“They have a presence in that range,” says Ely. Neumann’s compact KH 310 incorporates a specially designed fabric midrange dome driver that has been tailored for precise work with speech, vocals, guitars and other instruments with a midrange emphasis. I like to have something that I can dig into a little bit, and the Neumanns work really well for that.” “I think they’re in between a nice, transparent speaker and something that has a little edge to it, which I like. “Overall, I’m really happy with the speakers,” he says of his facility’s new Neumann KH series system.

Everything we listened to, even in stereo, not just immersive, translated really well from stuff I had mixed on other speakers.”Ī veteran of nearly 25 years in the music industry, Ely previously worked for extended periods on staff at major studios in Chicago and New York with a long and diverse list of artists that includes Linkin Park, Jennifer Lopez, Ministry and Ludacris. The new Neumann speakers have been integrated with two existing 18-inch subwoofers in the room.Īccording to producer and mixer Dylan Ely, who founded Portia Street Studios in 2017 with Don Andes, “Once we got the Neumann system dialed in it was amazing - I couldn’t stop listening. The new 7.1.4 immersive setup comprises seven Neumann KH 310 tri-amped near field monitors for the front, side and rear zones with four Neumann KH 120 bi-amped near field speakers delivering height information.

The new speaker system was installed at the multi-room facility in response to immersive music’s growing listenership and is being used to mix back catalog material as well as new projects into the Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio formats. Los Angeles, California, JanuPortia Street Studios in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles recently upgraded its main control room with an 11-speaker Neumann KH series monitor system.

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