New sub from Ik Multimedia

[Ktacos]

Fingers crossed here… I did it on a Mac to begin with, maybe that’s why I got lucky. For a company that got its start through software products they are surprisingly bad at software (and documentation). TONEX users know what I mean…

Using their software in the past is more than enough reason for me to avoid any of their hardware.

 

[RobL]

Some additional thoughts after running the sub for a few weeks now:

• It has raised my noise floor considerably and introduced some high frequency interference, even with using all balanced connections (XLR). As I was running my Adams on full blast (a habit dating back to having an interface with weak line outputs), this had become quite annoying. My remedy: I turned the monitors back down to 0 dB and subtracted that amount of gain from the sub... now I'm back to "normal" amounts of close up Tweeter hiss (and still have enough volume headroom thanks to the adjustable output level of my Babyface).
• So there is only one thing left, that annoys the shit out of me: The constantly blinking LEDs in the back and front, when this thing is on standby. How would anybody ever think that this is a good idea? It's a sub... it lives under my desk... no, I don't want to constantly crawl on the floor to turn this thing on and off (especially since there is no signal pass through when it's turned off). So I'm thinking about putting tape over these lights.. this shit triggers me.

BUT... having a perfectly integrated sub in an all around calibrated environment is still so absolutely worth having to deal with these annoyances.

The LED’s can be turned off, dimmed or colour changed in ARC X if you desire.