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[aleatoric]

I spoke with Tyler on the phone today.  What a cool, friendly, honest, down-to-earth guy. 

Contemplating pulling the trigger on custom height floor standing MM5's.  Doesn't sound like any other mastering engineers have bought a pair yet.  Might have to be the first and make the leap.   

[dietrich]

Anyone using D1 without subs?

[John Scrip - MASSIVE Mastering]

I don't actually know anyone with D1's who is running a sub.  Although I could be mistaken...

[dietrich]

I don't actually know anyone with D1's who is running a sub.  Although I could be mistaken...

Right answer. time for me to move to speakers that do not need sub

[John Scrip - MASSIVE Mastering]

Ah -- Yeah, you won't need one...  I know a few guys who would probably run one just for the added "thump" in the bottom octave, but that'd be more 'for show' than for anything else. 

[bblackwood]

Right answer. time for me to move to speakers that do not need sub

Few mains can move enough air to not need augmentation wrt to reproducing the bottom octave accurately. Frankly, I'm not comfortable unless I can hear at least what they client hears, hence dual DD12s.

[John Scrip - MASSIVE Mastering]

Resistors are here!!! 

Now all I have to do is shrink myself down like they do in sci-fi movies to replace the existing ones...

Eh, I'm sure it's doable somehow... 

(EDIT)

Yep - That'll do.  That'll do...

[John Scrip - MASSIVE Mastering]

Oh yes, yes...  1.5 ohms did the trick.  Wonderful. 

Contemplating pulling the trigger on custom height floor standing MM5's.

FTR, when I was talking to Tyler about voicing these D4M's, he did mention that he used lower-value resistors on the MM5's than he does typically on the Decade line.  Something about "you mastering guys like to hear a little more high end than most people" or something like that.    

[aleatoric]

Oh yes, yes...  1.5 ohms did the trick.  Wonderful. 

FTR, when I was talking to Tyler about voicing these D4M's, he did mention that he used lower-value resistors on the MM5's than he does typically on the Decade line.  Something about "you mastering guys like to hear a little more high end than most people" or something like that.   

Nice.  Glad the 1.5 ohms resistor did the trick. 

Yeah, Tyler mentioned on the phone that the MM5's are voiced with slightly more high-end then the Decade line.  Kinda cool that adjustments can be made via swapping resistors if need be. 

[Twerk]

John, you didn't happen to take any pictures of that resistor swap, did you?

[John Scrip - MASSIVE Mastering]

Nope - But it's easy enough to figure -- It's the only one in there like it (and there isn't much in there for that matter). 

The one you'd look for is sort of "hot dog" shaped -- And colored -- Wow, it actually looks sort of like a GI Joe hot dog without a bun... 

Cut and replace.  For temporary testing purposes, I made a couple simple gator clip jumpers.  It's the first thing in line with the + input wire going to the crossover to the tweeter.  You'd probably want to go in through the woofer though.  On the small ones, I needed to remove the woofer and the connector panel.  But it really was pretty simple - Even for an electrical/mechanical moron like me. 

[Twerk]

I doubt I'll be tweaking the D1's anytime soon, but I was curious what the insides of his speakers look like. I'm the first to admit I'd probably break them if I opened them up.

[Twerk]

After a bit of time with the D1's, I'm enjoying them immensely. The imaging is incredible, and there's been several instances where I literally felt like I climbed inside the song. You can hear the placement of instruments in what feels much more of a three dimensional sound stage. Their depth is startling. I haven't missed having subs as these D1's generate plenty in the bottom octave. Dubstep basslines are as big as ever.

My only issue thus far has been in how bright they seem. I've never had the luxury of trying out B&W's nor have I had the pleasure of using Dunlavy's. I wonder how these compare to those in the top end. It's highly probable my previous monitoring was lacking in highs and I've just been used to it.

[MatteskyK]

Since there has been much talk of Tyler Acoustics' designs, perhaps some of you will find Adam Gonsalves new Square Cad episode to be of some interest:  http://squarecad.net/ArchivePages/squarecad40-tyleracoustics.html.   Tyler Lashbrook compares the D1's and MM5's towards the end of the interview as well. 

[Twerk]

Thanks for that, Adam!

It's funny how every time I talk to Ty on the phone, it ends up being a 30-40 minute conversation. We're lucky to have him.