Hauptwerk Experience2 - Randall Mullin Website
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10. A music light. The goose neck variety can be found at any music<br />
store that sells spinet pianos or in flea markets.<br />
11. Headphones. This is one of the most important parts of the equation.<br />
Don’t even think of skimping here. You need professional headphones.<br />
The ones most highly recommended are AKG-K701’s. You can find<br />
these on Ebay for less than $300.<br />
12. Headphone amplifier. Of course you can hook your headphones up<br />
to the headphone output on your stereo amp, but will it give you a<br />
separate volume control for the headphones? Will it be conveniently<br />
located to the “organ”? To get the biggest sonic bang for your buck,<br />
consider a DAC-1 from Benchmark. It is an expensive, but excellent<br />
product which is connected to the digital output of your sound card<br />
and contains a pass through to the speaker amp.<br />
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DAC1/<br />
Brett Milan from Milan Digital Studios recommends the reasonably<br />
priced Presonus HP4.<br />
http://www.presonus.com/products/Detail.aspx?ProductId=20 (Two other<br />
products that I have encountered which worked well in a small setup<br />
are the Kramer Personal Stereo Amplifier<br />
http://www.kramerelectronics.com/indexes/item.asp?desc=50<br />
which does not contain digital connections, but is reasonably priced<br />
and small; and the Aphex Headpod 454.<br />
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HeadPod<br />
13. Speakers. You can get tired of the phones on your ears after a while.<br />
Placing the speakers at ear level will have a considerable effect on<br />
whether listening to them is a rewarding experience. You may want to<br />
consider tower speakers or book shelf speakers on stands for this<br />
reason. Behringer “Truth” speakers have been given good<br />
recommendations as an economical solution in the <strong>Hauptwerk</strong><br />
Forums. Definitive tower speakers are more expensive, but are quite<br />
impressive and recommended by Darryl Wood of Classic Midi Works.<br />
I am using two Thiel towers which produce a warm sound that<br />
envelopes the listener and can be unobtrusive in a small space. I also<br />
use a 12” Definitive Super Cube III subwoofer, which, according to its<br />
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