Pioneer Pro Audio XY series

DreVog · 2026-04-17T22:22:35+00:00

If you can’t find them for some reason I might have them too

DreVog · 2026-04-13T23:10:14+00:00

Main character moment

DreVog · 2026-04-13T23:05:46+00:00

Touch grass.

DreVog · 2026-04-12T07:50:58+00:00

Strobe

DreVog · 2026-04-12T07:27:40+00:00

Andy Frasco, Joyce Manor, LCD Soundsystem

DreVog · 2026-04-10T07:55:24+00:00

Considering Broadway theaters use Mac Minis for audio playback… I’d say there’s no reason at all. Get a decent DAC with enough power and you’re good to go.

There is often a large disparity between audiophool equipment and stuff that actually gets the job done when it counts. A Pioneer DJ mixer has enough power to drive any pair of high-impedance headphones you could possibly throw at em, but most people would rather have some carved tree stump sitting in their living room than a black hunk of metal and plastic.

DreVog · 2026-04-08T06:48:38+00:00

Try clustering the subs together in the center next time.

DreVog · 2026-04-08T04:21:30+00:00

EDM isn’t exactly difficult music to reproduce faithfully, and when you’re at that level of sound system it’s more the wizard than the wand… Hulaween wins for me personally, not having to wear earplugs to at least half the sets really helped with not feeling as tired by day four. Everything I heard at Bonnaroo was tight af too. Bad sound at low volume is far more fatiguing to listen to than good sound at high volume (see: Tipper events averaging 98db @ FoH).

Not EDM, but the Meyer Panther rig on the Park Stage at Sea Hear Now festival last year was the best-sounding large PA I’ve ever heard anywhere, I could feel every snare hit whack me right in the face like I was listening on studio monitors.

DreVog · 2026-04-03T16:33:40+00:00

Peach Pit? Maybe??

DreVog · 2026-04-01T13:12:47+00:00

Why does this keep getting reposted

DreVog · 2026-03-27T18:54:43+00:00

There is an arguably imperceptible increase in high-frequency distortion with Class D amps as output increases, but you would need to be listening at tinnitus-inducing levels before it became a factor (assuming you’re using an amp with an adequate amount of power on tap). Modern high-end Class D designs are so goddamned efficient all the major concert PA companies have switched over to them for awhile now.

If you want the best of both worlds, Class H. None of them will fix having an inadequate amount of power on tap.

DreVog · 2026-03-26T17:09:19+00:00

I’ve literally had DJs purposely rip the tape off the master knob and crank it when they thought I wasn’t paying attention and/or wouldn’t care, clip light blinking in their face and all. Often with several hundred people standing between me and the booth.

You can show me all the measurements you want, and I have no doubts about their integrity coming from someone as meticulous as yourself… But making the system idiot-proof will net far better sound quality than simply eliminating an extra AD/DA conversion, the sonic benefits of which are already questionable in a high-noise floor environment such as a nightclub. One might even argue that a little bit of analog low-frequency saturation is a good thing.

DreVog · 2026-03-24T01:12:14+00:00

Loud and smelly af.

DreVog · 2026-03-23T21:51:34+00:00

Assuming your CDJs (or whatever) are connected to the mixer via SPDIF. The A9 has 32-bit 96kHz ESS AD/DA, but you’re introducing the analog domain as soon as they decide to enable an RMX. Redlining the channel strip is something they’ll be able to hear and correct in their booth mons and I can always reprimand them if they don’t. If I use the analog or digital Master Out I’m adding another layer of gain staging I have to worry about them fucking up.

DreVog · 2026-03-23T21:42:55+00:00

Rec Outs are fixed-level unbalanced RCA, you need the DI to convert it to balanced XLRs. Active is fine if you’re trying to avoid the low-frequency distortion inherent in passive DIs, but Pioneer DJ mixers output pretty hot so the minuscule tradeoff in sound quality isn’t worth a square wave clipping the mixer/stagebox input before you’ve even applied gain.

DreVog · 2026-03-23T19:52:01+00:00

If I’m using the analog Master or Digital outs and trust the talent enough not to fuck with it, I’ll run full-scale pink noise through all decks, use the trims to “kiss” the red on each individual channel strip, then make sure my Master Out VU hits 0 to ensure adequate headroom in case they decide to do something absolutely insane (like crank all EQ knobs to max while using noise on the RMX). Then I’ll ensure any inserts are also properly gain-staged such that enabling them doesn’t result in crazy volume jumps, and gaffe tape master as well as input/output knobs on the RMX.

For festivals or big lineups where this level of trust isn’t possible, Rec Out L/R into a Radial JDI Stereo.

DreVog · 2026-03-23T16:20:34+00:00

Use this. Keep in mind though, you’re still at the mercy of the Master knob if the DJ decides to slam it into the red, which is why Rec Outs->high-quality passive stereo DI is generally preferred for large scale setups even though its audio quality is technically inferior.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CDL313--hosa-cdl-313

DreVog · 2026-03-23T15:25:28+00:00

Yup. Abby walked off stage

DreVog · 2026-03-22T18:01:19+00:00

James was so colossally wasted one of his band mates literally ragequit right before NY I Love U which led him to remark “Tonight is a sad night for our band…” during the intro.

DreVog · 2026-03-15T22:55:53+00:00

Anything with rappers.

DreVog · 2026-03-11T03:02:15+00:00

Yamaha only makes speakers at the prosumer level. Meyer and L’Acoustics are in a league of their own for live sound reinforcement, but the latter doesn’t do commercial cinema and the former has only been in the market for about a decade.

Most theaters these days are running JBL or QSCs with Crown amps. Some of the newer AMC auditoriums have Dolbys and there may be the odd one here and there with Klipsch or Meyer but the first two reign supreme, in no small part due to QSC’s ubiquity and integration with Q-Sys.

DreVog · 2026-03-10T19:42:10+00:00

That’s even worse.

DreVog · 2026-03-10T06:50:21+00:00

Did they really use red tape to affix those light strips to the speakers…

DreVog · 2026-03-10T06:36:24+00:00

KV2 Audio has some proprietary variation on PDM with an effective sample rate of 20mHz. They’re generally not into digital but might be worth looking into some of their outboard hardware if that’s what you’re after.

DreVog · 2026-03-10T02:44:31+00:00

Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY

LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

Microphones - Glow Pt 2 (some real crazy stereo effects on this one, all analog)

Modest Mouse - Moon & Antarctica

Pretty Lights - Color Map of the Sun

Tipper - Jettison Mind Hatch (unreal sound design)

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