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I have a pair of inline attenuators that I got from them, perfect for my application. I had an old preamp with a fixed level of noise on the output (volume independent), putting the attenuators between the pre and the power amp solved the problem perfectly. Would be curious to see how...

I emailed the company and they said they did have a prototype floor model available.... I didn't bite the bullet though. Maybe you should email them!

I own a pair of Wharfedale Diamond III's from 1985 and they are pretty nice. Really airy compared to a lot of other budget speakers from the 80s. Modern stuff is a different league though.

wrote a bit about it here: MOTU UltraLite-mk5 Review (Audio Interface) It is not without its quirks, but I've very happy with it.

agreed, a mic activator is not necessary for this thing. Now, if you are interested in boutique preamps to *add* color, that's another story.

Ultralite owner here! Looking at the EQ which gave the issue in the driver settings, every channel that supports the EQ has each filter on but at a flat setting. it is rather annoying that you have to turn off each filter individually for every channel (so that's 4 switches for each channel...

I appreciate the charts but not listening to it and not even touching the phono stage is disrespectful

It sounds like you have a pretty interesting setup already! I'm very curious about your mics. Did you buy kits or build from scratch? It does seem like your interface is the most lightweight item in your setup, but as far as final *sound* goes, you may be on the right track thinking more about...

I realized something was up with PS audio when he called the optical output built into the headphone jack of the mac mini "cheesy." It's a toslink connection that goes up to 192,000hz built into a mass market, affordable computer, he should be praising it! A universal stereo connection to...

The recently released MOTU ultralite mk5 seems to have everything you're looking for and at the right price: https://motu.com/en-us/products/gen5/ultralite-mk5/specs/ It is very new and hasn't been properly reviewed anywhere, but expect performance similar to the M2 and M4...

Update: I went ahead and ordered one, so I'll report my findings.

Hey there! I'm not sure how many producers frequent this forum, but on the off chance someone has familiarity with both RME products and (newer) MOTU products, I wanted to ask for a bit of comparison. I am confident at this point that MOTU interfaces all have great hardware specs, and at less...

The falcons are $3000, not interested in that...

Available here: https://www.china-hifi-audio.com/en/soundartist-amplifier-speaker-c-78/soundartist-ls3-5a-monitor-bookshelf-speakers-loudspeakers-pair-p-2320?zenid=2063e200a2bfd37984bc516c8ff74226 I read a subjective review comparing them to the Falcon remakes unfavorably. It said basically that...

in general minimum volume for mic inputs is line level. Impedance might be different than a standard line input however.

Reminds me I need to give my hafler SE120 some love (looks to be of the same era as xl280). Great power amp, but the binding posts always come loose from the inside which is a pain.

Point taken for sure. I'm no expert but I do think there's a reason some amp designers like Nelson Pass keep bins of dead stock transistors lying around, and it's not about perfect reproduction. Though just bringing him up on this site is likely to bring out strong opinions (I've never heard one...

I'm definitely curious about vintage receivers as well, but I think it's silly to hold them to modern standards. There is definitely a vintage "sound" and people like it for a reason. I would love to see what that "sound" looks like by the numbers. My vote is for a Sansui 331.

I found this really interesting article (in Italian) discussing the history of many speakers in general and specifically the Sequerra Met 7, positioning that speaker as a more important step in the history of speaker design than I was aware. I own a pair of met 7s and I really love them. Aliante...

Re steinberg, I have a UR44, and it is serviceable and has good drivers, and meets my needs for now, but one glaring fault it has is that the fixed outputs clip at about -3dB, requiring digital volume lowering. The variable output also has this problem, but you can turn down the analog knob (I...