[George Graves]

In article ion,
Frank Stearns wrote:

George Graves writes:

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Have you ever used 4350's or 4355's? I've never heard a pair, but understan=
d that they were spectacular with really good, deep bass, smooth midrange a=
nd a decent (albeit somewhat beamy) top.

No, never did. I actually found it somewhat frightening that those big
monsters
could deliver 130 dB into a control room. Yikes. Never found myself in such
rooms.

However, the Imax in my old home town used what looked a lot like 4350s all
around
the room -- though no doubt some different components and voicing for a big
room
application.

As far as theater sound, they were quite good -- way better than the local
megaplex
sound.


There used to be a small studio in San Francisco that used Infinity Gamma's=
as main control room monitors. I do believe that that studio had the best =
monitor sound I've ever heard in a studio. The guy who ran the studio told =

How was the room designed and treated? Were the monitors soffit mounted?

Frank
Mobile Audio

As to how the room was treated, I cannot say. I was only there once. It WAS treated though, as there were sound absorbent panels interspersed along the walls and alternating with hard areas. The speakers were NOT soffit mounted, but sat on the floor about three feet out from the wall. When I was there, they were editing a San Francisco Symphony recording for Phillips Records, IIRC (Edo De Waart, conducting). It sounded GREAT through those speakers.