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<DIV><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>
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<DIV><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>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI BOTTEN </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/1/2011 7:42:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ratguy@insightbb.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hi
again,<BR><BR>Compounding this problem is the thing of computer speakers. I
once had an <BR>IBM computer I bought from Radio Shack. It was a totally
prefab system, <BR>rather than custom built. It came with a pair of computer
speakers. Someone <BR>told me they said "IBM" on them. You can bet, though,
that somebody else <BR>actually made the speakers. That's probably the problem
you're going to run <BR>into again and again with this research, people who
are using <BR>computer-manufacturer-branded speakers or generic no-name
speakers. Also, <BR>what of the people who have laptops and use the computer's
internal <BR>speakers? I know some companies brag about the brand of the audio
system in <BR>their laptops, but probably the cheaper companies might use
generic no-name <BR>products.<BR><BR>As far as headphones go, my favorites in
the way of semi-professional <BR>headphones are made by Sony. I also have a
pair of Audiotechnica headphones <BR>in-house.<BR>Jayson<BR><BR>----- Original
Message ----- <BR>From: "Corine Bickley"
<corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu><BR>To: "DECtalk Discussions"
<dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><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
<ratguy@insightbb.com> wrote:<BR>> I really don't know how to answer
this question. On my own personal <BR>> DECtalk<BR>> Express I run it
through a power speaker which was sold probably approx. <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
<BR>> speakers<BR>> I picked up used from an individual. No idea what
brand they are either, <BR>> and<BR>> they had to be repaired anyway so
even if I did know the brand, it's <BR>> likely<BR>> the replacement
components aren't of that brand. I also have another <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: <Dectalk@aol.com><BR>> To:
<dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><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>>>
(mailto:dectalk@aol.com)<BR>>> .<BR>>><BR>>> I'm just glad
it's going to sing!<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> SNOOPI
BOTTEN<BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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