The BEST Studio Monitor We Have EVER Used!!
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2022
- Stereo mastering on a SURROUND speaker?! That was the goal, and we nailed it! In this video we take an introductory look at the first of our own range of studio monitors, inspired by our own journey into the world of Dolby Atmos and immersive audio, that aim to do things a little differently. Modular in nature, and upgradable over time, in part one of our mini series we look at the basic design, as well as amplification choices, with part 2 covering driver selection and part 3 looking at cabinet design and form factor.
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Awesome work James, Mark and everybody else involved in the project! I'm already on the edge of my seat waiting for the next video. Keep it up guys. Cheers from Belgium
You guys never cease to amaze me! Roll on part two..
Excellent choice of components. Pretty much state-of-the-art performance as far as amplification goes. Looking forward seeing your driver choice.
Really excited to see the next installments! Good work guys :)
Supper cool! Awesome vid fellas. Cant wait for the next chapter to find out more about the drivers used.
Well done guys, such a lot of hard work has translated to brilliant equipment
I hope they're going to give you a pair of them, should be an uproar if not
So impressed, great job Mark and James! Seeing the PDP logo on those speakers makes me soooo happy :D
Well done guys. That's amazing. Great dedication.
Incredible work! Congratulations!
These guys truly know what they're doing, and I'm here for it
Incredible work guys! And I can tell all, they sounds AMAZING!!!
Thanks Charli :D Glad you liked the sound of them
WOW guys! You are raising the bar here! Can't wait for the next video
Wow! Congrats! Can’t wait for the next video! 💙
That’s very exciting! Congratulations!
Love it!!!!!!!!! Great comeback
I honestly can't believe they're here, genuinely so impressed! Well done and the work you've put in really shows.
Next step: I gotta hear 'em
Can’t wait for you to come over and hear them Shaw
Amazing work guys
Very cool indeed, looking forward to hearing more about them!
Good to see you guys are back. Have missed you lot. Was worried about you guys. 😀
Missed you all too!
Well done Kids.. It was a treat listening in on the development process of those new monitors.
I'm very lucky to have heard Mark working on these monitors in the room, and I can absolutely 100% say these sound glorious! Congratulations, guys!
Thanks Tom! Much appreciated!
Can't wait for part 2!
Fascinating stuff! 😎 👍 I'm looking forward to seeing how you designed the cabinets.
Almost turned off the video when it was revealed that you promoting your own product... but I stayed and I'm very impressed with your dedication and process. looking forward to seeing the entire story unfold.
To be honest, this journey it's impressive ! Hat off! Much respect and looking forward to see all upcoming video. If you post the project components/parts you used in the final product would be great too :D
super exited for the next episodes !
I admire everyone's ambition and pursuit of excellence. The retail price of the ATC tweeter was somewhat alarming, too. Just subscribed and looking forward to the next update.
im super hype for you guys
This. Is. Awesome. In every sense of the word.
First time someone from youtube has actually done something and keeps pushing their boundaries. Hats off to you guys, can't wait to see the rest and the "budget" model. The video was definitely worth the wait :)
Epic stuff guys 🙌🙌🙌
I always appreciate studios whom make their own custom speakers.
I'm so hyped for this. Love diy and would be a dream to build my own monitor.
OMG this is so exciting!
I'm not a fan of DIY stuff typically, but when it comes to pricing out just TWO ATC speakers... I think you guys have the right idea here.
Nice! Can't wait to see the next video.
Holy cow am I excited!!!
This is amazing! Great Job guys! I hope i can hear a pair of PDP Monitors soon! Keep up the excelent job and changing the audio game!! They look sexy too!
Hi Mark and James, I'm impressed that you have built a speaker that beats out your ATCs! Looking forward to hearing more about the build.
Thanks Ken!
Woah. You can’t leave us hanging like this. We need the next episode right now! :)
Not long!
Finally a DIY active 3-way design, very nice to see🔥
Amazing project 😮
-thank you for the advice!
woow you have left me mouth open. congratulations on your great success at making this happen and I totally trust you on how good they sound 😂
THATS AWESOME GUYS
Congrats guys.and i need to say that the speakers look amazing in white !
Thank you so much :)
The drivers look familiar. I use the bliesma beryllium tweeter in a 4 way with sb acoustics textreme mids and bass alongside peerless xxls 12's. Filtering is done by software called Acourate and is FIR with room correction.
Brilliant speakers.
I'm unable to leave a funny remark, I'm very much baffled. Simply awesome!
Thank you sir!
Amazing work guys… keep this up and see you at 500k subs
YES IVE BEEN WAITING
Great video!
We've been on the same journey... For my last build, I chose the Volt 3" midrange, 2x Volt 12" woofers per side and a Scanspeak Ellipticor tweeter, with FA502s powering the woofers and FA252s powering the midrange and tweeters. For my current build (which is going to look remarkably similar to your's, by sheer coincidence), I've retained the VM752, but brought in a Satori tweeter and SB Acoustics 15" woofer... This time I'm powering and managing each side with a QSC PLD 4.2... Importing stuff into India is a PITA, and for my current build, I had to import only the Volt midrange drivers... the rest of the stuff I could source locally...
Congrats on your own speaker journey!
thanks for the info
Wow, That is super cool guys!! mega impressed! Bring out the next video! oh and can I buy a stereo pair from you please....
This makes me wish I was savy enough to understand the technical aspects of monitors. Off-the-shelve never aligns seamlessly with your wishes at the level you are operating at. Awesome work you're doing!
They must be damn good to retire the ATCs. Congrats, they look awesome!
Going down the diy path myself but only for 2 channel. Interested to hear about the German driver mfg.. I have settled on Scan Speak as they make fantastic if pricy drivers and I only need enough for my personal use. I’ve heard only good things about the Hypex units and am glad you’ve found a great amp + crossover combo. I only do passive for now as I don’t need to re-do the design much and (in my very limited comparison) I prefer a passive crossover with high quality components. Thanks so much for sharing!
So So So Well Done Guy's.....!!!!!! So So So Well Done.....!!!! What an Absolutely incredible Achievement.......!!!!! Not only Just to Create Such an Incredible Pair of Speakers.....!!!!!! But Amazing to Show What Working With One of the Best Engineers in the World and Outside of the Constraints of Building things down to the price you've been told can Achieve without 30-40% of the Price going to Marketing.....!!!! So Well Done Once Again & Really Hope You Guy's are Feeling as Pleased With Yourselves as You Should Be.....!!!!!!! Cant Wait till You Guy's Go into Production..... But for now Just So Pleased for You Guy's.....& So Pleased to See What You Guy's Have managed to Achieve....!!!!! Such an Incredible Achievement Thanks So So much for Doing it & So So So Well Done Once Again........!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Thank you Chris, much appreciated :)
Excited 🤠🤠
bravo! congratulations!
More videos from you guys, your channel is top notch
Thank you!
Haha the easter eggs of cats is you tube GOLD. Can't wait for this while series. Very inspiring and interesting!
Great decision on using the Hypex FA253 for amplification and DSP. I'm also using those in my latest project and it has been a total game changer
They’re really great!
Amazing, 👏
Really looking forward to the next vid
Thank you bro
Sounds like exciting headway, looking forward to getting a set of PDP monitors when I upgrade and move my studio situation of out of my bedroom. :)
We also have a cheaper alternative also in the works. More to be announced in the next episodes coming in the next week or so!
If they are (what look like) Bliesma mids and tweeters they will sound fantastic. I used the same in my 3 way studio monitor with a Volt 10" for bass. DSP and amplification done by Linea Research. Look forward to the next video to find out.
Congratulations guys!! After 3 years I finally got Focal Trio, and today, all I want now are your to be released monitors!! Are you doing all your mastering on your new PDP monitors? Cheers!!
We are doing ALL mastering on these monitors :)
I want that nekozilla shirt, it's fricking amazing! Also really looking forward to watching the rest of the video, but this had to be said xD
Really enjoyed this vid. I also find you guys to be hilariously funny!!
Can't wait to see vid #2 👍🎵👍
Thank you!
Crikey, that was a long wait but the new vid is worth it.
Thank you :)
You guys are insane 😂
Congrats for the amount of passion and near pathological obsession you've put into this. I'm sure it's sounding awesome.
Great! Nice choice on de amps! Eelco Grimm is one of my teachers. Great sounding speakers in my opinion
Thank you!
holy fucking christ guys, you actually did it.
Do you plan on ever releasing these to the public? I might just have to retire my K&H o300nds if these are priced within reach!
This is within the plan. More details to follow in the next episodes :)
Man, can't wait for this to become a commercial product. 💯
Great to see you guys back. At first I thought that James was sporting a very cool T shirt or that he hadn't washed it. Then a donkey? You can't fool me, I know the difference between a donkey and Flop Cat!. It isn't Present Day Donkey's is it? The speakers look awesome and like many others need to know more. Can't wait for part 2.
Looking forward to the follow up video.
I am so hyped. I want a pair!! Where's the shopping list.
I started researching those crossovers and forgot to comment.
“Comment.”
Really tho, my constant back and forth from maker to musician/producer (of sorts), not to mention my obsessive nature, has me now realizing I picked the right internet friends. Ha!
Congrats you guys!
Thank you buddy!
I just ordered that catzilla t-shirt ❤ - I'm sure the monitors are awesome, but the t-shirt is slightly cheaper and also awesome.
Congrats for those loud speakers guys. I'm pretty sure they sound amazing. Aside the speakers, may I ask if could you make a video about microphones for talking head videos like yours? I really like how yours lavaliers sound and I'm wondering what type of lavalier you use and which suite do you use for processing? Thanks guys and again congrats for the speakers.
Thanks Felipe!
James here - we can almost certainly do a video on lavalier mics. :) We use the Clippy EM272 XLR from Micbooster.com
micbooster.com/clippy-and-pluggy-microphones/99-xlr-stereo-clippy-em272-microphone.html
Post processing is done entirely in DaVinci Resolve, in which I edit the videos. However, as the room is well treated and the mics capture a nice sound, almost NOTHING is done to the dialogue. Literally a few dB of gain to bring it up to zero and that's it. No EQ.
@@PresentDayProduction Hi James, thanks a lot mate, I'll check these out for sure. Cheers 🤘🏻
Take all my money!! Lol, how can I get a pair!! Great video!! Can't wait for the next!!
great project, sub'd!
Got to say that DIY powered monitors is a very good approach
Can I have James's Questeds, then? :P
😂 my thoughts exactly
This is quite literally living the dream. Huge congrats guys and very well done indeed. I hope I will get a chance one day to have a listen, especially as it sounds like you plan to launch these at some point in the near future.
Have you guys approached warren Huart to review a pair yet? I bet he would love them
Thank you!
I do hope you can have a listen one day soon. :)
We may send speakers to other UA-camrs when we’re able to!
Warren loves anything he shills. PDP need more honest feedback for such a good speaker. Warren hyped some of the very worst nearfields...
I already want them
I have a JBL 1100 w speaker. Its connected to a magnifier which is connected to my computer. Every 10 minutes this baby needs to take a little break and is then ready to wake up and shine a few moments later. Legend has it that the speaker unit has about 1100 watts. Its tied to 4 other speakers and their central work like a single central speaker. I am fine with 300 W, despite it costs a lot. Its large and most of the time it stays shut although it is used each day. It stays like this because I live next door to a restaurant and the staff are very good friends. Because my monitor is in front of a window its easy to access the speaker, find dust and remove the dust. If I use it for too long damp and other unpleasant things might come into it. Like your´s, this speaker is an absolute unit. Now, take it to a church and play it and then we start realizing why its advertised as an 1100 w system. I did not aim for the 1100 watts when buying it. I wanted to buy it cause its beautiful and its one of the absolutely best out there. Congratulations for your studio monitor man! Kind regards from Ásgeir in Iceland!
BlieSMa drivers YUMMM. I've also built myself a pair of top notch studio monitors, 6.5 inch purifi woofer got me flat down to 35 hz. Pretty shocked how they turned out
The guy at 0:47 liked them so much he had to have a quick tommy tank in his front pocket!
Impressive to take on such a daunting project. Coming from PMCs. I am very curious indeed.
Coming from ATC :)
Soooo sick
You crazy kids, you did it! You actually did it! Congratulations!
OK. I already want to buy them
Looking at the price of that amp alone I must say I am somewhat scared of the professional level the pricing will probably reach, but wow these are looking fine! What a cliff hanger to end on, I need more details!!!!!
We have a cheaper alternative also in the works. More to be announced in the next episodes coming in the next week or so!
@@PresentDayProduction Can't wait for that! I guess, I'll wait a little longer before getting new monitors then. 😅
'PHANTASTIC!!!
Can I buy a pair?
I would love to hear what they sound like. Great video as always. 👍🏿👍🏿💯
Eye Opening !
Knowing how difficult it is to mate drivers with a cabinet, (cabinet size, baffle size/step compensation, type I.e. ported, sealed, passive radiator, transmission line etc), there's just so many pieces that have to work together, and it's a hell of a journey.
For me, my ideal monitor is a sealed enclosure. Ported enclosers often have a poor step response leading to bass overhang. I wonder what you'll opt for?
That’s exactly what we found. Sealed worked best for us! You’ll find out all about the cabinet in an upcoming episode :)
@@PresentDayProduction It's good to be on the same page. Looking forward to the next video!
You passed the first test guys (I am a fanatic hifi DIY).
Hypex is THE solution for amplification. Bruno Putzey is a genius, Ncore is a masterpiece of a project. All the advantages of class D and no issue. Power in little space, minimum energy loss and incredibly low distortion.
I think he killed all esoteric hifi companies. With 1 kEUR you can build a 400 watt stereo power amp that has no comparison with commercial projects costing ten times more.
I am really curious to see your drivers choice. I have not been playing with new drivers since decades, I need to update my catalog of "best of".
Thank you so much, next episode coming soon which will reveal all the details about the drivers :)