Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present!

[risc]

I thought they were Klipsch's. How do they sound?

The audio quality is fantastic, they have a slight audible hiss you can hear if you put your ear right up to the satellite but you can't hear it normaly (I have to have my ear right on the satellite to hear it) or when any audio is playing through them. For 2.1 computer speakers I'd rate them a 9.5 out of 10, they lose .5 because of that hiss. The hiss that I didn't even know about until some one pointed it out to me.

 

[rickvanr]

The audio quality is fantastic, they have a slight audible hiss you can hear if you put your ear right up to the satellite but you can't hear it normaly (I have to have my ear right on the satellite to hear it) or when any audio is playing through them. For 2.1 computer speakers I'd rate them a 9.5 out of 10, they lose .5 because of that hiss. The hiss that I didn't even know about until some one pointed it out to me.

My logitech 5.1 system has the hiss too when I put my ear to it as well. I think I've read somewhere it has to do with cell phones, or cordless phones. Wireless something.

 

[risc]

My logitech 5.1 system has the hiss too when I put my ear to it as well. I think I've read somewhere it has to do with cell phones, or cordless phones. Wireless something.

It is kind of like that if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it did it actuall fall at all thing. I didn't even notice the speakers had that hiss until it was pointed out to me if I hadn't of been told about it I don't think I would of ever heard it. I actually considered other brands of speakers but the Klipsch have the best audio quality for computer speakers out of all of the brands I tried. I'm in Australia though so we miss out on a few brands. I really wanted Klipsch ProMedia 2.1s but the GMX ProMedia are the best I can find.

I wonder if you are right about the cordless phone? I have a cordless phone about 1 foot from Power Mac.

 

[aussie_geek]

The audio quality is fantastic, they have a slight audible hiss you can hear if you put your ear right up to the satellite but you can't hear it normaly (I have to have my ear right on the satellite to hear it) or when any audio is playing through them. For 2.1 computer speakers I'd rate them a 9.5 out of 10, they lose .5 because of that hiss. The hiss that I didn't even know about until some one pointed it out to me.

Are speakers hooked up to your G5? G5's have a lot of line noise. Disconnect the speakers from the G5 and see how much hiss you get then. This will give you a good idea of how much is comming from the G5.


aussie_geek

 

[efoto]

I'm on day 3 of switching, so this would be my first mac!

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Welcome to the less stressful side of computing. Nice setup, simple and clean which is always nice. Enjoy the iMac, nice computers.

 

[rickvanr]

Are speakers hooked up to your G5? G5's have a lot of line noise. Disconnect the speakers from the G5 and see how much hiss you get then. This will give you a good idea of how much is comming from the G5.


aussie_geek

Even via optical out?

 

[debroglie]

Are speakers hooked up to your G5? G5's have a lot of line noise. Disconnect the speakers from the G5 and see how much hiss you get then. This will give you a good idea of how much is comming from the G5.


aussie_geek

I have the GMX 5.1 and the hiss issue is a known, and apparently accepted, issue with the GMX line by Klipsch. You can look on their website; they explain that it is inherent in the wiring or something... it is supposed to only be with analog inputs, but I have it with my optical in as well.

 

[efoto]

Even via optical out?

There shouldn't be any line noise from optical, unless you purchase really cheap optical cabling, in which case I could foresee noise running into it due to loss in the line (like normal). I believe optical was created to decrease line noise and losses, so there should be none, theoretically .

 

[toothpaste]

There shouldn't be any line noise from optical, unless you purchase really cheap optical cabling, in which case I could foresee noise running into it due to loss in the line (like normal). I believe optical was created to decrease line noise and losses, so there should be none, theoretically .

The distance that you will have in an optical cable such as one for a sound system is never going to be long enough for loss. Any loss that there might be is due to manufacturing or disperssion (but this is more of a telecom issue with fiber optics and lasers). Any bends, kinks, knots or major stresses on the fiber cable will produce issues, but again the length for an inside the home run for example or a few feet from his G5 to the speakers is not going to be significant enough for loss.

 

[Meerjungfrauman]

Hello from Germany.

I will send in my setup later, but:

I'm searching for a setup from a student, he had like a huge pile of books on Marks (anti-kapialism).

On a board above his desk he had a polaroid of a golden retriever.

Sorry, but I really dont want to search through 96 pages !

 

[plinkoman]

Sorry, but I really dont want to search through 96 pages !

so you expect us to do it for you?

 

[dornoforpyros]

what's this...something resembling an actual work space? If you've seen my last few pics in this thread you know what I'm talking about. Found the chair by the dumpster and my co-worker was giving away the desk. Score!

 

[Benjamindaines]

what's this...something resembling an actual work space? If you've seen my last few pics in this thread you know what I'm talking about. Found the chair by the dumpster and my co-worker was giving away the desk. Score!

I love those old apple displays, they definitely look better then the new al ones.

 

[dornoforpyros]

I love those old apple displays, they definitely look better then the new al ones.

Yup! That's why I jumped on this one when it come up in the market place here on MR.

 

[slooksterPSV]

I need to find the card reader for my sisters DC so I can take a pic (also download my nieces pix) of my current setup. Right now it's just beautiful iBook G4 in my siggy. I'm so careful with it, I keep it so clean and beautiful looking.

1 - Powerbook G3 Wallstreet 233MHz, 288MB RAM, 2MB VRAM, 20GB
2 - iMac G3 333MHz, 288MB RAM, 4MB VRAM, 6GB
3 - iBook G3 500MHz, 320MB RAM, 8MB VRAM, 20GB
4 - iBook G4 1.33GHz, 512MB RAM, 32MB VRAM, 40GB

Anyone see a pattern with the RAM or VRAM

 

[denial]

Power Mac Dual G5 and PowerBook G4 15" 1.67 GHz (Rev C).

That is a cool setup. Nice.

 

[danielsan26]

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5615/dsc001047kc.jpg

Inventory from left to right:
Piece of junk 2.1 Altec Lansing's
Pixar Lamp ha ha that is why I bought it though.....
EyeTV 200 (& Remote) (great for converting DVD's to H.264, removing video DRM....a funny sight when I set resolution to VGA, put the video and audio outs into the EyeTV, and record the full-screen output of the PB)
Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
15" 1.5GHz PB w/backlit, 1GB RAM, 128MB VRAM, 5400rpm HD
Griffin iCurve stand
iSight
Griffin SightLight (others badmouth it but I like it)
40GB 4th gen iPod
Motorola bluetooth headset
Apple Bluetooth Mouse
SE phone cradle (for the s710a taking the picture, hence the poor quality)

Under desk:
Airport Express connecting to:
Piece of junk HP printer (only USB peripheral I use regularly thank goodness I don't have to connect it to my PB)
Subwoofer
FW hub

Other Misc.
Maxtor 300GB FW800 ext. drive (normally there would be 2 plugs going into the comp, but I guess for the picture only having 1 plug looks pretty good)
Altec IM3 (in motion iPod speakers)
Griffin iTrip LCD (*phenomenal* product....amazing sound quality compared to the original, easy freq. selection....it's something like $60 on apple.com but only $40 on griffintechnology.com.....if anyone wants to pay the few dollars for shipping you can have my old one, but it's kinda going out)
Griffin Powermate (use mostly up @ school for 3D studio max)
TI-89 w/graphlink (sure glad they fixed TI-connect, that was killing me)

 

[yellow5]

I love those old apple displays, they definitely look better then the new al ones.

Are you serious? Those old plasticy displays take up a lot more room, and defiantly don't match the G5 Powermac as good as the new AL's do.

 

[efoto]

Are you serious? Those old plasticy displays take up a lot more room, and defiantly don't match the G5 Powermac as good as the new AL's do.

I have heard this a lot recently too. I much prefer the look of the new displays. They look more sturdy, more well built, and they are color matched much better than the old ones. I would still take an old one if the opportunity presented itself, but if it were my choice I would spring for the new ones. To each his or her own I suppose, we all have different opinions (even though all of yours are wrong )

 

[dornoforpyros]

Are you serious? Those old plasticy displays take up a lot more room, and defiantly don't match the G5 Powermac as good as the new AL's do.

yeah but they also don't look like a freaking Dell with an apple logo on it...oops did I say that out lout

 

[radiantm3]

Taken today.

 

[FadeToBlack]

Taken today.

NICE setup!

 

[Chundles]

That is pretty sweet.

I just updated my setup, I rotated the desk around to face north into the wall so that the westerly afternoon doesn't burn my eyes into little balls of charcoal and I put my printer on a plastic box to keep it out of the dust on the floor.

 

[w_parietti22]

Taken today.

^^^ My dream Setup.

 

[Rob587]

My new setup.

Man, do I love these setup posts in the forums! lol