Townshend Springs under Speakers

"Those who don’t do it for a living have no idea."

This job seems rewarding yet simultaneously stress/anxiety provoking. 
Charles 

charles1dad,


Just per your comment: Yeah, it is. Creatively can be very satisfying.


However, in the movie business as a sound designer/editor, my work is last in line. A sound mix is generally set in stone, far in advance, as all sorts of productions are competing for studio time, and everyone has their hard airing (for TV) or release date deadlines, and the mix is the last big creative process, then it’s sent off.


Basically that means that EVERYONE else in all the jobs leading up to the sound edit can stretch or fudge time. So it can be "well the writing took longer...or the production...or the editing...or the visual effects" etc.Everyone can be "late" to some degree. Not me. There is a single, hard mix date we have to have everything ready for, the productions costing millions of dollars, mix time hundreds of thousands.
Being late is career suicide. (With the rare exception that picture changes necessitate "flying in" sounds to the mix). Therefore, in 30 years I have never been late.

Every time I talk I hire a contractor who changes schedule on me, or "things take longer" I shake my head. What a position to be in.



So, yeah, it can be awfully stressful at times. Right now I have to finish 7 movies before Christmas!!!

Anyway, me and my cloth ears will be evaluating the Townshend speaker bars, after I finish evaluating some updated Conrad Johnson amps I just bought.   Gotta do one thing at a time.

@prof, 
Obviously the demands of your professional work requires intense listening concentration (Analytical approach). When at home can you shut this down and just listen in a relaxed state for musical pleasure? Or does the intense listening remain intact (You can't shake it completely)?
Charles 

It is also important to remember, wether golden ears, a chef, or even a sound professional, we are each unique and can hear things differently. We have subjective sonic preferences and particular auditory sensitivities that cause us to focus in on certain aspects of sound and tone. It is easy to understand why one person appreciates a subtle sonic difference while another misses it completely. An acute sonic sensitivity/preference can be at play. Many other subtle mind/ear scenarios are at play that I certainly don’t understand.

I guess the longer I live as an audiophile and music lover the more I understand and leave room for our varying experiences with the same tweaks and equipment.
For example, I suffer from a little tinnitus that can be triggered by certain gear and systems. Townshend Pod products under both my speakers and gear have allowed me to actually turn up the volume more without triggering my tinnitus. Fun to listen at these louder levels from time to time. I could not do this with other footers in place. This alone makes the Pods a great addition for me that someone else would miss entirely. This is but one single example of our auditory differences and sensitivities.