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Audigy -> powered monitors: bad idea?
You'll be fine. I regularly 'blow out' the hr824s we have (when the mixer
is relaying the mac's speaker out). They will probably be fine. "cam" wrote in message m... Hello all, I have a half-decent pair of powered studio monitors that I want to use with the Audigy Platinum. Before I bought my Audigy, I used to take the line-out from my soundcard to a mixing desk and the signal from there to each of the speakers. I felt a bit safer having the desk between the (crap) soundcard and the (rather expensive) studio monitors. With the Audigy, I'm tempted to take leads straight from the line-out on the back of the card to each of the monitors - as long as I power them up after booting and before shutdown, do I have anything to worry about? I'm aware that it's a fairly Mickey Mouse card, as it were, so I don't want to knacker the monitors... Any experiences/advice gratefully received. cam |
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Audigy -> powered monitors: bad idea?
"cam" wrote in message Should be "Audigy - bad idea !" But seriously, as long as you power up the active monitors last and turn off first (or use the level controls equivalently, there should be no difference compared with using a discrete amp and passive speakers. Or any difference in comparison with any other soundcard (wrt powering up/down). geoff |
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Audigy -> powered monitors: bad idea?
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message ...
I recommend making up a special cable that exploits the balanced inputs of your studio monitors if they are truly balanced. IOW the cable should be balanced as close as possible to the 1/8" stereo headphone jack. This will help minimize turn-off transients and hum. Arny, Do you mean a lead which utilise the 'balanced' XLRs on the backs of the monitors? (These are Spirit Studio Monitors btw, but I don't have the model number close to hand - they have nice little blue lights on the front if that helps...) I thought that connectors like these required an appropriate (i.e. XLR) outs on the source? That little 1/8" jack just doesn't look serious enough to have XLRs coming out of it... Many thanks to everyone who bothered to reply - certainly more action here than on creative.products.sound_blaster.audigy! cam |
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Audigy -> powered monitors: bad idea?
I have a half-decent pair of powered studio monitors that I want to
use with the Audigy Platinum. Before I bought my Audigy, I used to take the line-out from my soundcard to a mixing desk and the signal from there to each of the speakers. I felt a bit safer having the desk between the (crap) soundcard and the (rather expensive) studio monitors. With the Audigy, I'm tempted to take leads straight from the line-out on the back of the card to each of the monitors - as long as I power them up after booting and before shutdown, do I have anything to worry about? I'm aware that it's a fairly Mickey Mouse card, as it were, so I don't want to knacker the monitors... The Audigy can be bettered for audio performance, and has serious limitations for musicians working with multi-track audio. But it's no more likely to harm speakers than any other sound card. What are you doing with this system? If any more than simple audio playback, won't the mixer come in useful? |
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Audigy -> powered monitors: bad idea?
"Arny Krueger" wrote in message ...
Here's my *bible* of interconnects: http://www.rane.com/note110.html If you go there and translate Rane's diagram #13 into 1/8" jacks (it's drawn for 1/4 jacks which are electrically similar) you will have something that can work very nicely in many circumstances. Thanks a lot - a very useful reference. I'll seriously consider digging out the soldering iron.. cam |
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Audigy -> powered monitors: bad idea?
"Blacktick" wrote in message ...
You'll be fine. I regularly 'blow out' the hr824s we have (when the mixer is relaying the mac's speaker out). As in 'trip' - they just need power-cycled? If so, fine. I also managed this via the desk once or twice with subbasses. I just don't want to repeat an experience years ago when I blew out (as in 'shafted') a nice little Mordaunt Short when pumping a Juno 106 through it... cam |
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