Which are better ? M-Audio Studiophile BX5a vs bose companion 20

which are better ? M-Audio Studiophile BX5a or bose companion 20 and/or Audioengine A2 = ?????
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Which are Better For Editing: Speakers or Headphones

I am editing a low budget feature length movie using Final Cut Pro Studio 2 and I am just learning about the sound side of editing. Can anyone help me with the following?
1. Is it better to edit using speakers or headphones?
2. If speakers, which are the optimal speakers to use? (Price range limited to $300)
3. If headphones, which are the optimal headphones to use? (Price range limited to $300)
Thank you!

Choosing?
Listen, listen, listen before you buy and
look for speaker specs that show a smooth overall response.
You will want to buy what are termed "near field" (aka "close-field") monitors.
(you may also need a sub-woofer)
Look here for an explanation of the term "near field":
<http://emusician.com/speakers/emusicgoodreferences/>
As for headphones, listen to some high end models from Sennheiser, Sony etc.
Make sure they don't artificially boost the presence frequencies (around 3KHz).
Once more a smooth response is what you need.
I have the Sennheiser HD570, around $80.00
<http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/rsennheiserhd570/>
If you are mixing music, FX, and voice, headphone listening can give you a false sense of the correct balance and perspective.
They are most useful for isolating you from background noise in your editing environment. Also, tracking down problems in you source audio.
But, mixing to your speakers is the way to go.
As stuckfootage said
"After all, most people are going to listen on speakers."
(BTW I was a recording engineer for CBC Radio for 30 years)

Which is better for AUDIO: HDMI or the Digital Optical Fiber Optic Toslink Audio Cable?

Is there a difference in Audio performance between your standard HDMI hook up (for my Blue Ray Player) or adding the Digital Optical Fiber Optic Toslink Audio Cable. Which will sound better????
Please help...
Thank you for your time!!!

Well that is huge debate here. My opinion is HDMI cables are WAY over priced for what they are. Do not be lead to believe you have to have a 100 dollar hdmi cable, I think 50 is crazy high myself. My only concern is getting one so cheap that it might have poor connections or not last. Also if you run it in a wall it has to be rated for that.
I have a Rocketfish cable and it works fine. My guess would be the dynex cables are fine too. And if your not buying it from Best Buy there are other options as well.
Something else to keep in mind as well. If you only have one HDMI device and you hook it up to your reciever using HDMI you will need two cables for one device. The one that runs to the Reciever and then the one from the reciever to the tv. If you use an Optical cable you only need the one HDMI cable. Run the HDMI cable from the blu ray to the tv, and the optical line from the player to the reciever. This will give you 5.1 dolby or dts through the reciever and also sound through the tv since HDMI carries sound as well as video.
But if money (for cables) was not an issue the HDMI cable supposedly can offer the best sound quality of the two.

Which headphones are better? Apple in ear or Sennheiser i300?

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H3559ZM/A
or
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MA850G/B?fnode=MTc0MjU4ODc&mco=MjA0MjU0NTU
Which are better?

Apple dosen't list the iPhone 4S in the compatibility list, but I didn't find anything that said it wouldn't work. The iPhone 4 is listed as being compatible. I don't think anything was changed between the 4 and 4S that would make the 4S incompatible, but am not sure. I suggest you call your local Apple Store to see if they know.
amber raylene wrote:
...but a lot of those reviews are from about two years ago...
BTW, the iPhone 4S is less than a year old.

Hi I shoot on a canon 5d mk11 and I record my audio on an external device yet when I open up my footage in final cut pro x I can't find my external audio files only the ones attached to the clip which are off the camera mic

I shoot on a canon 5d mk11 and I record my audio on an external device yet when I open up my footage in final cut pro x I can't find my external audio files only the ones attached to the clip which are off the camera mic

What device?
What format?
How are you importing it?
Can you find the external audio with Finder?
Where is your destination file when you import it?
Andy

Which Bluetooth headphones are better for iPhone 4?

Hi.
I did a search on the forums looking for recommendations on a good pair of wireless bluetooth headphones to use with my new iPhone 4, but didn't find any thread for actual users to review or recommend brands or so...
So, I wanted to know if do you use wireless headphones for music/video playback? Which brands/models are better in your opinion? (either with or without calling functionality).
Thanks in advance!
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I've taken a look at my apple online store (Spain) and found this set:
Altec/Lansing BackBeat 906
They look like a nice option as well, very similar to the Motorola S9 HD, (and also a little cheaper)
Do you guys have these Altec headphones? Any reviews and/or comments?
Thanks!

Tech Specs of the audio input jack? (which is better, an iMic, or the MBP?)

Well because the iMic has such a cheap sounding/terrible audio output....
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2132385&tstart=0
....I am trying to figure out which would be better for the audio INPUT?
I am surprised to see that both the iMic and the combined jack on the 13" MacBook Pro seem to record in stereo, but technical wise, which is better? I DO know that the iMic is better for non-amped mics, that the iMic will pre-amp the signal where as the MBP will only accept line-in signals. So other then that, which is better?
Thanks,
Scott

Well, I sent back the iCrap...I mean iMic. I had to take a loss of $10 but oh well. (stupid apple return policy.)
Anyways, my solution was to buy a similar adapter off ebay for only $7. This USB interface is not a brand name one, it is one of those "china knock-off's" but it works. The Audio output it a lot louder but still slightly distorts like the iMic. However, the audio input works just fine. So my solution is to use BOTH the external USB interface, and the jack on the MBP at the same time. That will give me the best of both worlds. AND, it only cost $7 and came in 3 days, vs the adapter I bought from apple that coast over $35 and took a MONTH to ship.

Dolby 2.0.ac3 VERSUS AIFF? What are the merits of each?which is better?

Like the title says really... Which out of the Dolby 2.0.ac3 codec or the AIFF codec is better? I'm authoring a few DVD's and have had a few comments back saying that they can only hear one audio channel, I have been using just the Dolby codec in my DVD. Is it used for surround sound? is there one that I shouldn't use? Is one of them not widely used by DVD players or computers wanting to play them?
Any explantions of these two file types would be brilliant.
Thanks

Hey overcast
sorry for the delayed response, since you see everyone always say "use .ac3 over .aif), but sometimes the "why" is a little unclear, and a lot of times, it's just "use it bcz it's better".
as far as which is better, both have advantages and disadvantages.
for example:
f you want more technical info, let me kone of the biggest advantages of Dolby Digital (.ac3) is that it's the defacto choice for audio on DVD and a lot of broadcasaters, since this is the only codec that keeps (for the most part) the audio elements original fidelity at the lowest possible bit-rate from all video codecs currently out. one drawback is that the waveform has a stricter ceiling and floor, ie the loss of fidelity.
you would need professional decoders, verifiers and bit-stream analyzers to truly see the difference, but can you hear it, only the most attuned ear in optimal conditions can hear a difference (of course IMHO).
however, lossless apple audio (.aif) (believe me, still compressed, but with a small ratio) is almost as good and uncompressed (.pcm) audio and retains way more fidelity and a comparable bit-rate to that of the uncompressed audio. the range of the waveform is almost identical to that of raw audio.
an additional note for .aif is that it's bit-rate is almost identical to that of uncompressed audio, so it takes up more bandwith, but once again, the sound is "richer" therefore this is personally my codec choice when authoring music DVD's where i have stereo (again, IMHO).
i guess thats the meat of it. if you need more information, let me know.
Mikey M.

TS1717 This article is vague and unhelpful. My iTunes needs help from a pro. I have over 120,000 songs -- NO movies, TV, radio, or books... I have other programs which efficiently run things which are not audio-based. So why can I not get iTunes working w

This article is vague and unhelpful. My iTunes needs help from a pro.
I have over 120,000 songs -- NO movies, TV, radio, or books...
I have other programs which efficiently run things which are not audio-based.
So why can I not get iTunes working well?? It now takes at least 10 secs for any operation to be completed!
That is just plain evil. But I am sure I could do something to help.
All the music is on an 2T external drive.

TS1717 as noted in the thread title...
Brigancook, is the library database on the external or just the media? iTunes reevaluates smart playlists and rewrites its database after every action on the library. I've found this can make a library half that size, with a lot of smart playlists, quite sluggish. That said I'm aware part of my problem is aging hardware. Having the database on the internal drive may improve performance if it is currently on the external.
I'd expect to see an exponential relationship between size and response time which may explain what you see. Cutting down on the number of smart playlists might help. If we're really lucky the long awaited iTunes 11 might have streamlined some of the background processes as well as cleaning up the front end.
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Which JVM and APIs are better for Palm application development

Hi All,
Any body tell me which JVM and APIs are better for palm device application development. A want to create a good GUI based application on Palm.
Please suggest me.
Thanks
Jack

hi jack...
You can use ibm's wsdd(websphere device developer) as plugin to wsad(websphere application developer) for developing web applications which can be run on palm devices. It uses j9(ibm's implemention of jvm).
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Which drivers are better

Which motherboard drivers are better, the drivers that come with the K7N2 Delta ILSR or the NVidia drivers off the nvidia website.
Which is better to use and how do you customize the installation.

Use the nVidia Drivers, play frisbee with the CD.
2.03's are tried and true
3.13's seem to be ok but I always decline the SW IDE drivers, however I have used them without any problems, I just won't install them on a client's machine.
As far as customization or remixes try going over to http://www.nforcershq.com/forum and refer to the driver section, that should keep you busy for a while.

Macbook Pro + M-Audio Studiophile Speakers. VERT quiet sound output!

Hi All,
Kind of a newb here - so I'm not sure if I'm going about this in the right way or not. Here's what's going on: I have an M-Audio BX5a speaker plugged into my Macbook Pro via the headphone jack (1/8" -> 1/4" cable) and even with the sound maxed on my MBP and BX5a, the volume coming out of the BX5a is extremely quiet. I Tried playing music through iTunes to do a sound test (this is my 1st time using these speakers) and the music is only audible when I'm sitting right next to the speaker. I tried searching through several pages of search results but couldn't find anything. I have a hunch that this is a Mac OS issue and not an M-Audio one, since I had a similar problem with my last macbook. All help is GREATLY appreciated! Thanks!

Adjust the *volume slider within iTunes* all the way up, turn the master volume control down to near minimum, and then test again, gradually turning the master volume slider up to see whether the results are better.
The volume slider in iTunes limits the maximum volume that is available through the master control, at least when iTunes is playing.

Which is better with a NAS: using Sharing or Library location?

So I've got my brand new NAS up and running (Netgear ReadyNAS 104).
It has a Music folder with an iTunes server so I can use it as a Shared Library.
But I can also point my iTunes to the NAS and use the library directly from the NAS.
So which is better? Using the NAS as a Shared Library or use the NAS as the primary Library?
I want multiple devices (primarily Apple devices, but perhaps also a Windows laptop) to be able to use the media.
What about library management? Like when ripping an audio CD. When I use the NAS as a shared library, do I need to manually copy the CD to the NAS iTunes share and have iTunes re-scan?

Well... I downloaded LibreOffice and Writer2ePub and openned my Atlantis doc in it and converted to epub file. The good news is it didn't cost a dime.
The bad news is one image is now tiny which is odd because it was 600 dpi so I would think it could be displayed larger, not smaller but maybe the epub conversion downsizes a higher res image (some are 300dpi).
The cover image shows up in iBook as a wide and short image. The cover itself is tiny and then it just fills in black for the rest of the screen width. I used a large, high res image.
Then there was something with the TOC. It created a good TOC but then there's another page with a none hypertext version and a big rectangle error message and the TOC only shows about half of the chapters.
There was some advice on the internet about centering images in iBook. It seems that iBook doesn't recognize text justification coded in a document. So you have to embed another element on the same line as the image (html stuff) and give it a center alignment tag. I haven't done any html ebook stuff so I may not be explaining that the best way possible.
So, I'm going to take another look at my iBook Author version and see if I can live with that. If not I'll probably try Pages although I don't know what other problems I'll run into. Fun, fun, fun

Advice Needed... which is better?

Hello... I am not a computer 'genius", but not a complete "computer idiot' either. I have a question, and then I will give my reasoning, because maybe it matters in the decision.
Which is better, a PC (Gateway) with 6GB Ram, i5 processor, 1.5TB HD or an Imac 4GB Ram, i3 processor, 1TB HD??
Basically, I have had a Dell 2GB Ram desktop for 7 years, which suited me fine. I ran CS3 on it with no problems. I recently had a virus, and had to swipe my computer, and when I re-installed Adobe, my Premiere Pro will no longer allow me to edit properly (audio plays fine, while video lags and skips around during viewing). I know it is time to get a new computer either way, and a few friends have told me that I really shouldnt be running Premiere Pro on 2GB of ram, and suggested at least 6GB.
I found a Gateway for $650 on bestbuy site with the above specs... but then someone I know, told me I would be better with an Imac with the specs above. Is that possible that a 4GB mac would run better than the 6GB PC?
also.. will CS3 work on the Windows 7 PC, but if I get Mac system I will be using CS5.
I use Photoshop, and Premier Pro for simple music video editing (5-6min videos). I do not do anything major..but want to at least be able to view what I am doing.
thanks

While I don't agree that Macs are as inferior as some here claim, for your purposes an i5 iMac is certainly inadequate. The i7 quad core iMac is something else again; it can take up to 16GB of RAM, which is plenty for most applications. The particular i7 CPU in the iMac is also quite capable with a number of performance enhancing technologies on board. The big problem with the iMac, though, is that it comes with only one internal HDD; there is an added SSD option, but in my opinion it's still too expensive. For video you should have at least two internal drives and preferable three or four, as others here have said. External drives are generally slower, even if you use a FireWire 800 port. Sometime this year Apple may add a Thunderbolt port to the iMac, as they have to the MacBook Pro. This will be a game changer for external media, with unheard of flexibility in connectivity and the performance of Fiber Chanel at an affordable price. There are already external RAIDs coming to market with Thunderbolt connections. However, there is no date certain for such an iMac refresh.
For even semi-serious video you need some heavy iron, whether Mac or PC. There are some great Mac Pros available now with up to 12 cores on two 6 core Intel Westmere processors; however, even though I am a Mac fan, I'm sure you can build or get a BTO Windows PC with comparable specs for less. I suggest a minimum of four modern CPU cores to handle multi-threading and multi-tasking chores. At least two fast internal hard drives, four is preferable. And, of course, the more RAM the better, though this too will raise the price. You may not get the maximum RAM right away; the important thing is that the motherboard be able to support substantial RAM upgrades so that you can grow into it.
The challenge, even with PCs, is that a number of core technologies are changing right now. SixGb/s hard drives are becoming available but it would take a high-end and relatively new motherboard to support them properly. So, besides the question of which computer to get, you have to consider when to get it. If you need it right now, that narrows your choices somewhat because you cannot wait for these new technologies to come on line.
The most important thing to consider, though, is not to cheap out. Presumably you will be doing some real work on it, so think of this computer as an investment in your own future. Buy the most computer you can afford and a little bit more. Oh, and there is a new Version of Final Cut Pro coming out soon that will be Intel only and 64 bit capable, so Apple is moving ahead on this front, too. Remember, not all of Adobe's CS apps are 64 bit yet either. It's just one more technology in transition.
One point I will concede, however, is that Windows has better video drivers than OS X. Even on a Mac, running Windows in Boot Camp delivers better video frame rates than the Mac versions of the same apps running in OS X. So, for reasons of cost and better video support, a Windows PC is probably the way to go. PCs also have it over Macs in the number of options available. If you are not a techie yourself, I agree as well that it is probably a good idea to have someone who is built it custom for you. Of course, with a custom PC you won't get the kind of warrantee that comes from Dell or Apple, but the person who builds it for you will probably be able to service it as well.
Ultimately, of course, your budget is likely to govern the kind of PC you get more than your preferred specs. But even with Windows PCs you get what you pay for. A cheap PC is just that, a cheap PC. Inexpensive PCs are affordable because they use inferior components. Keep that in mind.

Which is better the 1st g or 2nd generation ipod touch

I like to know which is better and last longer and wont have much issues
A. 1st g ipod touch
or
B. 2nd genertion ipof touch
I like to know I dont know which one I want, and I like to hear it from a person who know what there talking about and who knows alot about ipod touch
reply back real soon
I need to know

Hello,
It really depends on your own wants/needs. When the price of the refurbished touch dropped down to $199, I went ahead and purchased it, and so far, I don't regret it or want the 2nd generation (which I have seen and played with).
The main differences with the 2nd generation include a built-in Nike+ receiver (Nike+ is pretty much an iPod-integrated pedometer that works with just the Nano so far), external volume controls, and an internal speaker for "casual listening" (meaning that it doesn't really have that great of volume/audio quality, but the headphones are just as good as any other iPod).
I don't think at this stage we can determine which will have a longer, overall life expectancy. After all, the 2nd generations have only been around since the 9th of this month, and the 1st generations are roughly a year old at this point. Not really a fair comparison.
Regarding issues you might experience... several users on this forum have reported Wi Fi issues with the 2nd generation, but, keep in mind that this is generally a support forum, so most of what you see on here will be issues looking for resolution. I haven't had any issues with the 1st generation that I haven't been able to solve by a simple reset.
Hope this is helpful
CG

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