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I have a pair of the Mackie CR3 monitors that have the annoying issue where the lovely switch on the back causes one of them to drop out a lot. There is a fix on YouTube that involves cutting a pin, but I'm not convinced this is going to work for my version of the issue. So I guess I'm in the market for a set of powered speakers for my desk. The thing I liked most about these is the ext input on the front that you can run in parallel to the proper L/R RCAs on the back, as it doesn't require switching between sources and allows playback from both my computer and my iPad at the same time, so whatever I get really needs to have this. I know Mackie have a replacement set of speakers that I believe still include this, but if this anything else in the price range (around $100) that's worth looking into, I'm all ears. These are only the 3" versions and the sound is perfectly fine as I run them quiet most of the time anyway.
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Ha when I had the space for it all, I used to have a 16 channel Yamaha mixer in my rack. It’s not a life I really have a desire to return to, but a smaller setup is a possibility esp if it doubles up as an interface so I’ll see what options exist. Annoyingly I have a Focusrite interface I bought a few years ago from Reverb that seemed DOA, but I didn’t realise in time. I don’t need anything amazing, I edit video sometimes but it’s all a hobby rather than paid work. I’ve heard good things about the Kantos so I’ll take a look into those and your other recommendations too. There might also be a way of running my iPad into the 3.5mm input on the Mac and see if there’s a way to permanently.
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Behringers business model always used to be based on stealing IP rather doing their own R&D, knocking out essentially the same products as the competition for as cheap as possible, then undercutting them on the shelf for the consumer. So it’s probably a decent enough product, that might not have the lifespan of a Bose. They used to be talked about as a ‘don’t touch’ company among pros, but you know they would have some of their gear in their racks.
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Actuarial Fables posted:I'm looking for a simple way to combine my computer's audio with a different device's audio (ipad, laptop) and have that feed through to a 3.5" jack for headphones I like to do this, and found the easiest way without loving about with extra software or small mixers is to buy a pair of powered speakers that have an aux in connection and a headphone jack too. If you like your existing speakers, this ain’t the way mine.
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The 3.5mm main L/R might double up as a digital out.
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Yeah I’ve been happy with mine too. My fave feature will always be the aux port that blends with the primary input as opposed to need to switch back and forth. I know some similar bookshelf speakers like this have phono inputs too, mine is just regular RCA and 5.56mm I believe.
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