Avantone MixCubes

mhschmieder · Post by **mhschmieder** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:48 pm

I've been using my G4 iMac speakers as my "crap detector" during final mix and mastering sanity checking, but my understanding is that the Avantones will give me a truer cross-section of all of the crappy playback systems in use

. I have simply been holding out for the availability of the active pair.

Some criticise the Avantones for not being EXACTLY like the old Auratones, but they put a lot of thought into the design and deliberately modified the original Auratone response to match what they feel is more "current" for low-end listening vs. what was current twenty years ago.

BradLyons · Post by **BradLyons** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:43 am

BK,

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bkshepard · Post by **bkshepard** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:01 pm

Thanks for the feedback. I used to double-check my mixes on a set of Auratones at a studio I worked at years ago, but have never had anything like them in my home studio. I always do a quick bounce to CD and then try it on as many different systems (crappy to fantastic) that I can get my hands on. I thought it would be nice to have something like the Avantones with their lo-fi, non-crossover sound and was wondering if the amp on the active ones made much of a difference. Given the "purpose" of those monitors, I guess that may have been a bit of faulty logic. Again, thanks for the feedback!

mhschmieder · Post by **mhschmieder** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:56 am

Yes, thanks for clarifying that, Brad.

I'm still not sure though whether it makes more sense to get one vs. two, and set up the Aventone for a mono sum test? Given the purpose, is it better to use them for checking imaging at the low end of speaker quality, or just spectrum/etc.?

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:09 am

Hanging on every word here.
I've not been able to afford a "proper" stereo yet, and have just one system to check things on.
The speakers cost $10. Let's just say that they're "unique" sounding, but not representative of the current trends.

I've no monitor controller, but expect a parallel routing of the main bus in DP out to a discreet pair on a 24I/O would suffice, especially if there's some sort of trim control on these puppies.

I'd have to be a prime candidate for something like this you'd think, given that I have no access to any other system.
Please, carry on 'Cornies...

BradLyons · Post by **BradLyons** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:44 am

mhschmieder wrote:Yes, thanks for clarifying that, Brad.

I'm still not sure though whether it makes more sense to get one vs. two, and set up the Aventone for a mono sum test? Given the purpose, is it better to use them for checking imaging at the low end of speaker quality, or just spectrum/etc.?

I think they are sold as a pair....