DJ and producer. A visionary

best known for his contributions to the scene known as

dubstep. To people who have been touched by his

music or moved by his DJ sets, he holds a deeper place

in their hearts. Using certain frequencies, Mala’s music

Mala interview: http://goo.gl/CCwYss

http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/category/mala/

carries a message that fundamentally connects with

people. He exclusively plays vinyl as well as building his

own DMZ sound systems and his label and club nights.

In the interview he discuses how Audeze headphones

have changed his life by aiding his hearing disability.

“The space, depth and clarity make a guywith 1 ear feel like he's got 2!!! Insane”

TeeBee is one half of Calyx & Teebee, an award-win-

ning production team. In his interview, TeeBee dis-

cussed his obsession with technology and his love of

Audeze products. He’s globally recognized for his

obsession for detail.

“Simply the greatestheadphones in existence.”

TeeBee interview : http://goo.gl/HcfZHF | http://primarytalent.com/calyx-teebee