Speakers that sound closest to laptop speakers?

planet red · 7th August 2006, 10:36 AM

I want to buy something really small thatll sound pretty similar to my powerbook speakers.. I find my stuff sounds pretty good everywhere but theres always this thin sound I hear on smaller speakers. Like a big gap in the low mids, that bigger records dont have..

Just something to check to make sure the mix will transfer better over small speakers.

I'd mix with my laptop there but it would just get in the way..

djui5 · 7th August 2006, 10:41 AM

If you gotta tv, use the internal speakers in that. You can play cd's through a playstation or DVD player.

I do it, works great. We gotta 24" tv with small internal speakers. Make sure any pseudo surround processing crap is turned off on the tv.

picksail · 7th August 2006, 10:46 AM

Here's my current method:

1) Take your marvelous mix and convert it to an mp3 of the lowest bit rate

2) Upload the mp3 into your Myspace player (everybody has one now, right?), which is basically a sonic decimator anyway.

3) Now play the song from the player with the output being generated from your computer's horrific mono speaker (Mac Mini is great for this)

How does it translate now?

planet red · 7th August 2006, 10:47 AM

Id really like something small I can leave on the meterbridge that I can just flip on a couple times during a mix.

djui5 · 7th August 2006, 10:50 AM

aurotones

planet red · 7th August 2006, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by picksail

Here's my current method:

1) Take your marvelous mix and convert it to an mp3 of the lowest bit rate

2) Upload the mp3 into your Myspace player (everybody has one now, right?), which is basically a sonic decimator anyway.

3) Now play the song from the player with the output being generated from your computer's horrific mono speaker (Mac Mini is great for this)

How does it translate now?

Yeah I know. Every record I do goes immediately on myspace.

Im listening to music more and more on a laptop and trying to figure out why some stuff translates so much better.. somehow the big name mix guys get their mixes sounding way better on smaller systems then the bigger name indy guys do, even though on larger systems the differences arent as huge..

gfx · 7th August 2006, 10:54 AM

Just go to your local electrical store and purchase the cheapest nastiest radio/alarm clock you can find , open it up and reconnect the speaker to an external amp driven from your console.

I like to use a tiny ghettoblaster for the same reasons.

Make sure you send it a summed mono feed , plus it will tell the time to!

GFX

misterlong · 20th August 2008, 01:36 PM

I put a knackered old car speaker in a box I found. Kinda like a lo-fi auratone. I built that about 12 years ago, and use it all the time!
I used to check mixes off cassette on my crappy fiat uno car stereo. if it sounded any good there, it would sound good anywhere!! My car stereo is a bit too 'good' for that these days!
long

DivineMusic · 20th August 2008, 01:39 PM

nothing quite sounds like laptop speakers. my laptop is networked in my studio so i actually use my laptop speakers at times to make sure this translate but i usually dont HAVE to

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7th August 2006, 10:36 AM	#1
planet red Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: historic richmond va Posts: 651	Speakers that sound closest to laptop speakers? I want to buy something really small thatll sound pretty similar to my powerbook speakers.. I find my stuff sounds pretty good everywhere but theres always this thin sound I hear on smaller speakers. Like a big gap in the low mids, that bigger records dont have.. Just something to check to make sure the mix will transfer better over small speakers. I'd mix with my laptop there but it would just get in the way..

7th August 2006, 10:41 AM	#2
djui5 Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Phoenix Posts: 6,680	If you gotta tv, use the internal speakers in that. You can play cd's through a playstation or DVD player. I do it, works great. We gotta 24" tv with small internal speakers. Make sure any pseudo surround processing crap is turned off on the tv. __________________ _________________ "What is a crossfire hurricane & why wasn't I born in one?" Randy Wright http://www.myspace.com/djui5

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picksail Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Hollywood Posts: 3,314	Here's my current method: 1) Take your marvelous mix and convert it to an mp3 of the lowest bit rate 2) Upload the mp3 into your Myspace player (everybody has one now, right?), which is basically a sonic decimator anyway. 3) Now play the song from the player with the output being generated from your computer's horrific mono speaker (Mac Mini is great for this) How does it translate now? __________________ Stewart Cararas Seventh Level Productions Myspace Profile Discogs _________________________________ The new is necessarily abstract - Rudolf Borchadt

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planet red Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: historic richmond va Posts: 651	Id really like something small I can leave on the meterbridge that I can just flip on a couple times during a mix.

7th August 2006, 10:54 AM	#7
gfx Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 312	Just go to your local electrical store and purchase the cheapest nastiest radio/alarm clock you can find , open it up and reconnect the speaker to an external amp driven from your console. I like to use a tiny ghettoblaster for the same reasons. Make sure you send it a summed mono feed , plus it will tell the time to! GFX

20th August 2008, 01:36 PM	#8
misterlong Gear Head Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nottingham UK Posts: 44	I put a knackered old car speaker in a box I found. Kinda like a lo-fi auratone. I built that about 12 years ago, and use it all the time! I used to check mixes off cassette on my crappy fiat uno car stereo. if it sounded any good there, it would sound good anywhere!! My car stereo is a bit too 'good' for that these days! long

20th August 2008, 01:39 PM	#9
DivineMusic Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hotlanta Posts: 1,547	nothing quite sounds like laptop speakers. my laptop is networked in my studio so i actually use my laptop speakers at times to make sure this translate but i usually dont HAVE to __________________ DivineMusic 2-23-07 ppl wanna praise protools like its the best thing since pu$$y

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