r/audio

I currently have a Sonos amp powering 2 Polk Atrium 8’s and 2 rock speakers. Each speaker had its own dedicated speaker wires +- that run under my patio pavers and into my basement network room where the Amp is. I believe the term is they run in parallel. Right speakers go to positive and negative port and left to the left port

Positive and negative port. 4 speakers total.

I wanted to add in an outdoor subwoofer. I’m

Just confused on how to add that in. I can’t run any additional wires from the amp to the outside as the basement is fully finished so using the sub-out port in the amp isn’t an option. From what I understand I could add in a passive subwoofer with a crossover built in. How would that be wired in? I was thinking about buying the OSD Forza 8 which has a built in crossover. It has 2 pairs of 4 wire connections at the bottom. I think your supposed connect the sub to the amp using the one set of wires and the other to the speakers, but as I stated each speaker independently goes straight down to the basement.

Thanks

I'm sure this has been asked before, so apologies. I'm looking for an external device that would enable me to a) adjust the volume for specific Windows apps, and b) switch between my speakers and my headphone/mic device.

I've searched, but a lot of the devices are designed for podcasting and video/audio mixing, or gaming with voice communication. Those are great things to have, but I just want to turn a knob (or push a slider) to adjust what I'm hearing when I'm working.

Ive resently been getting into burning and ripping CDs, and with that learning about meta data.

As i understand it, when ripping a CD you cannot get the meta data from the CD it self, it has to be found in a database through EAC such as Musicbrainz. But, when i play it through VLC it shows me all the meta data. At first i thought it found the meta data the same way EAC finds it, but i also tried it with my buddies music, wich isnt in any database, the only place the meta data is, is in the original files.

So how does VLC get the meta data, but EAC doesnt? Is the meta data "deleted" from the music when burned, and if so is there any point in fixing meta data to flac files before burning a audio CD?

The building is about 7,000 square ft with 3 floors in a 99 year old historic building. I am currently using a playlist on Spotify, playing through 3 Amazon Alexa speakers. Everyday is a hassle - the volume changes with different songs, the employees can only connect 1 or 2 of the speakers or a customer tells alexa to play fart jokes.

Or it's playing recommended music, not my Playlist. I don't need perfect concert quality sound, just music everywhere in the building and to play a specific playlist and something easy for the employees to turn on and off each day and must be wireless. I'm hoping to keep the cost low. Help! Any advice??

I recently got a new PC to replace my old one, but the headphone jack is located on the bottom of my case instead of on top like my previous PC. I have to have my PC on the ground due to how small my desk is, so i bought an extension cable to give my earbuds more length, which my earbuds are 3.5mm TRRS with an inline microphone. The usual setup on my old PC was my earbuds were connected to an audio splitter that connected to the microphone and headphone jack, this was so I could talk to my friends without using a microphone as my desk is to small for one,

However, the extension cable didn't support TRRS, so I am returning the cable and plan to get a cable that supports TRRS. I need help finding a good extension cable so I don't just spend my money willy nilly. The plan is I connect the extension cable to my audio splitter, and my earbuds to the extension cable

I have my PC hooked up to a monitor and my TV. I use the TV for gaming so I can chill on the couch, but the sound still comes out of the computer desk speakers behind me. Is there any way to switch the sound over to the TV when I'm using it?

My current set up is PC>HDMI splitter (1in2out)>HDMIs to monitor and TV from splitter

Ive got this speaker for free from EAW. My school got new speakers in the gym and were giving away the old ones. I want to use it on my record player when I get one. what would be the best amp to use in this situation. And if the record player matters too please let me know.

I recently got a pair of BX4 speakers and I’m connecting an iPad to the Aux in front. Im then going 3.5mm from the back of the active speaker into the passive speaker. The thing is, I’m only getting audio out of whichever I set as the active speaker, but not both at the same time. I’ve tried 4 different 3.5mm cables, but still nothing. I checked the pan settings on the iPad itself and it’s right in the middle. When I move the pan setting to the passive speaker, I get nothing. Any idea what’s going on and how to fix it?

I purchased hollyland lark m2s a month ago and its arriving in a week.

I went to the internet again and the reviews that were praising how good it is especially for it is price and so on turned into hate reviews.

I bought it to use while outside, while cycling or walking so i can record audio or videos outside with clear audio since it claimed a good battery, lightweight and no logo clean style.

And the second use is for recording indoor, ik it's better to get a desktop mic but i use a laptop and with a small house i don't have perm space for a desktop, and i go to places alot so a portable mic is good.

The third is very simple, for GAMING! Even though all of us buddies are grown men we use whatever we find for mics if we can we would even use spoons, so i thought maybe this can be used for gaming it is very clear audio and with noise cancelation i won't need to worry about other noise like keyboard pressing or my next door apartment yelling or such (we got thin walls) and i don't know if it is low latency but it looked good enough?

I talked too much, anyway what are your reviews on it or hollyland products in general?

i just got a mic setup with the xm8500 with the behringer u-phoria audio interface directly connected to my pc, also i use airpods as output connected to my pc. the problem is that the sound the mic records is buried under a LOUD static wall of harsh noise, is it maybe because of the airpods or is it something else? i dont really know much about audio stuff

Curious what this community thinks! there's a new wave of short-form audio (think voice version of reels) coming out of India. Do short clips work as a creative format or is audio always better long?

I’m looking for something that is mp3 style/ iPod nano without internet access, my kids want a way to listen to their own music but they have heavily limited internet access (see: basically none), Bluetooth is okay they’ve talked about wanting a speaker and most of those are Bluetooth. They’re 9 so it’ll probably get lost soooo cheap

I have been trying to set up my audio to be able to speak and hear on my PC, while also being able to hear my Nintendo Switch on the same pair of wired headphones. When I connect all the cables to my capture card (just one of the generic box ones you can buy off Amazon for about $20), my mic input goes to my pc, but the only audio coming in is from the switch. I have tried updating drivers, disconnecting and reconnecting, as well as a variety of other things. My current best guess is that something is not registering, as when connecting the capture card, the only new audio-related input is for my microphone.

I am using 2 HDMI cords (one into the capture card from the switch, and one out from the switch to a monitor), a USB 3.0 cable to connect from the capture card to my PC, a pair of Hyper X Cloud 3 with an audio splitter to fill both the mic and headphone port on the capture card, and a nintendo switch one with the original dock and power cable. I am running on a Windows 11 PC and using OBS as my primary software for this.

If you guys have any ideas, please let me know. I would really appreciate it.

Below is an image of the capture card I am using

https://preview.redd.it/vdp2opjbng2h1.png?width=770&format=png&auto=webp&s=2a78b6a9bc8a1919762c9b20986505ab0f22534c

I'm, relatively new to being an audiophile, but I have tried quite a bit of headphones. I have tried IEMS like the HIDIZ MP145 and the Fiio FH5s, as well as the beyerdynamic DT990 pros and the HIFIMAN Ananda Stealth. My dac has been the Fiio JM21. One thing that I have noticed and that has become sort of nitpick is when I hear random noises. What I mean by noises is like popping on vinyl, but a lot quieter and quicker. Its nothing that bad but with all the money ive spent I expect everything to sound perfect. I play all my music through either cd quality flacs or 194 khz 24 bit flacs but even then I still hear things. I do listen to a lot of older music that was recorded to tape so i wonder if my equipment is just so good that it lets me hear imperfections but sometimes I wonder if something in my gear is defective. Has anyone else experienced this?

Hi there! I’m a newer voice actor and I’m really struggling right now. My set up is. Rode NT1 mic with a Scarlet 4th gen interface plugged into my windows 11 laptop running Adobe Audition. I took a while off of recording because of life stuff but when I set everything back up after a move to start auditioning again, my mic sounds muffled. I’m kind of tearing my hair out right now trying to figure out what’s wrong. Things I’ve tried:

-Updating the chord connecting the interface to my laptop
-Ensured I’m speaking into the correct side (lol)
-Looked for maybe AI messing with it and automatically editing it. I looked all through my laptop and adobe but when I click on my interface in audio hardware, I don’t see the option to turn this off so maybe it’s somewhere else?
- Changed the recording to mono instead of stereo but that didn’t make a difference
-Messed with the gain in every way I can think of
-Moved the mic from input 1 to 2 to see if that made a difference
-Updated my laptop
-checked for a driver update
-Uninstalled Adobe Audition and reinstalled it
-cried
-asked it politely to stop being a meanie

If you have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them. Here’s a link to an audition I recorded a couple days ago so you can hear what I’m talking about. The only processing I’ve done to it is normalizing it to -3 but it sounds muffled before the editing. And I realize the slate is different than the rest, that’s because I was backed too far away and I was too lazy to redo the slate 😂 thank you so much!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GeaUp2nic97KOsoetH6ik7MI\_lhIXCHy/view?usp=drivesdk

Mic: Meze audio boom mic

Headset: Hifiman Sundara

Problem:

My mic picks up audio (very clearly!) from any desktop audio. This is apparent in voice calls like discord and teams, recordings and ingame voice chats. The strangest part is that the boom mic has a physical mute button. While this mutes my voice, it doesn't stop the mic from picking up desktop audio.

Lastly, this problem does NOT happen with my laptop. The problem only seems to be with my desktop PC so the problem lies somewhere there.

This doesn't happen with gaming headsets, wired or wireless.

What I have tried:

-flash and update realtek audio driver thing

-tried connecting the headset to pc using different usb dongles and connecting it directly to the motherboard. Using a usb dongle reduces the overall volume of the audio that gets picked up, but doesn't solve my problem. I have even tried using a splitter to split the out- and input but it doesn't help.

-Tried the headset on a different PC, this did fix the problem.

I'm now looking for help and things to try.

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some new PC speakers and I’m currently deciding between these three:

• Edifier R1280DB
• M-Audio BX4
• PreSonus Eris 3.5

Main use would be music and gaming on my desktop setup.

Which one would you recommend and why?
Also, are there any other good alternatives around the same price range that I should consider?

Thanks!

I'm just curious.

Looking for a good Samaritan to help me with a short audio/ video, so it sounds more clearly. It's a video, but pointed at nothing so the audio part is the only thing that matters.

This is stupid and crazy but I'm 98% sure it's my boyfriend having sex with his ex in my kitchen. He swears up and down that it isn't. She even confirmed that it isnt. But I am hearing what I'm hearing and now im wondering if I'm going crazy.

Please help me restore my sanity and confirm that it's time to take out the trash. Or send me to the loony bin....(Hoping for the first option, for validation and my ego, I don't want to have lost my mind. But the second option, for my hearts sake.)

Not sure this is even a good place for this post. 😬😬

Suggestions on other subs I could post this to would also be appreciated.

This is NOT for any kind of legal recourse. We aren't married. I own the house. It's a simple,

kick him out or keep him. Lol.

And before anyone accuses me of being creepy/shady, he's the one who installed the camera, so is well aware that it is there.