[Permonic]

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Originally Posted by scottder Is anyone still seling the Sonica? or are you buying used (since M-Audio no longer makes the Sonica, the Transit is the replacement for it). Scott

Some hifi shops here in Hong Kong still list Sonica. I think it takes more time to sell these devices.

 

[galileo_c]

They told me ECHO Indigo sells better than Sonica. Not much people notice M-Audio's product now, esp when Indigo series is on sale.

 

[tiberian]

echo indigo sounds better than transit IMO.

 

[scottder]

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Originally Posted by tiberian echo indigo sounds better than transit IMO.

Unless you PCMCIA ports are in use

But for a USB solution at this price-point, the sound is wonderful.

Scott

 

[Permonic]

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Originally Posted by tiberian echo indigo sounds better than transit IMO.

The comparison I forgot to do on the mini-meet was between Echo Indigo and Transit....

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by Permonic The comparison I forgot to do on the mini-meet was between Echo Indigo and Transit....

it was right behind my laptop, ahh crap

.

 

[azadd]

does an indigo or indigo dj have digital outs?

 

[tiberian]

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Originally Posted by azadd does an indigo or indigo dj have digital outs?

nah sorry.

 

[jink]

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Originally Posted by scottder I'll concur with Bill here, I am sure there are mods that can be done, not sure how they would improve sound, but frankly I am quite happy with the stock sound on the Transit, suprisingly "big" sound from such a tiny package, and you can't go wrong for laptop listening. I too use foobar for my listening needs, it has a bit higher learning curve than something like Winamp, but pays off in the end. Scott

Good to hear, glad out of the box the transit rules. Currently the sound from my laptop -> superdual is amazing me. I finally got winamp playing on quality (instead of crappy eq).

I don't know much about foobar, I tried it once and hated it for some reason, but I am trying it again. I am hoping an eq is working on it, and other random things, and am going to get columns working and all that jazz.... Then tomorrow when my transit comes in I guess I'll mess with asio? ... I got a lot to learn before it gets here tomorrow. =)

 

[scottder]

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Originally Posted by jink Good to hear, glad out of the box the transit rules. Currently the sound from my laptop -> superdual is amazing me. I finally got winamp playing on quality (instead of crappy eq). I don't know much about foobar, I tried it once and hated it for some reason, but I am trying it again. I am hoping an eq is working on it, and other random things, and am going to get columns working and all that jazz.... Then tomorrow when my transit comes in I guess I'll mess with asio? ... I got a lot to learn before it gets here tomorrow. =)

I tried ASIO a few times, and I noticed real benefit to it, and I actually got more noise and problems with it over DirectSound2, that's been my experience.

Scott

 

[galileo_c]

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Originally Posted by tiberian echo indigo sounds better than transit IMO.

but still kinda expensive right now:
Indigo 1070HKD
Indigo IO/DJ 1370HKD..

Cant afford that.

 

[CSMR]

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Originally Posted by scottder I tried ASIO a few times, and I noticed real benefit to it, and I actually got more noise and problems with it over DirectSound2, that's been my experience. Scott

I rightmarked the transit with a digital out-in loop. Results linked below. From the results I think I had bit-perfect output, since my results were almost identical to someone's analysis of the original wav file. So it seems that the transit has bit-perfect digital (and so probably analog) output without ASIO.
It was my first use of the software, and it shows - I initially thought I was getting bad results and should have got -infinity s/n etc.

http://forum.rightmark.org/topic.cgi?id=4:536

 

[scottder]

CSMR,

Thanks for the link! Again, the Transit is a great little unit for the price.

Scott

 

[dpristin]

Hi,

I'm new to all this stuff - will Transit be able to drive HD280 without an amp?

Thanks,
Dmitry.

 

[scottder]

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Originally Posted by dpristin Hi, I'm new to all this stuff - will Transit be able to drive HD280 without an amp? Thanks, Dmitry.

Hrmm, I'd say yes, I've used the 280 with portbales fine, and I'd say the headphone out is enough, but would defintely benefit from the amp none the less.

Scott