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Mixing people:

For years now I have unsuccessfully searched for Aurotone speakers to get a
ground zero reference for monitoring mixes.
No one here in Ottawa has heard of them.
Anyone know where I might purchase a set?

Thanks  eh
jim

Jim wrote:

>For years now I have unsuccessfully searched for Aurotone speakers to get a
>ground zero reference for monitoring mixes.
>No one here in Ottawa has heard of them.
>Anyone know where I might purchase a set?


Search Ebay. They're bound to come up (but use the correct spelling 
"Auratone"). Are you sure they've been discontinued?

Personally, I wouldn't recommend them. They really aren't a "ground 
zero" reference because hardly anyone listens to music on such a 
speaker these days (hardly anyone that actually cares about music, 
that is). They were in vogue back when nearly everyone was listening 
to TV through a small, single speaker. In all seriousness, their main 
use was to completely ensure that announcer copy triumphed over the 
music bed in TV and radio commercials.

Lee Blaske

> Search Ebay. They're bound to come up (but use the correct spelling
> "Auratone"). Are you sure they've been discontinued?
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't recommend them. They really aren't a "ground
> zero" reference because hardly anyone listens to music on such a
> speaker these days (hardly anyone that actually cares about music,
> that is). They were in vogue back when nearly everyone was listening
> to TV through a small, single speaker. In all seriousness, their main
> use was to completely ensure that announcer copy triumphed over the
> music bed in TV and radio commercials.
> 
> Lee Blaske
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Thaks for the email and the advice.

jim