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11th June 2008, 11:24 AM
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| Gear Head  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ca
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| apogee ensemble, tool or toy? ive been doing a b tests with this and a motu896hd... ive swapped out my monitors for different ones so i havnt been able to pit them in that manner... maybe i just got a lemon but there is slight audible noise in the headphone jack and its far lacking in power where as the motu drives a pair of sen650hd with power to spair and is crystal...ill fill in with the monitor tests when i get them in...to me it just seems a little wierd that the ensemble and the rosetta200 are reletivly the same price maybe ones better and the fact that there pulling the same "not compatible with anything " crap that mac is ... im droping the mac os and sticking with windows...well ... untill mac takes over 30% more of the world then ill switch back...Welcome to zomby consumer nation 
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11th June 2008, 11:28 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Switzerland/New Zealand/guitar case
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| what exactly is happening in your avatar? narco
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11th June 2008, 12:29 PM
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regarding the ensemble, i had a similar experience though could've been a faulty unit. i've sent it back now and going for something else | |
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11th June 2008, 01:05 PM
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although one of the most well known members of this forum does have a picture of someone actually being murdered for his avatar.. narco
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11th June 2008, 02:12 PM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Toronto
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| another thread had someone else with this exact problem (noise on the headphones/mains or something like that). He was freaked out so he called apogee and they replaced it and now it apparantly works fine. Sounds like you've got a bad one |
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11th June 2008, 02:51 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Manchester, England
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| From other threads it seems the last batch or two of Ensembles are defective and have the same problem..............Macleodgrant has his own thread of it and it seems to be a quite common problem. I had the 896HD and also the Motu Traveler and normally soundwise they don't even belong in the same room with the Apogee stuff. Both the Duet and the Ensemble normally have absolutely pristine headphone outs as well (I use Sennheiser HD 595's, but I've also used 600's, 515's and 650's)
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11th June 2008, 03:02 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Manchester, England
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| As far as Mac OSX goes, I think it's rapidly catching up with Windows Vista in stability problems; Leopard been sucking for a lot of people. Your particular problem has nothing to do with OSX though. OSX has some advantages over Windows such as the lack of viruses. You can also run Windows on your Mac a lot more stable than on a Windows computer because Apple engineers are doing drivers for only 40-50 pieces of hardware max; all Macs have the same hardware while PC's have hundreds of thousands of different things to code for.
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11th June 2008, 05:29 PM
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| Gear nut  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC
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| Just to confirm what others here are saying, the first Ensemble unit I was shipped had a constant high-pitched whine in one of the two headphone outputs. I contacted Apogee, they replaced it, and the second unit has caused me no problems. You definitely need to exchange your unit. As for Leopard, I have had no problems with it (I've been using it since January). I've historically had far more problems using PCs than I've ever had using a Mac. (BSOD) I have not used Vista and have no curiosity to try it... |
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12th June 2008, 03:10 AM
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| Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ca
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| ultra mega chicken sounds about right...nazi company decides to save a million and ship cheap units and make up for it to the high class customers (the patient ones) with an exchange for the real thing while the other 50% circulate and eventually end up in someone's closet... well i guess ill send it back and hope for the best... as for what is going on in my avatar.... copy and paste the link VampireFreaks.com - _NA-UL_'s pictures
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12th June 2008, 04:27 AM
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| Gear addict  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: St. Croix River Valley
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13th June 2008, 06:48 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: LA (Beagle Rock), CA
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| it only took 9 posts to invoke Godwin's Law; better toss out my PSX-100 since it now appears Apogee is gassing Jews... 
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13th June 2008, 11:37 PM
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| Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Arizona
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13th June 2008, 11:46 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Australia
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| There are other posts already about this... Apogee provided unusually high amounts of gain for the phones outputs, there is usually no problem with the unit, there is a problem with gain structure. |
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18th June 2008, 09:48 AM
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| Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ca
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| a/b test so i got the genelec 1032a in and sure enough the apogee has an insane amount of noise coming out of all the inputs... hooked up my old motu896hd and threw the ensemble out the window... for now im going to use the motu... save the midi files and keep my vocal cords intact and use my cash for food...and when the time comes ill pay to use a sick neve studio and record to tape 
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18th June 2008, 09:48 AM
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| Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ca
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| a/b test so i got the genelec 1032a in and sure enough the apogee has an insane amount of noise coming out of all the outputs... hooked up my old motu896hd and threw the ensemble out the window... for now im going to use the motu... save the midi files and keep my vocal cords intact and use my cash for food...and when the time comes ill pay to use a sick neve studio and record to tape
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19th June 2008, 12:38 AM
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