<html><head><base href="x-msg://492/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">the soundcard is a realtech audio sound card. <div><br><div><div>On Jul 1, 2011, at 8:16 AM, FRIDO ORDEMANN wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">Good point - please rephrase the question for anyone you know! thank you</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"<a href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Fri, July 1, 2011 8:14:17 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE<br></font><br><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="4" face="Arial"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font size="4">Personally I think we're asking the wrong question. I think the sound card is more important than the speakers. Years ago I had a cheap sound card that was actually lying to me. On my end, my audio was going out both speakers in high quality. But on the internet for the public it was a static mono sound. So after I bought a very high quality sound card, I heard how bad my stuff actually was.</font></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font size="4">I still don't get the true sound mix until I play stuff on my stereo, but I have learned to make my vocals lower than what I intend so it comes out right.</font></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font size="4"></font></strong> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><font size="4">SNOOPI BOTTEN</font></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In a message dated 7/1/2011 7:42:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com">ratguy@insightbb.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>writes:</div><blockquote style="border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; "><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial" style="background-color: transparent; ">Hi again,<br><br>Compounding this problem is the thing of computer speakers. I once had an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>IBM computer I bought from Radio Shack. It was a totally prefab system,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>rather than custom built. It came with a pair of computer speakers. Someone<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>told me they said "IBM" on them. You can bet, though, that somebody else<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>actually made the speakers. That's probably the problem you're going to run<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>into again and again with this research, people who are using<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>computer-manufacturer-branded speakers or generic no-name speakers. Also,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>what of the people who have laptops and use the computer's internal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>speakers? I know some companies brag about the brand of the audio system in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>their laptops, but probably the cheaper companies might use generic no-name<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>products.<br><br>As far as headphones go, my favorites in the way of semi-professional<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>headphones are made by Sony. I also have a pair of Audiotechnica headphones<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>in-house.<br>Jayson<br><br>----- Original Message -----<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>From: "Corine Bickley" <<a href="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu">corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu</a>><br>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 7:34 AM<br>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE<br><br><br>Jayson,<br>Thank you - your feedback is exceedingly useful. This is the kind of<br>information that I need. It may be that so many different speakers and<br>headphones are used that I will never be able to test enough, but it's<br>good to know there's so much variety out there.<br>corine<br><br>On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Jayson Smith <<a href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com">ratguy@insightbb.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I really don't know how to answer this question. On my own personal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> DECtalk<br>> Express I run it through a power speaker which was sold probably approx.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> 20<br>> years ago by the C Crane company. No idea what brand it is though. In my<br>> stereo where I sometimes read books spoken by DECtalk, I have some<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> speakers<br>> I picked up used from an individual. No idea what brand they are either,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> and<br>> they had to be repaired anyway so even if I did know the brand, it's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> likely<br>> the replacement components aren't of that brand. I also have another<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Express<br>> on my Linux system which I'm running through a pair of cheap Radio Shack<br>> power speakers.<br>><br>> My dad uses two DECtalk Expresses and just uses the internal speaker.<br>> Jayson<br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: <<a href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</a>><br>> To: <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:48 PM<br>> Subject: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE<br>><br>><br>>>I have been given a task by Enable Rehab to find out what brand of<br>>> speakers everyone uses when listening to Dectalk. I guess they want to<br>>> select the<br>>> most used speakers and use them for testing.<br>>><br>>> You all can email me directly at _dectalk@aol.com_<br>>> (<a href="mailto:dectalk@aol.com">mailto:dectalk@aol.com</a>)<br>>> .<br>>><br>>> I'm just glad it's going to sing!<br>>><br>>><br>>> SNOOPI BOTTEN<br>>><br>>><br>><br>><br>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> DECtalk mailing list<br>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><span>>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></span><br>>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> DECtalk mailing list<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><span>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a target="_blank" href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></span><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>DECtalk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>DECtalk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></span><br></font></blockquote></div></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; position: fixed; "></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>DECtalk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>