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upya
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Hi everyone and thank for your interest in my question!
I have just purchased my first pair of active studio monitors (new) along with a
2nd-hand Mbox2 Audio Interface. I purchased the interface so that I may specifically run balanced TRS cables rather than unbalanced. I have not yet setup any of it but my question arises from my pondering on how best to do so...
Wanting to protect my monitors & investment I understand it is best practice to turn off each speaker BEFORE anything else; and consequently turn ON each speaker after everything is is already up and running.
However, as I know myself to be OCD-AF until the moment I'm not - haha! I got to thinking perhaps there is benefit in running the monitors from the Mbox2 (Balanced) and in some manner utilize my now redundant Scarlet Solo (Gen.1) Interface as a kind of "buffer" of sorts - Perhaps this may prevent any accidental or unintentional POPS! and BANGS! albeit either from me or due to a blackout, windows auto-update restarts (no-lol) etc.
Can anyone recommend or not recommend if this is a good or bad idea?
Or, if you need more info, etc... I can draw diagrams if req'd...
Thank you very much
FYI, I am new to this forum and knowing enough to have a quick browse at the categories before posting, afterwards I thought this would be the most appropriate place to ask although I'm aware it probably, technically, sits right on the line.
If you know of or consider a different area to be a better spot to ask, please let me know and I'll make the corrections.
I have just purchased my first pair of active studio monitors (new) along with a
2nd-hand Mbox2 Audio Interface. I purchased the interface so that I may specifically run balanced TRS cables rather than unbalanced. I have not yet setup any of it but my question arises from my pondering on how best to do so...
Wanting to protect my monitors & investment I understand it is best practice to turn off each speaker BEFORE anything else; and consequently turn ON each speaker after everything is is already up and running.
However, as I know myself to be OCD-AF until the moment I'm not - haha! I got to thinking perhaps there is benefit in running the monitors from the Mbox2 (Balanced) and in some manner utilize my now redundant Scarlet Solo (Gen.1) Interface as a kind of "buffer" of sorts - Perhaps this may prevent any accidental or unintentional POPS! and BANGS! albeit either from me or due to a blackout, windows auto-update restarts (no-lol) etc.
Can anyone recommend or not recommend if this is a good or bad idea?
Or, if you need more info, etc... I can draw diagrams if req'd...
Thank you very much
FYI, I am new to this forum and knowing enough to have a quick browse at the categories before posting, afterwards I thought this would be the most appropriate place to ask although I'm aware it probably, technically, sits right on the line.
If you know of or consider a different area to be a better spot to ask, please let me know and I'll make the corrections.