KOЯN's Frontman, Jonathan Davis, Uncovers Audio Magic? Synergistic Research A/B Session

[@adamgenard3188]

I find it insanely interesting that Jon continues to use Here To Stay as a reference to calibrate equipment over 20 years later.

[@northtimo666]

No wonder. It's a hallmark of "modern" metal production and hasn't been replicated by any group ever since. Everytime they make a new record these days they try to reference it as an inspiration. I too personally test drive any new speakers or headphones with "Here to stay".

[@adamgenard3188]

@openizeband couldn't agree more. Most of their catalog will never be replicated. All of them have been pretty quick over the years to suggest Untouchables as their favorite in interviews. I used to think the production and songwriting was a bit of an odd duck even for Korn. But as time has carried on it's become evident it was basically a blueprint for their future work. It's definitely grown in stature for me since it's release. Hard to hate an album with all-time bangers like Here To Stay.

[@RutherfordProject]

They spend 4 millions doing that album. He said that was their best produced album.

[@Startafnwar]

It's such a rumbling track. I can actually see why hed use that one. It's such a full on Korn song.

[@jhusmc96]

It's their best song

[@ThePermanentCase]

For anyone interested, the recording engineer next to JD is James “Fluff” Harley.

[@crnkmnky]

Thanks!

[@andrewrice9383]

Seeing Jonathan Davis listen to here to stay on ATC loudspeakers and talk about audiophile stuff trips me out

[@ivamlekarova4200]

Constant playing with his hair❤

[@Avellana58]

The Magick in the Hair 🥰

[@Meshuggapeth]

JD sounds different. He is more lucid. I know he hasn’t touched substances in 25 years, but nowadays he really does sound happy. That’s new

[@kadymaidel1]

New woman in his life.

[@upnorthvlogs]

Saw KoRn last Sunday Minnesota that photo on there Facebook page I was there for the whole show. It was awesome.

[@fuchsssz]

Here to stay, what a beautiful song ❤️❤️❤️

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

Here to Stay. My favourite song ever

[@nomad1517]

I have heard hear to stay live from them. My neck hasn't been the same since. That was on their path of totality tour.

[@ashmaybe9634]

Always SO TIGHT when they play it live.

[@Patrick-mg3jp]

Love this man, his love for the cure has switched korns sound many times. Im glad brians back

[@cpkay33]

stol’d is a great word. loving his hair too.

[@pgmurray76]

22 years ago I remember a Synergistic demo at my friend's high-end AV store. Actively shielded analog cables and circuit paths makes a world of difference. It works and is necessary in picoAmp current level blood analyzers and in some of the biggest and baddest electrical slip rings on military ships. The decay of the bass drum and timpani sounds so clear, deep, and with distiguished pulses stuck in my mind forever. Krell everything with B&W Nautilus 801's.

[@Siile_]

Doing audiophile tests using a phone's D/A conversion as the source...

[@oneandoneeleven]

Just thought that. Imagine if that wasn't the source, and actually something legit. 🙂

[@lowstryder1022]

As a budget “audiophile” and big Korn and Jonathan Davis fan… FUCK YES!!!!! 🤘🤘

[@joelane800]

I feel vindicated that every radio and EQ and Soundsystem I try to calibrate. I always use here to stay in the Untouchables album. Korn is the ultimate equalizer if you can make Korn sound great clear and no crackle everything sounds good.

[@justinreynolds3935]

Every small thing in a signal chain adds up. Good cables good amps good power from the grid all makes a difference. He's not wrong

[@DebbieTrefry-d7e]

❤ Awesome much love JD

[@kart6t3_ben]

I can only imagine that sounds amazing.

[@creepymcpeepers]

That was bad ass

[@tattooeditalian2895]

When I’m testing anything audio I’ve always used Ball Tongue

[@statusrevealed9979]

thank you, I am bootstrapping a P.A. I rigged myself testing for psycho-aucostics and seeking to attain aesthetes

[@wilson9d71]

Love jd and Korn cool vid

[@philzeo]

Did they take any measurements before and after the adjustments?

[@Hiei999]

No.

[@KaliforniaKelly63]

Total eargasms from the delightful newest toys! KoRn rocks!!! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@creepymcpeepers]

Those power cables were HUGE!

[@Catharticscrapper]

This was awesome!

[@PASHKULI]

the stencil on the crate: JONATHON DAVIS 🙃

[@databyte808]

im a huge fan of korn but i still think cables are snake oil. i hope jon made his bag on this.

[@nickwatland3565]

Have you heard the high end ones ? It’s a difference , only worth the cash if your have lots of it .

[@athlonbob]

This is a feature that you can test on a big stage, not home

[@dm17nc17]

Especially power cables. What do you think is running inside the walls you are plugging in the crazy power cables to?? 14g romex, so how can this last 6ft really make a difference?? All that matters for power cables is how much power you are pulling, if the wire is thick enough, and it is shielded enough. If you want to make a difference you can actually hear 1) properly measure and treat your room acoustics 2) speakers

[@derekgardin1512]

They're absolutely not. Diminishing returns is a thing but one of these cables compared to the average pos is night and day. I see this in the car audio world. We do hi end sound systems in cars and gear makes a huge difference. You don't need the $1000 cable but the $200 cable will sound infinitely better than the $35 cable.

[@derekgardin1512]

A power cable that filters the power will make a huge difference. Power is dirty if you can clean it up it changes the output.

[@SoundAloneband]

Man him and Isahn from emperor are twins.

[@effetpapillon2411]

They really do look alike

[@djabthrash]

yes

[@derekgardin1512]

They should make stuff for the car audio world too

[@TheSorcerer-b2l]

Nadie se puede poner al tu por tú con este GIGANTE DEL NU METAL... DOMINÓ EL ROCK MUNDIAL CUATRO AÑOS CONSECUTIVOS CUATRO AÑOS CAMPEON, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.... FIGURÓN DEL ROCK MUNDIAL JONATAN DAVIS...

[@stratenboek]

U2 and Coldplay can learn a thing or two from KORN, with their compressed and flat sounding records...

[@jackshittle]

I have about $225k for equipment like this for my studio. I hope that will cover the cost of all of these gadgets.

[@athlonbob]

So?

[@crnkmnky]

Good luck! 🫡

[@Shadigun00]

5:30 dam, i can hear the difference, it gets richer when its back on

[@raulfigueroa588]

Oh shit…

[@shreddherring]

Wow, as a 25 year korn fan and maybe a 5 year audiophile, this is amazing to watch. I can't actually listen to their latest album as its so full of compression artifacts, which is a terrible shame because I'm sure the music itself would be great. But I'd thought that perhaps it meant that they would pay less attention to detail in future recordings. But this video gives me great hope for their next album, I can't wait to hear what they achieve going forwards now... Maybe I'll even hold my breath that they start releasing their older albums on something like SHM CD's or UHQCD's! Also hope they try some of these synergistic research products with their microphones, as I've never seen that done before, and I bet it'd be brilliant

[@titanisback1]

It's hilarious because all they have to do is not amplify the music well past what it should be and it'd sound great. No power cable snake oil bullshit, no "high quality" CD bullshit, just an audio engineer who will record and master the music at listenable levels without clipping and distortion. If only the people who make the music gave a crap about how their music sounds, they'd figure out the issue. Same shit every time, badly mastered music will sound bad on whatever system you play it on.

[@ashmaybe9634]

Try and get the vinyl version, sounds better IMO.

[@shreddherring]

@@ashmaybe9634 I'm sure they probably do. Records physically can't support the brickwall compression that digital can. But, I dont think its fair to expect me to start buying records to hear my music in an acceptably dynamic way. Mastering with care and attention, as opposed to just lazy loudness-to-the-point-of-being-unenjoyable, is what all music listeners should be expecting, regardless of format: it seems a bit unfair to only expect music to sound good if you bought it on vinyl, because thats the only release that got any real affection in making it. Now, fair enough, there's a time and a place for some compression, for artistic reasons. And its a bit rich for me to come along and tell a long established band "you don't know what you're doing", which is totally how my comment comes across, but that would be rightly out of order, and not my actual intent. I also understand that for things like playing on the radio, or spotify, or for portable users wearing headphones as they walk past traffic, being highly compressed can be a helpful thing to make it loud enough to be heard. But what if we were to start suggesting to bands, that perhaps you could have two different masters, a more compressed portable/radio version, and a more naturally dynamic version for home listeners? I'm sure that there is a compromise solution somewhere, its just difficult when you cant have the conversation with a band

[@podespault]

@@shreddherring totally unfair to ask people to pay 20$ for something that took years of work from a full team effort. You must be joking. Streaming has a major role in destroying dynamics and if I want a reference album, you can be sure I'll get the cd. Two versions of everything...?? Double the hosting cost. Probably means even less for the artist that is already paid nothing from streaming. Come on. Spotify hasn't even made their plan of "HD" a reality. We are not hearing the intent of the artist here. The songs are amazing, especially on the last three albums and I could care less about artifacts. If everyone was buying cd and hifi systems or listening on exceptional headphones.... They're not. They want big boom boom at all volumes.

[@dm17nc17]

Totally agree. Listen to the first and the last album back to back. The biggest difference is the the average levels and compression. The instruments, especially the drums, sound natural on the first. Everything is compressed to the point on the last where the quite parts are the same level as the loud parts. So the intro and verse sound as loud as the chorus, it just sounds so unnatural. Listen to the first rage against the machine and the first candlebox cd, those are both amazingly recorded and mastered. Both are truly audiophile demo material. All you need to do it just not compress and brick-wall filter everything.

[@Muffinsmasher]

That Apple Lightning to AUX converter is no good... They have ones with actual DAC chips inside. Cool tech in this video though.

[@loveinskool]

yayy!! a new jd interview 🥺!!

[@TheSorcerer-b2l]

GOOOUU Jhonyyy... 🤘🤘🤘... My two favorit male rockstars vocalists are Jonatan Davis and James Hetfield... Great rockstars and leyends...

[@Itsmissmorgan]

I love it i love jonathan davis

[@commentmaster_666]

Simp.

[@yaninasanchez7870]

Te amooooooo❤❤❤❤❤

[@VirginiaBluesOG]

Just let me produce the next Korn Record im looking for record label support😮 Who got me

[@NickP333]

Well, well, well…an actual very successful musician hearing the differences between certain cables and miscellaneous other stuff. The sky must be falling. I can sense the cable deniers already thinking of snarky comments they think are clever zingers. “But you can’t measure it” “He was paid to say those things” “I’d like to see Jonathan pass a blind test” etc., etc., etc., blah, blah, blah….

[@LIVEANDUNCUTMUSICMEDIAGROUP]

Wow man that shit made a huge difference fucking amazing!

[@Brandon_Lee83]

I hope they/Korn gets to keep these wonderful toys!!! 🎤😁🤘

[@audio_acoustic_engineering]

Fkn DOPE🖤

[@VeeCyberpunk]

Like 666 here! 😂

[@larazss3254]

KoЯn + ATC + SR = 😲😲❤

[@yaninasanchez7870]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@JaimeHernandez-w1m]

Insahn?

[@marialauracordoba2981]

👍❤️

[@NikolaiPashuk]

Slipknot next in line)

[@javierpons5395]

Their last album's sound was trash. Great songs, they sound so saturated.

[@raulfigueroa588]

I’ve heard so many people say this. It was originally supposed to be an EP perhaps that explains it. The songs were great though, no fillers all killers

[@DebbieTrefry-d7e]

❤❤