The active speakers club

[Andrewjvt]

The cables arrived this soon?

I asked for free delivery
I spoke to them and they give good service and the prices are nuch better than hifi shops.

 

[Vladimir]

The cables arrived this soon?

I asked for free delivery I spoke to them and they give good service and the prices are nuch better than hifi shops.

Sweet.

 

[Andrewjvt]

Its on its way atm from america. So hopefully this time next week ill be able to fire up.

 

[Vladimir]

Get some cheapo unbalanced cables and play mp3/spotify from your phone.

Meanwhile, a geeky vid on the JBL M2 and importance of dynamic range. (it's thesame HF driver in the M2 and 708)

 

[Andrewjvt]

Get some cheapo unbalanced cables and play mp3/spotify from your phone. 

Meanwhile, a geeky vid on the JBL M2 and importance of dynamic range. (it's thesame HF driver in the M2 and 708)

Until sunday so ill wait..
Cheers for the video

Edit hope that did not come over short. Im working lol

 

[Vladimir]

Get some cheapo unbalanced cables and play mp3/spotify from your phone.

Meanwhile, a geeky vid on the JBL M2 and importance of dynamic range. (it's thesame HF driver in the M2 and 708)

Until sunday so ill wait.. Cheers for the video

Edit hope that did not come over short. Im working lol

I know you do night shifts, no worries.

 

[muljao]

My friend took delivery of a set of presonus eris e5s earlier, on a semi cautious recommendation from me. I explained how they worked and how he would't need an amp, but also mentioned they may not be what he needed.

Initial impression is they sounded very well, albeit a scavenge for leads meant only able to run spotify from a phone and they were about 6 inches apart. They certainly sound like they have great potential.

He ordered a Marantz cd5001 off ebay, he rckons it has line volume control, should be a nice set up if he is correct

 

[Vladimir]

My friend took delivery of a set of presonus eris e5s earlier, on a semi cautious recommendation from me. I explained how they worked and how he would't need an amp, but also mentioned they may not be what he needed.

Initial impression is they sounded very well, albeit a scavenge for leads meant only able to run spotify from a phone and they were about 6 inches apart. They certainly sound like they have great potential.

He ordered a Marantz cd5001 off ebay, he rckons it has line volume control, should be a nice set up if he is correct

I'm sure he will love them. They are practical choice for nonprofessional use because they have RCA connectors and tone controls.

 

[Andrewjvt]

Thanks vlad and electro for the cable shop you guys showed me.

Cables arrived this morning
Speakers came last week
Stands arrived last week, swapped then yesterday for different stands (long story)
Preamp arriving next week-hopefully and a trip on tuesday to collect another item.
Soon i can fire up the actives.

 

[muljao]

My friend took delivery of a set of presonus eris e5s earlier, on a semi cautious recommendation from me. I explained how they worked and how he would't need an amp, but also mentioned they may not be what he needed.

Initial impression is they sounded very well, albeit a scavenge for leads meant only able to run spotify from a phone and they were about 6 inches apart. They certainly sound like they have great potential.

He ordered a Marantz cd5001 off ebay, he rckons it has line volume control, should be a nice set up if he is correct

I'm sure he will love them. They are practical choice for nonprofessional use because they have RCA connectors and tone controls.

I'm not going to jump on the monitor bandwagon but I helped my friend set up the Personus Eris E5s today on stands. They were about 4 feet approx apart (well centres were about that). He is waiting arrival of a cd player so I loaned him a jonga a2 bluetooth device and we played spotify. The "need to be in front of to listen" my apply if you are monitoring, but these little speakers filled the medium sized room effortlessly. I pushed the sound on the phone to just a hair above half way (speakers gain at full using rca cables)

I was genuinely impressed at how a 20 pound device plugged into 240 pound speakers could really be all the hifi a lot of people may ever need

 

[Vladimir]

My friend took delivery of a set of presonus eris e5s earlier, on a semi cautious recommendation from me. I explained how they worked and how he would't need an amp, but also mentioned they may not be what he needed.

Initial impression is they sounded very well, albeit a scavenge for leads meant only able to run spotify from a phone and they were about 6 inches apart. They certainly sound like they have great potential.

He ordered a Marantz cd5001 off ebay, he rckons it has line volume control, should be a nice set up if he is correct

I'm sure he will love them. They are practical choice for nonprofessional use because they have RCA connectors and tone controls.

I'm not going to jump on the monitor bandwagon but I helped my friend set up the Personus Eris E5s today on stands. They were about 4 feet approx apart (well centres were about that). He is waiting arrival of a cd player so I loaned him a jonga a2 bluetooth device and we played spotify. The "need to be in front of to listen" my apply if you are monitoring, but these little speakers filled the medium sized room effortlessly. I pushed the sound on the phone to just a hair above half way (speakers gain at full using rca cables)

I was genuinely impressed at how a 20 pound device plugged into 240 pound speakers could really be all the hifi a lot of people may ever need

How do they compare to your MA and QA passive speakers?

 

[muljao]

My friend took delivery of a set of presonus eris e5s earlier, on a semi cautious recommendation from me. I explained how they worked and how he would't need an amp, but also mentioned they may not be what he needed.

Initial impression is they sounded very well, albeit a scavenge for leads meant only able to run spotify from a phone and they were about 6 inches apart. They certainly sound like they have great potential.

He ordered a Marantz cd5001 off ebay, he rckons it has line volume control, should be a nice set up if he is correct

I'm sure he will love them. They are practical choice for nonprofessional use because they have RCA connectors and tone controls.

I'm not going to jump on the monitor bandwagon but I helped my friend set up the Personus Eris E5s today on stands. They were about 4 feet approx apart (well centres were about that). He is waiting arrival of a cd player so I loaned him a jonga a2 bluetooth device and we played spotify. The "need to be in front of to listen" my apply if you are monitoring, but these little speakers filled the medium sized room effortlessly. I pushed the sound on the phone to just a hair above half way (speakers gain at full using rca cables)

I was genuinely impressed at how a 20 pound device plugged into 240 pound speakers could really be all the hifi a lot of people may ever need

How do they compare to your MA and QA passive speakers?

I didn't listen long enough, but I certainly would have looked at an active setup when I bought my stuff and may indeed at some stage (I havebought an older av receiver with preouts as a start).

I am very happy with both my setups, If i were to say after the small listen, it would be a wash with sound quality, but at higher volumes (to be honest, volumes you would not listen to music) I reckon the actives were more composed

 

[Vladimir]

Actives stink!

Passives against the wall + tubes FTW britches!

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[Andrewjvt]

Actives stink! 

Passives against the wall + tubes FTW britches!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Vladimir]

Actives stink!

for this lovely preamp.

 

[muljao]

So after setting up Presonus eris e5s in a buddys house the other day, I ended up buying the slightly bigger Mackie Mr6 mk3s. I also have in the post a Marantz sr4400 which has preouts. This is to be set up in a shed I will use as a music room

 

[Vladimir]

So after setting up Presonus eris e5s in a buddys house the other day, I ended up buying the slightly bigger Mackie Mr6 mk3s.

Congrats and welcome to the actives owners club. *drinks*

 

[muljao]

So after setting up Presonus eris e5s in a buddys house the other day, I ended up buying the slightly bigger Mackie Mr6 mk3s.

Congrats and welcome to the actives owners club. *drinks*

Thanks, I'm looking fwd to receiving them now

 

[daveh75]

Mackie MRs are powered passives I'll think you'll find. The HR range are active.

 

[muljao]

Mackie MRs are powered passives I'll think you'll find. The HR range are active.

No, they are actives

(i Hope)*unknw*

 

[daveh75]

Mackie MRs are powered passives I'll think you'll find. The HR range are active.

No, they are actives

(i Hope)*unknw*

I don't think they are.

Mackie use the term powered throughout the product description/specs etc (i know 'powered' and 'active' are often incorrectly used as interchangeable terms, but i don't think that's the case here) and they only list single class a/b amp in the MR6 specs, rather than separate LF and HF amplification you'd expect to see.

http://mackie.com/products/mrmk3-series

 

[muljao]

Mackie MRs are powered passives I'll think you'll find. The HR range are active.

No, they are actives

(i Hope)*unknw*

I don't think they are.

Mackie use the term powered throughout the product description/specs etc (i know 'powered' and 'active' are often incorrectly used as interchangeable terms, but i don't think that's the case here) and they only list single class a/b amp in the MR6 specs, rather than separate LF and HF amplification you'd expect to see.

http://mackie.com/products/mrmk3-series

Yes, I had noticed that. I downloaded the specs sheet and there is a high frequency and a low frequency amp in them. I'm not very up in the tech so I could still be wrong

 

[muljao]

Due the fact i was looking at a couple of different monitors and ended up buying Mackie, I mistakenly thought it had no unbalanced RCA cable on the back but it does. I bought a pair of mono jack to rca which enables me to use the speakers jack plugs. I know there is no benefit goung from an RCA to balanced jack, but is there a downside, in that would I be better off getting an RCA to RCA cable and using that, thanks

 

[Vladimir]

Mackie MRs are powered passives I'll think you'll find. The HR range are active.

No, they are actives

(i Hope)*unknw*

I don't think they are.

Mackie use the term powered throughout the product description/specs etc (i know 'powered' and 'active' are often incorrectly used as interchangeable terms, but i don't think that's the case here) and they only list single class a/b amp in the MR6 specs, rather than separate LF and HF amplification you'd expect to see.

http://mackie.com/products/mrmk3-series

Manufacturers name their 'actives' as powered monitors and then list further features such as individualy amplified drivers, DSP etc. I have my JBL LSR305 listed as 'powered' on the JBL site, so are all their 'actives'. On retail sites they use the street term 'active' for these very same speakers, mainly to avoid confusion with speakers that are passives with just an integrated amp inside one of the boxes. Technically, any speaker that comes with any form of amplification is termed 'powered'.

Example. The JBL 7 series has two models that both come as passive or powered version. They name the passives 705i and 708i, the powered are named 705p and 708p, and they are at no time refered as 'actives' although they are what we would call actives.

 

[Vladimir]

Mackie MRs are powered passives I'll think you'll find. The HR range are active.

No, they are actives

(i Hope)*unknw*

I don't think they are.

Mackie use the term powered throughout the product description/specs etc (i know 'powered' and 'active' are often incorrectly used as interchangeable terms, but i don't think that's the case here) and they only list single class a/b amp in the MR6 specs, rather than separate LF and HF amplification you'd expect to see.

http://mackie.com/products/mrmk3-series

Yes, I had noticed that. I downloaded the specs sheet and there is a high frequency and a low frequency amp in them. I'm not very up in the tech so I could still be wrong

On page 14 there is a schematic that clearly shows the crossovers come before the LF and HF amplifiers.