Jay Kim is a Korean music producer and A&R professional with extensive experience across album production, music direction, audio production and live performance. His studio provides a creative environment for music production, critical listening and the development of new musical ideas.
The studio features a professional monitoring system from Quested, comprising a pair of VH3208 mid-field passive monitors, an SB10R passive subwoofer, an AP1550-2 power amplifier and an SBC250 subwoofer amplifier.
About Jay Kim
Jay Kim has worked across a wide range of music production projects throughout his career, combining A&R, production management and creative direction.
Earlier in his career, he contributed to albums including HOTSHOT’s Take a Shot, Midnight Sun and Am I HOTSHOT?, as well as DEAN’s 130 mood : TRBL. His role gradually expanded from individual production work into broader music production coordination and A&R.
As Head of Music Production at Iconic Sounds, Jay Kim was involved in music production projects for artists including EXO, EXO-CBX, Red Velvet, BoA, TWICE, GOT7 and MAMAMOO, overseeing and coordinating different stages of the album production process.
Later, through his work at PNP, his production activities expanded beyond recorded albums into visual content, brand campaign music, OSTs, television programmes and original content.
His credits include work on Choi Baek-ho’s music, as well as serving as Music and Sound Director for the TVING original programme A Man Like a Cartoon.
In recent years, Jay Kim has continued to work across both recorded music and live performance. He served as the Music Producer and overall A&R Director for FIFTY FIFTY’s LOVE TUNE and WINTER GLOW, while also contributing to the live music arrangements for IVE’s Lollapalooza performance and world tour, as well as the overall music production for FIFTY FIFTY’s North American tour.
Today, Jay Kim serves as a representative of PNP and Flying Lab, continuing his work in music production while also developing content projects and supporting the discovery, development and education of emerging songwriting and music-production talent.
A Quested Monitoring System for Music Production
For a music producer, a studio is more than simply a place to work. It is where ideas are developed, recorded music is evaluated and creative decisions are made.
At Jay Kim’s studio, a Quested professional monitoring system has been installed to provide an accurate and powerful listening environment for music production and critical listening.
The system consists of:
- 2 × Quested VH3208 mid-field passive monitors
- 1 × Quested SB10R passive subwoofer
- 1 × Quested AP1550-2 power amplifier
- 1 × Quested SBC250 subwoofer amplifier
The combination of the VH3208 main monitors, SB10R subwoofer and dedicated Quested amplification provides a full-range monitoring system designed for detailed evaluation of music within the studio environment.
Listening to Music in the Studio
As part of the studio project, we also conducted a real listening session using the Quested monitoring system.
The music used for the session came from Choi Baek-ho’s 50th Anniversary Debut Anniversary Album, which had not yet been officially released at the time.
Together with members of the album production team, we listened to the recordings through the Quested system and evaluated the overall sound presentation, tonal balance and monitoring performance within the studio.
Rather than relying solely on technical specifications, the listening session provided an opportunity to experience how the Quested monitoring system performed with real music material created by professional musicians and producers.
The album has since been officially released, giving that earlier listening session a new connection to a completed musical work.
A Space for Music and Creativity
Jay Kim’s studio reflects the role a professional monitoring environment plays in the creative process.For music producers and A&R professionals, accurate monitoring is an essential part of understanding recordings, making production decisions and communicating musical ideas.
With a Quested VH3208 monitoring system, supported by the SB10R subwoofer, AP1550-2 power amplifier and SBC250 subwoofer amplifier, Jay Kim’s studio provides a dedicated environment for music production, critical listening and creative development.
We are pleased to have been part of this studio project and look forward to seeing more music and creative work emerge from Jay Kim’s studio in the years ahead.