Derkoli
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I've really only considered the Google Sites idea. I don't think it'd make a good book really. It's just me rambling about different qualities of different bits of gear, which I don't think is hugely interesting.
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EVE to me is basically an equivalent to ADAM in alot of ways. They use somewhat similar technology, but I think EVE is a bit more transparent when it comes to measurements, which is always nice. I was considering replacing my home theater speakers with some larger EVE loudspeakers, but I'm not sure. I'll always be willing to share my experiences with different loudspeakers/gear. I get alot of experience from hiring different gear at my place of work, and aswell as swapping out my personal kit somewhat regularly. I've got a 300 page notebook nearly completely full of
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I doubt OP is still following this thread, but I will touch on this for the sake of sharing knowledge. I've heard some EVE Audio products that my friends have owned. I haven't actually owned any EVE Audio stuff, mostly due to my Fiancee being named Eve and having a half joking ban on EVE Audio products in our home! Anyway. I like EVE Audio stuff. Nearly as much as I like Adam Audio stuff. I've heard some Kali stuff, in particular the Kali LP-8, which is used as a pair of control room monitors at my place of work. I quite like them and they do rem
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Me? Over the top gear? Never. To begin even recommending products, I'd need to know a few things. What file type are you using, both type (DSD or FLAC?) and then quality, (44.1kHz, 16bit, etc) What type of sound do you want. Warm? Accurate? Bass heavy? Bass lean? etc. What is your budget. You could spend as little as $40 on headphones, or up to however much you want. I've got alot of knowledge when it comes to high end kit. I own alot of fairly expensive kit from alot of manufacturers, including some of the brands you mentio
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Personally, I tend to prefer ADAM speakers. Really, I'd say they're about on par with each other. The Adam's measure a bit better, but have less bass extension. If you're listening up close, I'd probably get the T5V's. However, if you either are listening from some distance away, or have a wall close to the back of the speakers, get the Kali LP-6's.
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If you just need to clean the microphone (not the diaphragm, the body!) just use a dry microfiber cloth. Microphone diaphragms can be incredibly fragile. A microphone designed for high SPL might be happy up to 150-160dB SPL, which is only 0.09-0.29 PSI! Better than blasting a ribbon microphone with canned air!
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I've actually got a pair of Benchmark AHB2's (bridged mono) in my listening room right now, and I cannot give them anything but my highest recommendation. I've been bridging them into 4 ohm, 86dB/2.83V/1M speakers, and it's been an excellent experience. According to Benchmark's specifications, I get 110dB of peak SPL, given a 33.16dBV output bridged into 4 ohms. Meh. Depends what you what from your AV processor. I'd probably look at a JBL SDP-75 instead of the Altitude. Mostly because of JBL's expertise and great support. Both products are near enough identical anywa
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Honestly, I would nab a pair of Adam T8V's, some longer power cables, a long RCA cable, then a small interface like a Behringer UM2. Gives you a USB input, plenty of SPL, flexibility and the speakers are powered, so no need for a bulky amplifier hanging around. Add stands if needs be, Millenium make some decent cheap ones with carpet spikes, such as the BS-500.
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McIntosh MC257?
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Connecting a AVR to my PC with external speaker monitors
Derkoli replied to jammycrumbs's topic in Audio
Small note to add: If your subwoofer has 2 RCA inputs, and you only have an LFE cable that's mono, use the L channel on the subwoofer, as this is channel 1 and all subwoofers expect either a 2 channel input, or mono on the L channel. -
Got the pack for carrying some stuff for work, mostly a laptop, headphones and then iLoud monitors on the odd occasion. Got the shirts because well, why not? Patagonia is a cool company and I nabbed a 15% off code. Sling is for anchor building for when I kinda run off into the woods and do top rope soloing stuff. I realised I was joining two 120cm slings together alot for certain anchors local to me, hence the 240cm length.
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Fun fact: Thomann recently got some sort of specific license for UK imports, so it's actually cheaper now. I didn't get any of the BS border fees from buying a mixer from them recently. Before the shipping company could charge literally 100's of pounds randomly when they dropped the package off. For your budget, just get a seperate XLR microphone and interface. Personally, I'd nab a Neumann TLM 102, then for an interface the Motu M4 would do well. It measures excellently, is fairly small, fairly cheap and full of features.
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I would maybe shoot IK Multimedia an email and see if they could provide the frequency response of the product to you, as they should have it.
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It records in 2 channel. Each channel has a dedicated pre-amp and AD converter. It's essentially dual mono.
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Just use USB. Unless you get into very advanced DAC's, a HDMI cable will not go anywhere near your DAC. I2S uses the HDMI connector/cable, for audio transmission, but not the HDMI standard. You can use programs to convert MQA and DSD to standard PCM. Tidal already does natively for MQA, and the BluOS App can do it for DSD. But if you want to do it natively? Yeah you need a specific DAC. Even though I've got MQA working on non-MQA certified DAC's, such as the Behringer UMC22, you officially need an MQA Certified DAC to play MQA files.
