Reply to A Silent Studio

I do believe at this point we have all heard of Silent Discos where you are in a club type setting with a room with just subwoofers and a bunch of people in headphones so that you can grab a pair of cans and dance or you can take them off and stand to the side and not be interrupted in conversation by sound.

This lead me to another thought.

This is aimed at those of us who live in apartments, dorms, duplexes, have room mates, et cetra, but want to produce originals, refine our DJ mixes, or even just immerse ourselves in full, powerful music without having the boys in blue show up at our door with a sound complaint.

A silent studio.

Basically what came to mind was this (for me anyway):

Aiaiai TMA-1 Studio Headphones and a SubPac

Now before we go off having battle of the headphones, this is MY thought, you can use any headphones you damn well deem the best for you.

The Set-up

You'd be in your studio, it's late, the neighbours are all home so it's time to kick off your sub and turn your volume down. Can't really mix/master like this now can you? You don your pair of cans, in my case the TMA-1 Studios and flick on your SubPac on your chair. You're back in the mix feeling your lows, pulling out those highs and losing yourself in the mids, all without waking up your room mate who was up for the passed 7 days cramming for their Proctology 101 exam.

The Pros

• Silent.
• Can be used 24/7.
• Useable in dorms and appartments without risk.
• More affordable than some monitor set-ups that would yield similar results.

The Cons

• Hard to tune in the SubPac
• No true, near-field monitoring.

So those are my thoughts on something like this and some ideas I had, but I'd like to hear all of your input!

Discuss.