SSP Sound Pro sound signature

[Cosmo Cruz]

Stereophile used to have a disc showing how the recording hardware effected the sound. The reviewer spoke into a series of microphones, about 40 or so, and every 30 seconds or so they'd switch microphones. It was remarkable what a difference the hardware made on the sound. So what is "Absolute Sound"?

I don't care to hear the noise / distortion coming from the disco/club music mods people make with huge bass drivers and amps. Please don't share.

I do have an 18" Velodyne sub in the video room... it's for effects, not music. Are people listening to the soundtrack of "The Perfect Storm" in their Lucids ?

Example of Sterophile test cd

 

[Cosmo Cruz]

Ok it's all yenz fault for getting me started on the audio in the Lucid. I have a '22 GT with Dolby Pro and listen to Tidal ATMOS. I love it. I go out to the garage when the world is asleep and have my own dedicated listening room.

The other night I was listening to "Take a Pebble" by Emerson Lake and Palmer. Breathtaking ATMOS mix. Kieth Emerson entices you in, then Greg Lake's bass closes the door. Sublime. I wouldn't change a thing. (I love the sound of the brushes on the snare).

Then I was listening to "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones. Just raw Rock and Roll. At this point I"m not even listening to details...dancing in my seat. Now I need to go for a Moonlight Drive

I just don't get why folk aren't overwhelmed by the premium audio in the Lucid.


kids these days, and their music and short hair ... sheesh!

 

[Solomente]

I've owned LS50s before and I see where you're coming from but to me this is more like a Genelec sound. The system seems to try to replicate studio monitors, with accuracy as the priority rather than the punchy style that's more mainstream

 

[johnse]

I remember having a DVD of the Eagles (it may have been their Hell Freezes Over concert). It had a DTS audio-only track that was a high quality 5.1 mix of Seven Bridges Road that mixed the listener in the middle of the sound stage surrounded by the music.

I see there are some Atmos mixes of later concerts. I wonder if there's an Atmos recording of SBR like that?

 

[chazglenn3]

I also had that DVD! My 2005 Cadillac STS had DTS Audio and speakers on top of the front seats. I loved to show the system off with that track!

 

[Volund]

Waiting on @Bunnylebowski response

 

[Bunnylebowski]

Waiting on @Bunnylebowski response

Ah funny I missed this thread somehow. Lucid’s audio team mentioned in that Q&A thread their reference system is a Genelec system, which I was pleasantly surprised to hear as Genelec is usually the standard for pro audio monitors for near and mid field recording/mixing studios. Of course there are other excellent quality speakers some studios use (my favorites are still Meyer HD1s and Focal SM9 are also fantastic), and I forget what people are using for Atmos these days which may be something other than Genelec, but audio engineers are usually trained on Genelecs since they’re the most prevalent professional brand and seem to translate mixes to other speakers the best. Film audio final mixing stage tends to use JBL a lot as they’re more the standard for large format playback, but most of the music and FX and dialog are still mixed and edited on Genelecs before they’re brought to the final mix stage. When someone chooses speakers for a mix, what they want is for those speakers to allow them to accurately identify trouble frequencies to remove, other frequencies to enhance, and most importantly wide distortion free dynamic range so that quieter but important sounds don’t get lost, and while subwoofers are used, many times it is to help identify trouble low frequencies mid-field studio monitors may not reveal and not to add booming bass. While some music genres emphasize subs in my prior career I never met a mixer that chose to make aggressive use of the subwoofer except for very brief moments.

To my ear KEF do remind me of Genelec, they’re quite transparent and with perhaps just a tad sibilant high frequency response but you only get ear fatigue from that if you’re listening for hours on end, and Genelecs are very good at giving the mixer the results they wanted when they’re adjusting EQ or applying compressors etc. Thank god Yamaha NS10s are rarely if ever in use now. In the 90s everyone was using those cuz if you could make it sound good on those unpleasant speakers your mix would sound good on anything.