For almost 30 years John Vestman has been into audiophile monitoring systems - right along talents like Bob Ludwig, Ted Jensen and Stephen Marcussen. What John has been doing for years has caught on: Discrete Class-A playback pre amps feeding a pristine set of amps, monitors and cables means you can hear more of what's going on sonically - and so the mastering enhancements also become pristine (and more commercially competitive). 

The monitor system is truly the heart of a great mastering house. The discrete Class-A Nautilus Master Technology DMC-8 is the starting point of this high resolution system which lets us level-match any source for accuracy that translates to the real world.

Follow our custom high-end cables down to the Rotel power amp and you'll find a fascinating set-up that looks quite different, but sounds amazing. We use Mapleshade heavy-hat weights, iso pads, cone points and maple platforms to isolate it from quality-robbing vibration - along with a $1,500 Virtual Dynamics power cord to deliver extended response and detail.  Think that a power cable can't possibly make any difference?  Here's a white paper with tests that show there is a difference.

Canadian audiophile monitors by Mirage 
The monitors are a bipolar home theatre design that amazed me when I heard them the first time. Audiophile monitoring is becoming more commonplace in mastering studios - John's been using this philosophy for about 25 years - dating all the way back to his recording studio days. Check out our Studio Monitoring discussion page for more insights about monitoring.

Key advantage: When we process music, we continuously listen back to all the songs in the client's album to reference how consistent the entire project will sound from beginning to end. While there are many ways to get great results, this method can be more detailed than methods used elsewhere.