Minor update to my system. I still have the T50rp and Vali combo but they are not at my desk at the moment. I typically use my speakers or pinnacle P1's while computing.  

Got a pair of P1's recently and I've been testing them out for a few weeks. Long story short, i'm quite impressed by them.     Impressions I feel like after a week of testing I'm comfortable commenting on their overall sound signature. To my ears they are pretty balanced with a pinch of...

Well it definitely sounds like interference that is causing it. Do you have a wireless mouse? I have had issues with poor quality sound cards and interference like you described (scrolling on a webpage, etc). Really it's just a test and eliminate process at this point. Sometimes it's caused by...

a low hiss type sound isn't uncommon in a LOT of powered speakers. it would be consistent from 1-10 on the volume knob and should be very low in level such that when music plays through it shouldn't be something you hear. The distortion at louder levels sounds like a source issue with your...

It sounds to me like there is interference or a grounding issue. Did you try plugging the speakers into a separate power outlet from any other electronics? Sometimes other things like PC's and monitors can "pollute" the power in a way that picks up with the amps.   Is the sound still there if...

Often times the static is caused by one of two things. The first is interference which could be from the power line, audio cable, or source. The power is correctable by either plugging the speakers into a clean power line that isn't "contaminated" by other things, getting a ground lift for them...

It does take a while to get used to the clean sound that good speakers produce. It is possible you just don't care as much for their sound signature though. I would imagine that if you listened to the LSR305's at home for a day or two and then switched back to the soundsticks that you'd probably...

I'm a bit surprised they sounded overly punchy and also lean/thin. Sound stage or depth has a lot to do with being in the proper sweet spot of the speakers so thr lack of depth can be attributed to that. I thought the 305's sounded very detailed and spacious when I demo'd them. No where near as...

There are some minor adjustments via the trim switches, and gain on the back. Basically it gives you a gain knob (like volume control but different in use), a small bass boost or cut, as well as a small treble boost or cut. For the trim switches i'd leave them at 0 and then adjust to your ears...

if portability is a big deal then smaller monitors like the Rokkit RP 5g3 and LSR305's are both around 12" x 7" x 9". They aren't huge by any stretch imo but they are certainly bigger than the sound sticks. I personally think the JBL's have better balance to their sound but i haven't spent a lot...

You can certainly look for some nicer "multimedia" speakers. Some of them don't sound to bad. If I were in your shoes i'd got listen to a set of the JBL LSR305's I mentioned earlier. I think they are about as good sound as you can get in an active speaker system for their price range. Outside of...

Are you set on sticking with 2.1 speaker systems or would a 2.0 system work? If so I'd look long and hard at the JBL LSR305 monitors. They would be closer to the $250 range but I have little doubt they would be much better sounding than the H/K soundsticks. You could probably give them a listed...

There are two thoughts I have on why the difference could be relatively insignificant on a FR graph. The immediate thought is that the world of audio is pretty tricky because out mind influences what we hear greatly. Did you do any actual true blind testing against his stock LR305 speakers...

The two new monitors (middle and right) are Dell S2415h's (fantastic IPS monitors if you don't have glare issues in your room). I will eventually get a third matching monitor but didn't purchase it yet. The left monitor is an Acer H233H bmid. The stand is a Mount-it three monitor arm...

Updated my setup a bit         Audio setup at the moment. Kinda sad my main speakers wont really fit on the desk now so i need to find a small set of speakers for when I don't want to use my headphones.  

Thanks! I use it mostly for gaming, music, and some work. Right now i just have cheap side monitors but at some point here I want to setup nVidia Surround.

They are GR-Research Neo-2x kits with Sonicaps and vampire posts.  http://gr-research.com/n2x.aspx   The enclosures are Dayton TWCs in Piano black http://www.parts-express.com/dayton-audio-twc-050bk-050-cu-ft-2-way-curved-speaker-cabinet-gloss-black--302-721   Incredible speakers but they...

Just moved around my system a bit.  

As far as I understand it the iMac does support 4k external displays via thunderbolt (sadly still limited to 30Hz). As I understand it the iMac and Mac Pro have the same capabilities via thunderbolt (I could be mistaken though). The nice thing with the iMac aside from the price is that you could...

 I can certainly appreciate the aesthetics and the like :D. As to the mac pros, while we do have 8 pros in our environment (most for the video editors and one for a graphics designer) none are the newest model. We do have two of the last gen tower pros (2x6core machines). I haven't used the...

Maybe i shouldn't have mentioned the reliability comment :). I don't want to turn this into some big pc vs mac debate since that has nothing to do with the original topic. I was thinking out loud about the reliability factor since i've heard so many people parrot it. In hind sight i should have...

I agree that reliability is not easy to quantify. I'm definitely not intending to make a blanket statement that they aren't reliable. More so that I think they are no MORE reliable than the average pc of equivalent value. Granted the company I work for has had a terrible time with them, I did...

I have a couple of thoughts on this matter. Firstly Being in the IT industry for the past 8~ years i'm really baffled by the whole "macs last longer" idea. The company I've worked for over the past 5 years is a split environment with about 20 macs and 40 pcs. The failure rate on the macbook pros...

I've been working on my T50rp's for a while now trying different mods. I have two questions.   First, has anyone had trouble with the stock 1/8" jack and or cable? I believe my jack has issues because if i spin the cable (as if to unhook it) I get crackling in the right channel and often times...