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I guess I feel pretty good about scoring a slightly used (so I'm told) pair for $800. These are my first genuine monitors. In the past I used phones to do a rough job and then fine tuned it over my (fairly high end) stereo. Results weren't bad, but the logistics were a major hassle.

Does anyone know if the Firewire 410 can be used as a stand alone mic-pre and A/D converter, with no computer?

Do people think the extra few hundred dollars to get Mackie HR 624s over the Yorkvilles worth it?

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Here are two cheap, legit tickets to many of Wavelab 4.0's features. Any opinions on which might be the better choice, or the considerations to keep in mind?

Why would isolation possibly hurt your ears? If anything, its better because you can listen at lower volumes with ambient sound to contend with, and it blocks out loud instruments in the room.

See www.diamondcut.com Great features:price, and been around for a long time. Where is your phono pre in that setup?

What are you guys talking about? You don't know what he needs them for. Sammy: What for? Do you need isolation? Do you need portability? What are you driving them with? The Grado 60s have great sound for the money, I've been enjoying a pair for ten years. But no isolation, questionable...

Do NOT ride the gain during a classical performance, unless you absolutely must to avoid getting totally distorted crap. Classical musicians play a great deal of attention to macro and micro dynamics, and changing the gain drives them nuts. Just set the levels lower. For the same reason...

Treat it like compound time -- break it into 4 +3, or 3 + 2 + 2, etc. Listen to Take Five for a simple example. It's 3 + 2.

One thing headphones are excellent for is noise reduction processing.

. . . and now out of date. Hard to drive for a lot of gear.

I just read back over this thread. People got excited last year about maybe getting this combo for $100, and then learned it was a typo and they were really selling for $200. Today, I saw the combo available for $58 ($29 each unit) at a GC blow out. And they even had Sovteks in them.

I just grabbed a pair of 219s at GC. I know they've gotten pretty mixed reviews around here, but for $29 each I figure there's something i can use them for.

Well, I just picked up a few square feet of foam at the GC flagship grand opening. I'll screw around with it over the weekend.

B&W makes some very expensive speakers out of Kevlar.

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Having gotten into PC recording/editing by way of audio restoration, I am using Diamondcut , an exceptional program for what it's designed for. www.diamondcut.com T-Racks doesn't seem like a good idea now that I've read up on it.

I was thinking about building a sort of box or shield out of soundproofing foam tiles to put arround the back and sides of a mic to enhance its off-axis rejection. ______ l l =======)) l l______ Any reason why this is not a good idea?