Just got my M-audio transit: impressions
Jul 6, 2004 at 9:10 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 8
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After a lot of research (read procrastination) I decided to buy an M-audio transit to solve my music problems - ie needed something to make my G5, iBook and HPPc sound better.

The transit's just arrived and I'm very impressed with the sound quality. It's driving a pair of Senn 280s and seems to provide more than enough juice. Good bass, more volume than my ears can take. After reading all the nightmare stories about the M-audio drivers I decided not to install them and am just using OSX's support. All seems to work - very simple. Haven't tried it on the PC yet.

The music's much more airy and less compressed. To use that well-worn cliche, a veil has been lifted from the music. If I had a Mark Levinson CD player and top of the range open headphones I might go for something more expensive, but for a PC/MP3 based system it's enough to make me happy for only $70.
 
Jul 6, 2004 at 9:25 PM Post #2 of 8
i was looking to get one of these, thanks for the thoughts!
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Jul 7, 2004 at 8:23 AM Post #3 of 8
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Originally Posted by Aaron
After a lot of research (read procrastination) I decided to buy an M-audio transit to solve my music problems - ie needed something to make my G5, iBook and HPPc sound better.


Congrats!
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A wise decision. Transit easily outperforms both IBM and Toshiba laptop soundcards in terms of resolution, clarity and soundstage.
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The transit's just arrived and I'm very impressed with the sound quality. It's driving a pair of Senn 280s and seems to provide more than enough juice. Good bass, more volume than my ears can take.


Even the headphone/line out combo can drive headphones, I would definitely recommend to get an amp to get the full potential from this small soundcard.
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After reading all the nightmare stories about the M-audio drivers I decided not to install them and am just using OSX's support. All seems to work - very simple. Haven't tried it on the PC yet.


So far I haven't experienced any problems with Transit drivers.
 
Jul 7, 2004 at 10:12 AM Post #4 of 8
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Originally Posted by Aaron
After a lot of research (read procrastination) I decided to buy an M-audio transit to solve my music problems - ie needed something to make my G5, iBook and HPPc sound better.

The transit's just arrived and I'm very impressed with the sound quality. It's driving a pair of Senn 280s and seems to provide more than enough juice. Good bass, more volume than my ears can take. After reading all the nightmare stories about the M-audio drivers I decided not to install them and am just using OSX's support. All seems to work - very simple. Haven't tried it on the PC yet.

The music's much more airy and less compressed. To use that well-worn cliche, a veil has been lifted from the music. If I had a Mark Levinson CD player and top of the range open headphones I might go for something more expensive, but for a PC/MP3 based system it's enough to make me happy for only $70.


So, where did you get it fot 70 bucks? I am interested in one and since I can only get it as an import from the US I would like to save some money. Thanks.
 
Jul 7, 2004 at 7:49 PM Post #5 of 8
www.froogle.com

then just type in m-audio transit, there are tons of site for under 100$. im probably ordering from bhphoto, becasue i have heard of them at least.
 
Jul 7, 2004 at 11:49 PM Post #6 of 8
I purchased it from www.floridamusicco.com. I thought about BHPhoto - I bought my headphones from them - but I also live outside the US and they only do UPS shipping which is about US$40. Florida Music Co sent it to me via the US Postal Service (USPS) for US$16.90 - Total price including shipping was US$84.90. Delivery was fast and you can track it online via USPS website...

Hope that's some help...
 
Jul 8, 2004 at 5:28 AM Post #7 of 8
Thank you guys. I'll check froggle and Florida Music Co. If I can get it really cheap I could even get two. Ciao.
 
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