Wednesday, March 23, 2011

A few reviews

I recently came into a number of  pretty neat pieces of electronic equipment. Since I do a lot of work with music I guess it seems natural that I come across a lot of equipment

Firsts off I want to talk about my new headphones. 

Dr. Beats solo hd. These things are pretty sick. I strolled on over with a best buy gift card and picked these bad boys up. The quality of these is amazing, and they can get really loud. The world is pretty much dead to you if you have it above half volume, and they articulate bass frequencies better than any other headphone I've tried to date
There are a few drawbacks though. The on-ear style makes them mildly uncomfortable after a few hours of wear. And the cable that plugs into the headphone gets pulled and stripped easily, the first cable on mine already has internal wires exposed. The cables are produced by monster though, so maybe they'll replace them for free like they do their other cables?


Moving on to my new mixer/audio interface, the Tascam US-800. This thing is pretty sweet, small and portable, but still has functionality. It has "8" inputs, 6 of which are XLR so you can plug in mics or some quarter-inch junk. The other 2 are MIDI inputs so... yeah i guess they could be good for a live setting but in a recording situation a lot of computers already have MIDI interfaces available. It connects through USB so it's compatible with most computers. It says it can sample at rates up to 196 kHz but that's pretty much a lie, I think I could only get mine to go up to 88.2 or 96 kHz. It's really not cut out for live sound since it only has volume settings channels, no efftects, panning, reverb or the like built in

I think I'll leave microphones out for another time, and i could do a review of my phone, but we've all heard enough of the iPhone 4 and junk. too bad I'm still stuck with at and t

25 comments:

  1. I have been looking on the Beats by dre
    not the exact u where reviewing but a similar one, a bit to expensive for my taste but I bet the sound q is sick!

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  2. Been told to go and check these things out by a friend. Doubt i will get them though due to price

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  3. Beats are nice, a bit overpriced imo, but nice.

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  4. Tascam US-800 looks pretty cool
    followed

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  5. I hate corded headphones. I just bought wireless, if i dont have those, ill keep pulling or otherwise entangle myself in the wire :P

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  6. @Kevings How often do you change the bateries?

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  7. Sweet gadgets! I still use a 90s SONY DJ monitor, I should upgrade my headphones...

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  8. How much do the headphones go for? I need a pair.

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  9. I'm dyiiiing to get those headphones. They're amazing!

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  10. nice, i've always wanted a beats headphone. how much did they cost you btw?

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  11. nice review as always though the things in the review are too expensive for me :(

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  12. I actually didn't have the money for Monster Beats, I have the SteelSeries Siberia V2 with 7.1 digital surround sound. I gotta say they are very comfortable, later I might get the Monster Beats.

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  13. I've heard of these. Don't have the money to buy them tho. Thanks for sharing!

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  14. Yeah i used to use headphones and i think all of them give you sore ears after a couple hours. Nice review!

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  15. Maybe do a different post for each product you review? Might make them easier to find once you've done a lot of them.

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  16. I've been looking into getting new headphones, i'll definitely take a look at these. Followed :D

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  17. Nice info post. I have seen a lot of people with these they are kinda pricey though.

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  18. I see those beats headphones everywhere, but theyre just so darn expensive D:

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  19. never been a phone of these cans, but i can see why people like them.

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  20. Wouldnt reccommend beats headphones for their price, you can get much better ones for cheaper.

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