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Posted 29 November 2011 - 07:03 PM
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Only the ones that justify double dipping. My PS3 died last week (YLOD) fortunately I managed to find someone who was able to repair the unit and it is as good as new.
I celebrated by watching Star Wars episodes 1-3. Will watch 4-6 this weekend.
I celebrated by watching Star Wars episodes 1-3. Will watch 4-6 this weekend.
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Posted 29 November 2011 - 08:41 PM
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ryanedward85, on 29 November 2011 - 07:03 PM, said:
Will watch 4-6 this weekend.
Best 'til last?
Got my finger ready to pull the trigger on a truckload of drums, cymbals, stands, and PA speakers, but in the meantime:
http://www.officewor...pods/CRSLIKMINI
Bargain @ under AUD$16 retail (and I thought the $11+GST wholesale I picked it up for was a steal).
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Posted 07 December 2011 - 09:06 PM
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Both Episode 4 and 5 looked superb. The audio was highly aggressive, though some of the explosions sounded a little harsh. Will watch Episode 6 at the weekend. Currently watching Boardwalk Empire. A superb series. I am really liking that mini pod.
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Posted 21 December 2011 - 12:38 AM
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Spectrum: Looking forward to seeing how your studio will look like with all your new gear installed.
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Posted 27 December 2011 - 11:53 PM
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Received a lovely White I,pad for Christmas from the Girl Friend. Very happy about that. Looking forward to filling it up with apps and books.
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 10:24 PM
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4 weeks after I got my PS3 back from the repair shop it died again (YLOD....Again) got it back yet again. Think it's time for me to upgrade my Blu-ray player. 
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Posted 04 January 2012 - 11:01 PM
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M.jerrick, on 21 December 2011 - 12:38 AM, said:
Spectrum: Looking forward to seeing how your studio will look like with all your new gear installed.
The cymbals and stuff? Ha, so would I! One day, I'll get it together...
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 01:38 AM
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Well, after my PS3 finally bit the dust (CPU was fried) I had no choice but to purchase a new Blu-ray player. I decided to purchase a Panasonic BD75. It's a great little player, nothing fancy but it is fast. No 3D but that's not a problem...yet. Movies look great through it, plus for the first time I see HD MASTER AUDIO on my receiver's screen.
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Posted 25 February 2012 - 05:06 AM
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Ahhhh, finally some e-drum foldback monitoring / PA / neighbourhood nuisance making...
And picked up this li'l thing for under a hundred bux so I no longer have to unscrew and drag out the Digi002 Rack boat anchor from the house to make music remotely. Of course, the latest Pro Tools is no longer interface-restricted, but the upgrade would have been 3 to 5 as much.
And picked up this li'l thing for under a hundred bux so I no longer have to unscrew and drag out the Digi002 Rack boat anchor from the house to make music remotely. Of course, the latest Pro Tools is no longer interface-restricted, but the upgrade would have been 3 to 5 as much.
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Posted 03 March 2012 - 07:22 AM
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^^^ 1000 WATTS, if that answers the question???
After much angst over makes and models, finally settled on QSC K10s +
the KW181 sub.
Price, size, dispersion, flexibility and overall quality all pulling
together for the final decision. The Yamaha DSR series probably is the
better top box, the JBL PRX series possibly the better sub+top combo,
but ultimately chose QSC for the smaller (and cheaper) 10" top box, 90
degree dispersion for equal performance whether for floor monitor duties
or regular output into smaller spaces, while stepping up to the higher end
spec'ed sub for the lower extension and higher SPL from a smaller footprint.
First impressions, the K series build quality exceeds expectations,
with clever rubber grips and strips for floor protection, solid
precision metal handles, tough grills, and sensational bags to cart
'em 'round in. The angled stand mounting with a twist of the base is
clever too. While boasting ABS plastic over polypropylene (or whatever
other plastic fantastics come in), they're in no way as solid as a
proper birch or other timber cabinet, and I don't doubt this impacts
the sonic quality, But they come in almost half the cost of the KW
series (ie. W for Wood).
Yet to give them a proper workout due to being a mid-week school
night, but so far so good. The 'deep' mode (for extra bass extension,
kinda like a loudness switch) makes them astonishingly good at
lounge-room levels. Yet to see how this mode stacks up to typical PA
reinforcement levels, but reports say it's a headroom hog so probably
best disengaged when needing to crank them.
While I doubt I'd ever use the 2 input channel mixer on the back of
each box, it's handy to have at least a stereo (which is likely
directly linked behind the sockets as its takes up just one of the two
mixer channels) RCA input for hooking up an iPod of laptop to a single
speaker, and then a single mixed output to send to another speaker
should one be filling two independent spaces with sound which demands
mono for each (rather than a typical Left plus Right arrangement).
They're rated 500 watts (woofer) plus 500 watts (horn) = 1000 Watts
(hence the K in the name). In fact, the whole series uses the same
amplifier module, only the woofer size and horn dispersion width
changes. They regularly critiqued for sounding harsh compared to their
competitors as they hit their limits, but we'll see. I've heard the
12" K12s do reinforcement for a multi-instrument funk/rock band at an
outdoor benefit concert and they performed quite remarkably.
And the sub, I chose the KW181 18" cabinet over the K-SUB dual-12"
bandpass design (both 1000 Watts) as the latter K-Sub has a bass
extension hardly any better than the 12" top boxes and barely any
additional SPL, whereas the KW181 runs several hertz deeper and
several dB louder, so it was a no brainer. And first impressions, wow!
Such a pleasure to hear such real sub bass frequencies, tightly
controlled, rather than an impression of bass from something booming
many hertz higher.
Just a single sub unit for now. Expecting it to be ample for my needs,
though if I were called upon regular main front of house duties for,
say, a band then I'd probably pick up a second one (along with
something like the KW12s for tops, while the K10s would be used for
monitor foldbacks).
Any downsides? Active fan cooling makes them kinda unsuitable
for any serious studio work.
Again yet to get it up and running properly mid-week, but first
impressions are promising, even at low levels. In fact, it ridiculous
how much output there is with their gains at 25% and the mixer yet to
light up on its own meters, and yet the levels are already filling the
room!
Bring on the weekend...
After much angst over makes and models, finally settled on QSC K10s +
the KW181 sub.
Price, size, dispersion, flexibility and overall quality all pulling
together for the final decision. The Yamaha DSR series probably is the
better top box, the JBL PRX series possibly the better sub+top combo,
but ultimately chose QSC for the smaller (and cheaper) 10" top box, 90
degree dispersion for equal performance whether for floor monitor duties
or regular output into smaller spaces, while stepping up to the higher end
spec'ed sub for the lower extension and higher SPL from a smaller footprint.
First impressions, the K series build quality exceeds expectations,
with clever rubber grips and strips for floor protection, solid
precision metal handles, tough grills, and sensational bags to cart
'em 'round in. The angled stand mounting with a twist of the base is
clever too. While boasting ABS plastic over polypropylene (or whatever
other plastic fantastics come in), they're in no way as solid as a
proper birch or other timber cabinet, and I don't doubt this impacts
the sonic quality, But they come in almost half the cost of the KW
series (ie. W for Wood).
Yet to give them a proper workout due to being a mid-week school
night, but so far so good. The 'deep' mode (for extra bass extension,
kinda like a loudness switch) makes them astonishingly good at
lounge-room levels. Yet to see how this mode stacks up to typical PA
reinforcement levels, but reports say it's a headroom hog so probably
best disengaged when needing to crank them.
While I doubt I'd ever use the 2 input channel mixer on the back of
each box, it's handy to have at least a stereo (which is likely
directly linked behind the sockets as its takes up just one of the two
mixer channels) RCA input for hooking up an iPod of laptop to a single
speaker, and then a single mixed output to send to another speaker
should one be filling two independent spaces with sound which demands
mono for each (rather than a typical Left plus Right arrangement).
They're rated 500 watts (woofer) plus 500 watts (horn) = 1000 Watts
(hence the K in the name). In fact, the whole series uses the same
amplifier module, only the woofer size and horn dispersion width
changes. They regularly critiqued for sounding harsh compared to their
competitors as they hit their limits, but we'll see. I've heard the
12" K12s do reinforcement for a multi-instrument funk/rock band at an
outdoor benefit concert and they performed quite remarkably.
And the sub, I chose the KW181 18" cabinet over the K-SUB dual-12"
bandpass design (both 1000 Watts) as the latter K-Sub has a bass
extension hardly any better than the 12" top boxes and barely any
additional SPL, whereas the KW181 runs several hertz deeper and
several dB louder, so it was a no brainer. And first impressions, wow!
Such a pleasure to hear such real sub bass frequencies, tightly
controlled, rather than an impression of bass from something booming
many hertz higher.
Just a single sub unit for now. Expecting it to be ample for my needs,
though if I were called upon regular main front of house duties for,
say, a band then I'd probably pick up a second one (along with
something like the KW12s for tops, while the K10s would be used for
monitor foldbacks).
Any downsides? Active fan cooling makes them kinda unsuitable
for any serious studio work.
Again yet to get it up and running properly mid-week, but first
impressions are promising, even at low levels. In fact, it ridiculous
how much output there is with their gains at 25% and the mixer yet to
light up on its own meters, and yet the levels are already filling the
room!
Bring on the weekend...
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 09:30 PM
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Spectrum, on 03 March 2012 - 07:22 AM, said:
^^^ 1000 WATTS, if that answers the question???
After much angst over makes and models, finally settled on QSC K10s +
the KW181 sub.
Price, size, dispersion, flexibility and overall quality all pulling
together for the final decision. The Yamaha DSR series probably is the
better top box, the JBL PRX series possibly the better sub+top combo,
but ultimately chose QSC for the smaller (and cheaper) 10" top box, 90
degree dispersion for equal performance whether for floor monitor duties
or regular output into smaller spaces, while stepping up to the higher end
spec'ed sub for the lower extension and higher SPL from a smaller footprint.
First impressions, the K series build quality exceeds expectations,
with clever rubber grips and strips for floor protection, solid
precision metal handles, tough grills, and sensational bags to cart
'em 'round in. The angled stand mounting with a twist of the base is
clever too. While boasting ABS plastic over polypropylene (or whatever
other plastic fantastics come in), they're in no way as solid as a
proper birch or other timber cabinet, and I don't doubt this impacts
the sonic quality, But they come in almost half the cost of the KW
series (ie. W for Wood).
Yet to give them a proper workout due to being a mid-week school
night, but so far so good. The 'deep' mode (for extra bass extension,
kinda like a loudness switch) makes them astonishingly good at
lounge-room levels. Yet to see how this mode stacks up to typical PA
reinforcement levels, but reports say it's a headroom hog so probably
best disengaged when needing to crank them.
While I doubt I'd ever use the 2 input channel mixer on the back of
each box, it's handy to have at least a stereo (which is likely
directly linked behind the sockets as its takes up just one of the two
mixer channels) RCA input for hooking up an iPod of laptop to a single
speaker, and then a single mixed output to send to another speaker
should one be filling two independent spaces with sound which demands
mono for each (rather than a typical Left plus Right arrangement).
They're rated 500 watts (woofer) plus 500 watts (horn) = 1000 Watts
(hence the K in the name). In fact, the whole series uses the same
amplifier module, only the woofer size and horn dispersion width
changes. They regularly critiqued for sounding harsh compared to their
competitors as they hit their limits, but we'll see. I've heard the
12" K12s do reinforcement for a multi-instrument funk/rock band at an
outdoor benefit concert and they performed quite remarkably.
And the sub, I chose the KW181 18" cabinet over the K-SUB dual-12"
bandpass design (both 1000 Watts) as the latter K-Sub has a bass
extension hardly any better than the 12" top boxes and barely any
additional SPL, whereas the KW181 runs several hertz deeper and
several dB louder, so it was a no brainer. And first impressions, wow!
Such a pleasure to hear such real sub bass frequencies, tightly
controlled, rather than an impression of bass from something booming
many hertz higher.
Just a single sub unit for now. Expecting it to be ample for my needs,
though if I were called upon regular main front of house duties for,
say, a band then I'd probably pick up a second one (along with
something like the KW12s for tops, while the K10s would be used for
monitor foldbacks).
Any downsides? Active fan cooling makes them kinda unsuitable
for any serious studio work.
Again yet to get it up and running properly mid-week, but first
impressions are promising, even at low levels. In fact, it ridiculous
how much output there is with their gains at 25% and the mixer yet to
light up on its own meters, and yet the levels are already filling the
room!
Bring on the weekend...
After much angst over makes and models, finally settled on QSC K10s +
the KW181 sub.
Price, size, dispersion, flexibility and overall quality all pulling
together for the final decision. The Yamaha DSR series probably is the
better top box, the JBL PRX series possibly the better sub+top combo,
but ultimately chose QSC for the smaller (and cheaper) 10" top box, 90
degree dispersion for equal performance whether for floor monitor duties
or regular output into smaller spaces, while stepping up to the higher end
spec'ed sub for the lower extension and higher SPL from a smaller footprint.
First impressions, the K series build quality exceeds expectations,
with clever rubber grips and strips for floor protection, solid
precision metal handles, tough grills, and sensational bags to cart
'em 'round in. The angled stand mounting with a twist of the base is
clever too. While boasting ABS plastic over polypropylene (or whatever
other plastic fantastics come in), they're in no way as solid as a
proper birch or other timber cabinet, and I don't doubt this impacts
the sonic quality, But they come in almost half the cost of the KW
series (ie. W for Wood).
Yet to give them a proper workout due to being a mid-week school
night, but so far so good. The 'deep' mode (for extra bass extension,
kinda like a loudness switch) makes them astonishingly good at
lounge-room levels. Yet to see how this mode stacks up to typical PA
reinforcement levels, but reports say it's a headroom hog so probably
best disengaged when needing to crank them.
While I doubt I'd ever use the 2 input channel mixer on the back of
each box, it's handy to have at least a stereo (which is likely
directly linked behind the sockets as its takes up just one of the two
mixer channels) RCA input for hooking up an iPod of laptop to a single
speaker, and then a single mixed output to send to another speaker
should one be filling two independent spaces with sound which demands
mono for each (rather than a typical Left plus Right arrangement).
They're rated 500 watts (woofer) plus 500 watts (horn) = 1000 Watts
(hence the K in the name). In fact, the whole series uses the same
amplifier module, only the woofer size and horn dispersion width
changes. They regularly critiqued for sounding harsh compared to their
competitors as they hit their limits, but we'll see. I've heard the
12" K12s do reinforcement for a multi-instrument funk/rock band at an
outdoor benefit concert and they performed quite remarkably.
And the sub, I chose the KW181 18" cabinet over the K-SUB dual-12"
bandpass design (both 1000 Watts) as the latter K-Sub has a bass
extension hardly any better than the 12" top boxes and barely any
additional SPL, whereas the KW181 runs several hertz deeper and
several dB louder, so it was a no brainer. And first impressions, wow!
Such a pleasure to hear such real sub bass frequencies, tightly
controlled, rather than an impression of bass from something booming
many hertz higher.
Just a single sub unit for now. Expecting it to be ample for my needs,
though if I were called upon regular main front of house duties for,
say, a band then I'd probably pick up a second one (along with
something like the KW12s for tops, while the K10s would be used for
monitor foldbacks).
Any downsides? Active fan cooling makes them kinda unsuitable
for any serious studio work.
Again yet to get it up and running properly mid-week, but first
impressions are promising, even at low levels. In fact, it ridiculous
how much output there is with their gains at 25% and the mixer yet to
light up on its own meters, and yet the levels are already filling the
room!
Bring on the weekend...
Is that your studio setup Spectrum? If so it's sweet.
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Posted 14 March 2012 - 10:51 PM
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On the lookout for some apps for my IPAD 2. Want to mess around with keyboards.
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Posted 20 March 2012 - 11:38 PM
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Now I have 2 IPADS, I may use one as a remote for my HT.
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Seriously sweet setup you have Spectrum.
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:52 PM
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Updated to an IPHONE 4S in white. Just as well, I was in a small RTA whilst on a motorcycle and lost my trusty old Nokia.
Absolutely loving it.
Absolutely loving it.
