• Fast track Ultra and HD650 Headphones
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The fast track ultra has caught my eye. I've just got quite serious into music producing, and I want an audio interface for home and sixth form use (which i will be studying Music Technology). I am quite confused at this moment. Im looking to get this and the Sennheiser HD650 headphones. When I was researching if the fast track would support the HD650's Nominal impedance, (and it does), I also came across a statement saying this "* Frequency Response: 20Hz to 20kHz, +/- 0.1dB". Now, these HD650 headphones go from 10-38000Hz, does this mean the fast track ultra will limit the headphones to 20-20000Hz, or am I missing out on something?
The limits of the source would become the overall limits. All you will hear is 20-20,000Hz from the source, regardless of what you are playing it through.
Yes however in these type of things there are many other things to look for. Like what is the .1dB about. Why have M-Audio made a £200+ product, and then made an output which limits from 20-20000hz.
Because you won't be playing music to your dog with it is why.
Then why do companies make headphones that go from 4-40000hz. Can anyone else help me with some proper knowledge. I don't want a one dimensional response.
[QUOTE=EdAllonby;16751469]Then why do companies make headphones that go from 4-40000hz. Can anyone else help me with some proper knowledge. I don't want a one dimensional response.[/QUOTE] Gimmicks? i m m i c k s ?
[QUOTE=EdAllonby;16751469]Then why do companies make headphones that go from 4-40000hz. Can anyone else help me with some proper knowledge. I don't want a one dimensional response.[/QUOTE] It's to make people who don't know any better buy their product. And back on topic: Also, i have a pair of sennheiser HD595's and they are made of win. So, the 650's should be made of more win.
[QUOTE=haksword;16751703]It's to make people who don't know any better buy their product.[/QUOTE] Simply; this.
You can't hear 20Hz or 20000Hz, so that doesn't matter. If you want great quality music get an asus essence stx with the HD650s. It's only worth it if you're listening to .flac at at least 1Mb/s stream at 96KHz sample. If not, then just go with HD555s or something and integrated sound with your fast track. [editline]01:47PM[/editline] Pm me if you have questions.
Get. An. H.R.T.F.
[QUOTE=EdAllonby;16751469]Then why do companies make headphones that go from 4-40000hz. Can anyone else help me with some proper knowledge. I don't want a one dimensional response.[/QUOTE] Because some people believe that playing frequencies beyond our hearing is beneficial - Either because they think they can actually hear it, or they think the way sound bounces around makes them audible once more and add to the experience. I have never encountered truth in either of these, and I cannot see it possibly being true with headphones.
I have also just found out that the extra Hz are for Roll Off. So that it constantly hits those 20Hz-20kHz frequencies when needed.
Standard CD audio is only sampled at 44.1khz, so the maximum frequency that they can reproduce is 22khz. Higher bit depth just means you don't need to worry about losing least significant bit when using DSPs, like software volume. Make sure you use kernal streaming or ASIO when listening to music, or it runs through the crappy windows mixer, which makes it 16-bit 48khz always. I do agree, you don't hear frequencies below 20hz, you more or less feel them.
Yes. I use ASIO especially when music production. And the 44.1KHz, it is because of the Nyquist theroem.
[QUOTE=EdAllonby;16751412]Yes however in these type of things there are many other things to look for. Like what is the .1dB about. Why have M-Audio made a £200+ product, and then made an output which limits from 20-20000hz.[/QUOTE] It means the interface can reproduce from 20hz-20khz with an accruacy of .1db This means it CAN produce outside these limits, but you may roll off to say 6db attenuation at 10hz for example. Don't get locked into this "Aww the frequency responcse 10 hz off" thing, If you are recording from mics, Mic technique and quality of mics plays a FAAR greater role than anything in my opinion. If you have firewire, Make use off it, It is [b]FAR[/b] more stable for audio work, I know this from experience. I use a firewire 10-in-10-out Rackmount Phase88 for my music production
Ok. Can you tell me why firewire is generally better for audio interfaces, and why they are that much more expensive?
USB Increases load on the host system (Southbridge I believe) - Firewire doesn't Firewire 800 (And Indeed 400, under most circumstances) Has a greater transfer rate than USB 2.0 This explains well: [url]http://www.technibble.com/firewire-vs-usb/[/url] Take a look athe [url=http://www.presonus.com/products/Detail.aspx?ProductId=4]presonus firebox[/url] if you're on a budget. If it doesn't fit your needs and you can't find one withtin your price range, Get the fast track - I am sure it will serve you well, I am just trying to help people avoid problems I had with Stuttering Audio when tracking.
Nice one, thank you. Very informative.
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