[Cube] Speakers & Sound

[Donald Schwab]

Pep,

Your comments are appreciated, as I have never paid much attention to 
seeking great sound output on the speakers I've attached to my office 
and studio computers.  Instead, I use an m-audio Sonica Toslink 
connection to feed computer sound to my Sony ES based stereo outfit, 
when I want to really listen, and put the sound out to a 7.1 system of 
B&W speakers.  Nothing pro grade, but it works for me.  (But then I 
think I've only twice listened to a full music CD played on a computer 
over the past 23 years since my first CD-ROM.)

That having been said, I use a couple pair of Bose Media-Mate speakers, 
as much because they can take care of sound from two speakers with 
their built-in mixer, one with the Cube / Shuttle PC combo in my 
office, and the other with two PCs in my studio.  And not to just honor 
Armand Bose only, I have a set of supposedly Henry Kloss designed 
Cambridge Soundworks SB552 speakers attached to the M-Audio Digital 
in/out card on my major studio PC.

Now, again, I don't put too much stock or concern into Mac or PC 
speakers, but these all sound pleasant enough to me for their jobs.  
But, Pep, as a trained and experienced musician and studio hand, have 
you ever heard either of these speakers, and what is your pro opinion 
of these relatively inexpensive units?

=

Now before I get flamed as some type of apostate, a member of a Mac 
bulletin board who owns mostly PCs, I must confess to having a closet 
of old SE/30s and Quadras, and to holding the hope that the 
dual-processor G5 will return to my studio (when my videographer son 
moves up to a water-cooled replacement, perhaps).  For a long while, my 
450 mHz 1.25 MB Cube has been my favorite day to day computer, one 
which I have been loath to put down for an implant of a fanless 
Gigadesign 1.2 GHz upgrade which has been in a desk draw for months!


On Mar 27, 2005, at 02:47, 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
>
> 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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