Hi all,
I'm a little unsure what I'd need for achieving a well measuring audio setup with low mic latency for IEM usage.
My current setup is:
- Windows 10 as source with voicemeeter pro for EQ
- Objective2 + ODAC Headphone Amp
-- Driving Sennheiser HD700 headphones, Dunu SA6 IEMs
- Blue Yeti USB microphone
For my job, I am consistently talking to my colleagues on voice applications throughout the day. The open back, and comfort, of the HD700s work well but I would like to utilise my IEMs a bit more, when I feel like a change, and also during night time gaming sessions as they are really nice to use.
The issue when I utilise my IEMs through the amp is that I cannot hear how loud I am and if I utilise the feature inside of voicemeeter (or windows) to hear my own voice then it introduces latency so it's essentially unusable. Plugging the IEMs into the microphone just produces awful quality as well.
I have been investigating this a little and it seems I would require an XLR microphone (such as shure sm7b) being fed into an audio interface (such as an EVO4) to achieve a (close to) zero latency microphone setup. I am having a little trouble finding a setup that would meet my requirements however:
- Zero latency microphone setup
- Amplifier with "good" power specifications to drive a set of planar magnetic headphones (I plan to possibly upgrade my HD700s next year)
- Audibly transparent DAC
- Possibility to add on a set of active speakers (some nice small genelecs are on the bucket list), so XLR/TRS output would be a nice addition
I'd like to achieve this within one unit but understand that might be tricky. I'm unsure what I should be looking for if this should be considered as separate components.
Any advice and suggestions would be much appreciated.
I'm a little unsure what I'd need for achieving a well measuring audio setup with low mic latency for IEM usage.
My current setup is:
- Windows 10 as source with voicemeeter pro for EQ
- Objective2 + ODAC Headphone Amp
-- Driving Sennheiser HD700 headphones, Dunu SA6 IEMs
- Blue Yeti USB microphone
For my job, I am consistently talking to my colleagues on voice applications throughout the day. The open back, and comfort, of the HD700s work well but I would like to utilise my IEMs a bit more, when I feel like a change, and also during night time gaming sessions as they are really nice to use.
The issue when I utilise my IEMs through the amp is that I cannot hear how loud I am and if I utilise the feature inside of voicemeeter (or windows) to hear my own voice then it introduces latency so it's essentially unusable. Plugging the IEMs into the microphone just produces awful quality as well.
I have been investigating this a little and it seems I would require an XLR microphone (such as shure sm7b) being fed into an audio interface (such as an EVO4) to achieve a (close to) zero latency microphone setup. I am having a little trouble finding a setup that would meet my requirements however:
- Zero latency microphone setup
- Amplifier with "good" power specifications to drive a set of planar magnetic headphones (I plan to possibly upgrade my HD700s next year)
- Audibly transparent DAC
- Possibility to add on a set of active speakers (some nice small genelecs are on the bucket list), so XLR/TRS output would be a nice addition
I'd like to achieve this within one unit but understand that might be tricky. I'm unsure what I should be looking for if this should be considered as separate components.
Any advice and suggestions would be much appreciated.