http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/tags/tony-bongiovi Bongiovi Acoustics DPS Community en-US Tue, 22 May 2012 02:00:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/search.php http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/tony-bongiovi-on-the-radio-december-1-1130pm-est-time#post-1702 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:04:09 +0000 Joseph Beaty 1702@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Over the years, producer Tony Bongiovi has worked with some of rock's biggest names in the music industry, touching upon a variety of genres in the process (heavy metal, punk, new wave, disco, soul, arena rock, etc.), and even inadvertently helped the career of his second cousin, Jon Bon Jovi.</p> <p>As a producer, Tony has built a solid gold reputation due to his contribution to over 40 gold and platinum records for artist such as Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Aldo Nova, the Scorpions, Ozzy Ozborne, and the largest selling disco record of all time, “Star Wars” by Meco. Tony is also the creator of the amazing DPS Technology! </p> <p>He will be tonight's guest on, The Ken Pettigrew Show. (A California based show) Click the link below to check it out live at 11:30pm EST time. </p> <p><a href="http://www.kenpettigrew.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=219&amp;Itemid=231" rel="nofollow">http://www.kenpettigrew.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=219&amp;Itemid=231</a> </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/audio-from-the-nov-8th-bongiovi-dps-interview#post-1613 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:08:19 +0000 jimboden 1613@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>OK, finally figured it out. This link is more straight forward: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bongioviacousticsmusic/music/songs/dps-interview-w4cy-radio-nov-8-2011-85240662" rel="nofollow">http://www.myspace.com/bongioviacousticsmusic/music/songs/dps-interview-w4cy-radio-nov-8-2011-85240662</a></p> <p>It was a very good interview. I learned a lot about Bongiovi. As a bonus, there's another song by Ozzie. :-) </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/audio-from-the-nov-8th-bongiovi-dps-interview#post-1609 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:22:51 +0000 jimboden 1609@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Hi Joseph:</p> <p>The link doesn't work. Clicking on it takes me to another link, which doesn't do anything. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/audio-from-the-nov-8th-bongiovi-dps-interview#post-1608 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:28:41 +0000 Joseph Beaty 1608@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Bongiovi Acoustics founder, Tony Bongiovi and National Program Director, Rob Roy did a great interview on Nov. 8th. Stream it here in case you missed it - <a href="http://www.dpsinsider.com/2011/11/14/bongiovi-dps-w4cy-radio-interview/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dpsinsider.com/2011/11/14/bongiovi-dps-w4cy-radio-interview/</a> </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/tony-bongiovi-interview-live-nov-11th#post-1569 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:45:28 +0000 Joseph Beaty 1569@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>The Bongiovi DPS on W4CY Radio Interview has changed to Tuesday, Nov 8th. Read about it here- <a href="http://ow.ly/7jf6U" rel="nofollow">http://ow.ly/7jf6U</a> </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/tony-bongiovi-interview-live-nov-11th#post-1565 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:11:25 +0000 Joseph Beaty 1565@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Go to this link to get details about Tony Bongiovi's upcoming interview on W4CY Radio Nov. 11th! Tony and Rob Roy of Bongiovi Acoustics will be talking shop as part of the "Adventures of Pipeman Morning Show." Don't miss out! <a href="http://www.dpsinsider.com/2011/11/02/bongiovi-dps-on-w4cy-radio/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dpsinsider.com/2011/11/02/bongiovi-dps-on-w4cy-radio/</a><br /> If you love your DPS then share this link on your social networks! Thank you. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/rest-in-peace-clarence-clemons#post-909 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:03:27 +0000 Joey Butera 909@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>I remember recording Clarence at Avalon in 2001. Marcia Barrett of Boney M brought him in to play on one of her solo tunes. Wow! I think he had to duck his head to come through the door and when he played…well, everybody knows what that was like. I used a 421 on his horn and held on for dear life! A wonderful man... </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/rest-in-peace-clarence-clemons#post-899 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:48:57 +0000 Joseph Beaty 899@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Clarence Clemons worked in a few of our facilities in Florida. Very nice man. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/rest-in-peace-clarence-clemons#post-898 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 03:47:33 +0000 Joseph Beaty 898@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.dpsinsider.com/2011/06/18/bongiovi-acoustics-mourns-the-loss-of-clarence-clemons/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dpsinsider.com/2011/06/18/bongiovi-acoustics-mourns-the-loss-of-clarence-clemons/</a> </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/getting-the-most-from-an-ip1#post-356 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:21:06 +0000 Joey Butera 356@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Here is Tony's reply to your post:</p> <p>Richard,</p> <p>You will be pleased to know that the iP1's Digital Power Station technology was tuned in an environment very similar to the ideal you have discovered. This was in a control room at Power Station Studios that I designed. All of the Power Station control rooms are the exact same dimensions and use a slotted absorber technology that is very effective in controlling both low and high frequencies. The ceilings are made up of a low absorption coefficient material and the floors are hard wood. The reverberation time of these rooms is less than 250ms which emulates a standard living room in which music will be listened to.</p> <p>It was an excellent observation on your part that the low frequency component was better with the iP1 on the bench grinder stand. This is due to the fact that the grinder stand has a greater mass than the iP1. During the final calibration of the iP1, we placed it on the recording console in the same position as the studio monitors we used as a reference. This combination exhibits the same acoustic/mechanical characteristics as your bench grinder stand. An isolation plate may also improve this effect by mechanically de-coupling the iP1 from the stand and further decreasing possible resonance. </p> <p>This same resonance is why the low-mass wood coffee table is not a good choice as the vibrations generated by the iP1's speakers are mechanically coupled to the surface of the table. The table absorbs this vibrational energy, converts it into heat and causes some low frequency cancellation. </p> <p>Your observation of better low frequencies away from the wall is also sound. Low frequencies are omni-directionally radiated and will reflect off of wall, floor and ceiling surfaces. This changes the low frequency response of the iP1. This effect intensifies as you approach a surface and is sometimes referred to in acoustics as "corner effect". In fact, some speakers have been designed to take advantage of this.</p> <p>Here is a link to the history of the studio: <a href="http://www.avatarstudios.net/aboutus/history.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.avatarstudios.net/aboutus/history.html</a></p> <p>If you have any other questions in regards to the Digital Power Station or the recording studio please don't hesitate to ask.</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Tony Bongiovi </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/getting-the-most-from-an-ip1#post-353 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:27:32 +0000 Joey Butera 353@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>I'm glad you are enjoying your iP1! Tony Bongiovi read your post and would like to reply to your technical findings. I will post his reply when I get it. </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/getting-the-most-from-an-ip1#post-351 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:45:11 +0000 finger55 351@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>After waiting a while for my IP1 to be delivered I was looking forward to seeing just what it was able to do. And after receiving it and living with it for just 2 weeks now I am astounded how good it can sound. The instruction manual said "place on a stable surface", but made no mention of positioning in the listening environment. So much experimentation took place.<br /> My usual listening room measures 5m x 8m with a 2.5m ceiling, hard floor and a mixture of hard and soft furnishings with a minimum of parallel reflective surfaces. Experimentation with positioning showed a marked low end hump with the IP1 anywhere near the rear wall and moving away from the wall in 0.25m increments allowed a more natural bottom end with the ideal being effectively open field i.e. equidistant from the rear and side walls.<br /> As to the "stable surface", once again I experimented with a selection of stand configuration, from coffee table to high end isolation equipment stand but the best by far proved to be the cheapest. A bench grinder stand! Basically a 75mm x 900mm steel tube with a 350mm x 250mm cast iron top plate and splayed 380mm cast bottom plate. The basic design weighed in at 20kg but adding sand ballast to the tune of an extra 15kg really firmed up the low end.<br /> I intend to try isolation plates on top of the stand in the near future and will post my findings.<br /> I spent a few years working for a company in England making studio monitoring speakers for the BBC and having access to some VERY hi end equipment in their listening room the nearest comparison I can make is to my IP1 is the LS3/5a, for the clarity of mid and high range but with a more serious bottom end leaning in the direction of a pair of Rogers AB1 teamed with the LS3/5a's.<br /> In short, I am seriously impressed with the IP1!!<br /> Richard Taylor </p> http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/topic/interview-with-tony-bongiovi-at-ces-2010#post-147 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:03:31 +0000 Joey Butera 147@http://www.dpsinsider.com/forums/ <p>Here is an interview with Tony at CES 2010 as he explains the DPS technology in the iHome iP1:</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7mxnXvi7s4" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7mxnXvi7s4</a> </p>