On 2005-03-27 8:47, 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. You go all gaga over the inferiority of the SoundSticks and the superiority of your amp & speakers, yet you interface to them with a Griffin iMic?! Priceless. Oh, perhaps I should mention that I am a professor of mathematics? Does that makes my opinion more valuable than yours? ,xtG .tsooJ -- If you play the Windows CD backwards you hear a satanic message. But it gets worse... If you play it forwards it installs Windows. -- Joost van de Griek <http://www.jvdg.net/>