First output of my soundcard (Out 1/2) for general use
Second output of my soundcard (Out 3/4) for movie/browser
Scarlett 2i4 for music (is hooked up balanced because I ran out of RCA’s, but had two random stereo 1/4 jack cables )
When I got my secondary or ZombiePC in use for rendering or playing Vista (or before games), I got them hooked in via Mono.
The Mackie Mix12 then distributes to my ART Headamp4, BasX A-100 and my compact system (which used to do duty as desktop speaker driver, which was recently moved to the BasX too, now it is just an alarm clock )
Damn, you guys are fancy with your wire line diagrams and such…I scribble on a piece of paper every time I re-wire, this is my current desktop system (as of 4/14), I need to have a nice switch box made but I’ve been a bit of a tightwad lately, too many expenses hitting all at once
So after really thinking out my setup I realized that I could do my dac routing way more efficiently and had the equipment to do it as well. I realized that I had unused studio aes distro gear, and that all my dacs have aes input, so now I am just going to use one usb interface to feed all the gear through aes. No real sonic change from quick listening so I went through with it. During some long ass meetings I rewired and now here is the current setup. I also improved the chart a tad by adding a bit more information this time (also added cables used for those who are interested)
Yes, I have the ones with the af-1n drivers, actually fantastic when running them from the ha300 for chill, relax, and more warmer sound, switching to the studio T really kinda actually makes them really neutral but pleasing to the ear, very natural sounding. I typically don’t use the 2 other solid state amps with them. They sit right next to the other pair of speakers
Edit: also nearfield they are on point, great imaging and staging and being single driver no issues with hearing coherency issues between separate drivers
I don’t how to say show much I appreciate this thread. I’m loving the diagrams and seeing what is on M0N’s desk is amazing. And rewiring that in a conference call… I can only imagine that call.
Ive had good luck with powered Anker splitters, or for that matter anything Anker. USB can support up to 127 devices. Biggest thing if you are running on a laptop and using say external hard drives and such remember it goes through the same chipset. Extreme case i have my HP Spectre x360 laptop hooked up to a Razer Core 2 with a 1070ti and a usb hard drive, its using almost all of the DMI lanes (what talks between the motherboard chipset and the CPU for all USB/HDD/Accessory connections) sometimes keyboard or mice would lag if all were pulling at the same time.
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really impressive