Studio Monitor Switcher

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:51 pm

Hi,

Good Day!

I bought a presonus Firepod 2 years ago and it's good and serve me good till now.

Now, i'm actually looking for a Studio Monitor Switcher for audition/comparison when Mixing.

Mean,i got 2 pair of studio monitor.And Firepod only provide an output (left and right) so i can't use both of my monitors.For this issue, i might need a switcher or something like A/b switcher to swap from Monitor 1 to Monitor 2 or Monitor 2 to monitor 1 again!

Regarding to the situation above,do you have any suggestion or products recommend to me?What i know, Presonus do produce the Switcher call CSR-1 and Monitor Station!

Are two of the above that i mention the Best choice in terms of Quality,Money and technically?S'ld the output TRS(balanced) to get better sound quality?

Thanks and Appreciate!!

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:42 pm

The Central Station is fantastic...very transparent, surprisingly good conversion (if you need it) and a totally passive speaker path. I'm not a fan of the Big Knob...very colored, and not it a good way. Obviously there's some great high end options out there, but I get the feeling you're not in that market.

Frank

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 2:20 pm

Shall we assume that you will have two pairs of active monitors, and not two pairs of passive monitors from an amp? I'm guessing yes, but just making sure all the facts are there. Wink

Kapt.Krunch

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:22 pm

Weasel9992 wrote:

Obviously there's some great high end options out there, but I get the feeling you're not in that market.

Frank

Haa..ya,i'm not in that market..in-house production!Any other suggestion instead of Presonus?

Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:25 pm

Kapt.Krunch wrote:

Shall we assume that you will have two pairs of active monitors, and not two pairs of passive monitors from an amp? I'm guessing yes, but just making sure all the facts are there. Wink

Kapt.Krunch

You are right,i'm using Both 5' and 8' ACTIVE Studio Monitor.
And for that issue,what's your precious suggestion?

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:00 am

ray1018 wrote:

Hi,

Good Day!

I bought a presonus Firepod 2 years ago and it's good and serve me good till now.

Now, i'm actually looking for a Studio Monitor Switcher for audition/comparison when Mixing.

Mean,i got 2 pair of studio monitor.And Firepod only provide an output (left and right) so i can't use both of my monitors.For this issue, i might need a switcher or something like A/b switcher to swap from Monitor 1 to Monitor 2 or Monitor 2 to monitor 1 again!

Regarding to the situation above,do you have any suggestion or products recommend to me?What i know, Presonus do produce the Switcher call CSR-1 and Monitor Station!

Are two of the above that i mention the Best choice in terms of Quality,Money and technically?S'ld the output TRS(balanced) to get better sound quality?

Thanks and Appreciate!!

Try the SM Pro Audio M-Patch 2.

You should use balanced feeds (TRS or XLR) to your active monitors.

Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 4:29 am

That's the second plug for that product I've seen this week...I'm going to have to look into it. How transparent is it?

Frank

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 6:11 am

Weasel9992 wrote:

That's the second plug for that product I've seen this week

Yeah, XLRs are fairly common.

Weasel9992 wrote:

..I'm going to have to look into it. How transparent is it?

Pretty much - it's passive except for the headphone amp, which you don't have to power or use.

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:49 am

"Weasel9992 wrote:
That's the second plug for that product I've seen this week

Yeah, XLRs are fairly common."

Theres a horrible pun to be made on plugs for XLRs. Oops, I said it.

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 10:02 am

Anybody c'ld give me answ or comparison result that worth to get the Samson and Behringer Switcher other than Presonus Monitor Station or Makie BigKnob?

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