Ideal for engineers engaged in headphone-based monitoring, this B&H Kit includes one pair of Neumann NDH 30 Headphones with the RIME immersive binaural monitoring plug-in. This kit provides high-quality, professional headphones buoyed by a plug-in that allows for headphone monitoring of stereo, surround, and immersive formats up to 7.1.4.
Designed for editing, mixing, and critical listening, the black Neumann NDH 30 Headphones offer a calibrated studio loudspeaker setup in the form of a portable headphone. The open-back circumaural fit construction ensures reference-class sound with maximum comfort. The headphones make use of 38mm drivers, which work as acoustic dipoles, allowing for highly refined sound characteristics to unfold optimally. One can expect an extremely fast transient response, dry bass, uncolored mids, and transparent highs. In other words, the NDH 30 are devoid of distortion and coloration. They provide a frequency response of 12 Hz to 34 kHz.
The NDH 30's high-quality construction of spring steel and aluminum ensure tight tolerances for consistency. The headphones are foldable, which help while on-the-go. The NDH 30 includes a detachable, internally balanced cable that's designed to minimize crosstalk while increasing spatial resolution. The NDH 30 includes a 1/4" adapter and a soft cloth carrying pouch.
- Outstanding linearity and transient response
- High spatial resolution
- Sound and mix compatibility with Neumann KH-Line speakers
- High long-term comfort
- Internally balanced cable (detachable)
- Foldable for easy transport
- The NDH 30 owes its superior linearity, among other things, to frequency-selective absorbers that eliminate the overemphasis in the high frequencies that leads to incorrect mixing decisions in many other headphones. For example, the NDH 30 will accurately reveal whether a voice sounds muffled or needs a de-esser.
- The spatial resolution is impressive. The NDH 30 allows razor-sharp localization in the stereo panorama and makes the depth of the mix evident. To minimize channel crosstalk, the NDH 30 is supplied with a high-quality cable that is internally balanced.
- With its high linearity and detail resolution, the NDH 30 is perfectly compatible with a loudspeaker system that has been optimally calibrated using Neumann Automatic Monitor Alignment.
- Mixes begun at home or on the road using the NDH 30 can be seamlessly continued in the studio using KH-Line loudspeakers—and vice versa. At the same time, the NDH 30 is recommended as a headphone sound reference; headphones, after all, have long become the dominant playback system among consumers.
- The NDH 30 is ideal for checking headphone compatibility and creating binaural mixes of immersive content (including VR and gaming). As consistency and reliability are essential in mixing and mastering, the NDH 30 is manufactured to extremely tight tolerances, so each headphone sounds exactly the same.
Designed to enable confident mixing with Neumann headphones in a variety of audio formats, RIME is a virtual monitoring plug-in for DAWs that outputs a 3D binaural signal from any input signal. Supporting stereo, immersive, and surround formats up to 7.1.4, RIME provides a precisely tuned reference space for reliable mixing that translates perfectly to other playback systems.
Unlike other immersive virtual monitoring systems, RIME is not a mere simulation, but a product of meticulous capture by Neumann engineers, and specifically designed for Neumann headphones. By providing a single reference space, you get more consistent results than solutions with numerous alternate monitoring spaces. All signals are converted to a binaural output, including stereo. Surround and immersive formats provide rear and height channel information. You can adjust speaker position, 2-band shelving EQ, interaural time delay, room ambience, gain, and more with the easy-to-use GUI. This plug-in also provides OSC support for compatible head-tracking devices. RIME is available in VST3, AU, and AAX plug-in formats and supports Mac and Windows computers.
Note: this plug-in is intended for use with Neumann headphones only and is not designed for use with 3rd-party headphone brands.
- Converts audio to binaural 3D audio for Neumann headphones
- Customizable headphone profile, speaker placement, and more
- Adjustable 2-band shelving EQ, master gain, ambience, channel level, and head tracking
- Monitor stereo, immersive, and surround formats up to 7.1.4 via headphones
- Rear and height channel information for surround and immersive formats
- Consistent 3D sound field, no coloration or phasing
- Excellent spatial resolution with precise localization
- Reproduces real control room, which is captured not simulated
- Simple, easy-to-understand GUI
- Supports OSC-compatible head-tracker devices
So, while other solutions confound the user with a slew of virtual spaces, each giving a different impression, RIME presents one reference room in ultimate quality as a single source of truth. RIME thus offers reliable monitoring that translates perfectly to all playback systems.
Stereo signals can be monitored with a loudspeaker-like listening experience without the in-head localization typically associated with headphones. This enables users to check their mixes for loudspeaker compatibility.