[Cube] Speakers & Sound

[Chris Weiss]

Let me get this straight, $1000 of pro audio gear sounds better then 
$100 aesthetics-first speakers? Get outta town! :)

FWIW - I've got the iMic and have had no end of troubles with it. 
Certain tracks I play in iTunes seem to corrupt it's D/A converter and 
it starts making funky noises. Stopping playback and restarting seems to 
fix the problem. I've since moved to an Airport Express and given up on 
local sound altogether.


George Pepper wrote:

>I'm sorry, but I simply must object.  Long time Cube-listers know I don't care about computers per se, but I'm a professional musician with both B.M. and an M.M. degrees.  Not only that, but I've worked in some of the most famous recording studios in the world as an engineer and an artist (Electric Ladyland in NYC is one you may recognize).  The HK Soundsticks are a joke.  They flatter the midrange and the bass is simply all over the place.  No focus you could count on as a reference AT ALL!  I have superior sound coming out of my Cube.  How?  Simple.  I use a Griffin iMic and have the output running into a pro audio power amp.  That goes into a pair of Tannoy Proto-J near field studio monitors.  I record CD's with this settup, and I KNOW I'm getting out what I put in.  DVD's also yeild a superior listening experience with this rig.
>
>Bottom line?  You want the last word in sound, you go pro audio.  Forget all that "hi-fi" garbage.
>
>Just MHO.
>
>Pep
>
>From:
>Melvetta Overturf <melturf at direcway.com>
> 
>To:
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>Date:
>Sat Mar 26, 2005 09:23:16 PM PST
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>Subject:
>Re: [Cube] Speakers & Sound
>
>
>David is right! The Soundsticks are incredible. I have them also and  
> got them new shortly after my new Cube but I paid about half what David  
> did. Can't remember where I got them......maybe at half.com.Well worth  
> my investment. Good luck Rich. Melvetta 
> On Mar, 24 2005, , at 9:36 PM, David Courtice wrote: 
>  
> Hello Richard 
>  
> I don't know how much you'd be willing to spend but I've got the Harmon  
> Kardon Soundsticks 
> and the sound is incredible. I've had people state they thought I had  
> my stereo turned up loud 
> but it was just my incredibly stylish Soundsticks. 
>  
> I bought them in 2001 for $366CAD - I don't know what they'd cost now,  
> but I think they'd be 
> worth it. 
>  
> They're USB and plug into the Apple's 20" flat panel monitor as well as  
> into my 14" iBook with 
> equal satisfaction! 
>  
> Hope this helps 
>  
> David 
> On 24-Mar-05, at 14:53, Richard Willis wrote: 
>  
> >  Hello everyone, 
> > I've had my cube for about a year now, and I have been working without 
> > sound. No speakers came with my system. I purchased a pair of Benwin  
> > USB 
> > speakers and plugged them in. When adjusting the sound, I get the tone  
> > but 
> > then no other sound. I am on OS 10.2.8, 450MHZ, 256 MB, 20 GB. Does  
> > anyone 
> > have any suggestions or tips as to what I can try. Thanks in advance. 
> > Richard Willis 
>  
>
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