Re: [linux-audio-user] New hardware choice - Linux-audio-user

13 May 2005

--- Paul Winkler &lt;pw_lists(a)slinkp.com&gt; wrote:
...
  On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 06:44:44AM -0400, lanas
 wrote:
    Which speakers system could deliver good sound
 quality.  I presently
  have some Creative I-Trigue speakers and I'd
hate  doing any quality
  stuff with it implying listening closely over and
 over again to
  sequences and sounds.  Is it possible to connect
 regular sound system
  quality speakers to PC sound cards ?  
 Yes, but you'll need an amplifier (or self-amplified
 speakers).
 I'm a big fan of the PSB Alpha B home stereo
 speakers, I think
 it's the best bargain around in bookshelf speakers.
 If you dig around you can find them for under US
 $200 / pair, and at that
 price they sound better than most studio monitors in
 the under-$1000 range.
 (Of course you have to add the price of an amp too;
 I just use my old
 home stereo amp.)
 I wouldn't mind a pair of Mackie HR624's, I like how
 they sound
 and they're probably more accurate, but those are
 $900 / pair and I've heard
 rumours of reliability issues (it didn't help that
 when I went to check
 them out, one of the demo units was broken). 
I've heard those reliability rumors. What the heck let
me add to the them. We've owned a pair of Mackie
monitors for three or four years. I use them so often
I can't recall the model number. I hate them. Mostly
because of reliability.
They have a gazillion dollars worth of protective
circuits and armed monkeys inside but booom they blow
up.
We bought them because they sound damned good. I was
watching ebay for Alesis M1Active monitors. I've got a
pair of those that I've abused to no end for five
years. Never a problem. I'd like to replace the Mackie
garbage with another pair of M1Active or whatever they
have now.
ron
...
  Paul Winkler
 http://www.slinkp.com

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