RE: playing media files through more than one output

[André van Deventer]

I'll leave of on the sub for now.  One never knows perhaps the sound might be 
quite adequate.

Will then decide whether I will play around with virtual audio cable or find 
some other way to add it.

The dealer said it will take up to 3 weeks to arrive from the UK.  Usually in 
my experience it is more like 2 weeks.  I think they tell you 3 weeks just to 
cover themselves.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 25 January 2016 09:58 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output

Praise for your B dealer from me and he’s absolutely right about the demand, 
I mean we’re talking about a rather expensive set of computer speakers are we 
not and its very difficult to convince a person that they should by a set of 
these speakers when they can go and buy some junk for a 20th of the price and 
be satisfied - that is until they actually hear the B desktop speakers for 
the first time -.

Regarding reproduction of an orchestra? I won’t say they sound as good as my 
Addax Transmission Lines in the lounge room but for a desktop speaker they’re 
not too far off, again your dealer hit the mark, “Be Realistic” but - unless 
I’m incredibly wrong - be prepared to be a little pleasantly surprised too.

Please post your thoughts when you get your new toy.


> On 26 Jan 2016, at 6:47 AM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> wrote:
>
> Yes I did actually.  Contacted a B agent about 120 km from me.  He told me 
> they do not stock them as there is not enough demand for them  but that he 
> can get them for me.
>
> They have one connected to the shop pc and he says he keeps being amazed by 
> what comes out of speakers with such a small footprint.  But he says you also 
> have to be realistic - they are desktop speakers and in the lower frequency 
> size does matter.
>
> I mostly listen to acoustic music and choir music sometimes with large 
> orchestras.  I would be curious for example if these speakers would be able 
> to reproduce the picked double bass of a symphony orchestra or  the sound of 
> a pipe organ effectively.  Or is this a bit too much to expect?
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: 25 January 2016 03:45 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output
>
> so you did find a pair of these speakers?
>
> I’m sorry but I certainly don’t use Youtube as a bible when it comes to 
> computer speakers or anything else, whilst Youtube is useful with some much 
> knowledge available there its also a breeding ground for idiots and halfwits 
> just as Google and the Net in general is, people know that radio is a hobby 
> of mine for example and there are some truly outstanding demos and review of 
> radio sets to be found but there are unfortunately just as many notable twits 
> doing reviews of radios and setting themselves up to be real little 
> know-it-all’s when it soon becomes apparent - listening to the review - that 
> they wouldn’t know the volume knob from the keypad on a radio.
>
> Of course having said that, it often helps when you have the appliance or 
> item that is being reviewed in front of you whilst watching the review itself 
> then the laughs dramatically increase but for those who don’t actually own 
> the product themselves or have actually seen/heard the product then Youtube 
> may not be very much help at all so that’s why I look at trusted sources on 
> Google such as My Hi-Fi or seek out those sources who compare the product 
> with something else rather than just say its good, bad, ugly or anything else.
>
> I mean there’s little point in say saying the B MM1’s are good, what does 
> that tell you if the reviewer doesn’t compare it to other brands available or 
> similar speakers that have been reviewed in the past.
>
>
>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 12:31 AM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah I heard that on the youtube vid I shaired the link for. Or at least I 
>> thought I did. But yeah the guy said that. But he said it strictly because 
>> of the price. They are good for what they are but too pricie.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van 
>> Deventer
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:39 AM
>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>> Subject: RE: playing media files through more than one output
>>
>> Dane
>>
>> What I was thinking actually might never be necessary.
>>
>> I have taken the plunge and ordered the B desktop speakers.  

RE: playing media files through more than one output

[Hamit Campos]

Yeah I heard that on the youtube vid I shaired the link for. Or at least I 
thought I did. But yeah the guy said that. But he said it strictly because of 
the price. They are good for what they are but too pricie.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van 
Deventer
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:39 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: RE: playing media files through more than one output

Dane 

What I was thinking actually might never be necessary.

I have taken the plunge and ordered the B desktop speakers.  I'm still very 
curious about the sound I will get from them.  Many hifi folks seem to say that 
there are better desktop speakers now available for that price.  Be that as it 
may - I do also have a reasonably high quality DAC available here.  And a 
reasonably good quality hifi sub.  So if I should want to add a sub to this 
system,  I might want to be able to play my media files through both the mm-1 
speakers and a DAC for the sub at the same time.  Just investigating things.  
It may be that a sub is not necessary at all.

André

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 25 January 2016 08:17 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output

Interesting question.

I can immediately think of how this could be done on a Mac as Audio Hijack 3 
would allow you to do this without question and without fuss so yeah, 
interesting to see how one might go about doing this on a Windows PC.

I do that sort of thing all the time actually using my Radiologic Broadcasting 
software so the scenario you’re illustrating does have its place.


> On 25 Jan 2016, at 5:10 PM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I realize the subject line might be a bit confusing so please let me explain.
> 
> I have been wondering for some time whether it is possible to play media 
> files like mp3 files for example through two different sound cards at the 
> same time.   I realize that this may sound unusual but I may have need of 
> someth9ing like this in the near future.
> 
> Say for example you have two different usb sound devices and you would like 
> to have the music to come through both of these devices?  Is such a thing 
> possible?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: playing media files through more than one output

[Dane Trethowan]

so you did find a pair of these speakers?

I’m sorry but I certainly don’t use Youtube as a bible when it comes to 
computer speakers or anything else, whilst Youtube is useful with some much 
knowledge available there its also a breeding ground for idiots and halfwits 
just as Google and the Net in general is, people know that radio is a hobby of 
mine for example and there are some truly outstanding demos and review of radio 
sets to be found but there are unfortunately just as many notable twits doing 
reviews of radios and setting themselves up to be real little know-it-all’s 
when it soon becomes apparent - listening to the review - that they wouldn’t 
know the volume knob from the keypad on a radio.

Of course having said that, it often helps when you have the appliance or item 
that is being reviewed in front of you whilst watching the review itself then 
the laughs dramatically increase but for those who don’t actually own the 
product themselves or have actually seen/heard the product then Youtube may not 
be very much help at all so that’s why I look at trusted sources on Google such 
as My Hi-Fi or seek out those sources who compare the product with something 
else rather than just say its good, bad, ugly or anything else.

I mean there’s little point in say saying the B MM1’s are good, what does 
that tell you if the reviewer doesn’t compare it to other brands available or 
similar speakers that have been reviewed in the past.


> On 26 Jan 2016, at 12:31 AM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah I heard that on the youtube vid I shaired the link for. Or at least I 
> thought I did. But yeah the guy said that. But he said it strictly because of 
> the price. They are good for what they are but too pricie.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van 
> Deventer
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:39 AM
> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
> Subject: RE: playing media files through more than one output
> 
> Dane 
> 
> What I was thinking actually might never be necessary.
> 
> I have taken the plunge and ordered the B desktop speakers.  I'm still very 
> curious about the sound I will get from them.  Many hifi folks seem to say 
> that there are better desktop speakers now available for that price.  Be that 
> as it may - I do also have a reasonably high quality DAC available here.  And 
> a reasonably good quality hifi sub.  So if I should want to add a sub to this 
> system,  I might want to be able to play my media files through both the mm-1 
> speakers and a DAC for the sub at the same time.  Just investigating things.  
> It may be that a sub is not necessary at all.
> 
> André
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: 25 January 2016 08:17 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output
> 
> Interesting question.
> 
> I can immediately think of how this could be done on a Mac as Audio Hijack 3 
> would allow you to do this without question and without fuss so yeah, 
> interesting to see how one might go about doing this on a Windows PC.
> 
> I do that sort of thing all the time actually using my Radiologic 
> Broadcasting software so the scenario you’re illustrating does have its place.
> 
> 
>> On 25 Jan 2016, at 5:10 PM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> I realize the subject line might be a bit confusing so please let me explain.
>> 
>> I have been wondering for some time whether it is possible to play media 
>> files like mp3 files for example through two different sound cards at the 
>> same time.   I realize that this may sound unusual but I may have need of 
>> someth9ing like this in the near future.
>> 
>> Say for example you have two different usb sound devices and you would like 
>> to have the music to come through both of these devices?  Is such a thing 
>> possible?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Andre
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: playing media files through more than one output

[Dane Trethowan]

Praise for your B dealer from me and he’s absolutely right about the demand, 
I mean we’re talking about a rather expensive set of computer speakers are we 
not and its very difficult to convince a person that they should by a set of 
these speakers when they can go and buy some junk for a 20th of the price and 
be satisfied - that is until they actually hear the B desktop speakers for 
the first time -.

Regarding reproduction of an orchestra? I won’t say they sound as good as my 
Addax Transmission Lines in the lounge room but for a desktop speaker they’re 
not too far off, again your dealer hit the mark, “Be Realistic” but - unless 
I’m incredibly wrong - be prepared to be a little pleasantly surprised too.

Please post your thoughts when you get your new toy.


> On 26 Jan 2016, at 6:47 AM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> wrote:
> 
> Yes I did actually.  Contacted a B agent about 120 km from me.  He told me 
> they do not stock them as there is not enough demand for them  but that he 
> can get them for me.
> 
> They have one connected to the shop pc and he says he keeps being amazed by 
> what comes out of speakers with such a small footprint.  But he says you also 
> have to be realistic - they are desktop speakers and in the lower frequency 
> size does matter.
> 
> I mostly listen to acoustic music and choir music sometimes with large 
> orchestras.  I would be curious for example if these speakers would be able 
> to reproduce the picked double bass of a symphony orchestra or  the sound of 
> a pipe organ effectively.  Or is this a bit too much to expect?
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: 25 January 2016 03:45 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output
> 
> so you did find a pair of these speakers?
> 
> I’m sorry but I certainly don’t use Youtube as a bible when it comes to 
> computer speakers or anything else, whilst Youtube is useful with some much 
> knowledge available there its also a breeding ground for idiots and halfwits 
> just as Google and the Net in general is, people know that radio is a hobby 
> of mine for example and there are some truly outstanding demos and review of 
> radio sets to be found but there are unfortunately just as many notable twits 
> doing reviews of radios and setting themselves up to be real little 
> know-it-all’s when it soon becomes apparent - listening to the review - that 
> they wouldn’t know the volume knob from the keypad on a radio.
> 
> Of course having said that, it often helps when you have the appliance or 
> item that is being reviewed in front of you whilst watching the review itself 
> then the laughs dramatically increase but for those who don’t actually own 
> the product themselves or have actually seen/heard the product then Youtube 
> may not be very much help at all so that’s why I look at trusted sources on 
> Google such as My Hi-Fi or seek out those sources who compare the product 
> with something else rather than just say its good, bad, ugly or anything else.
> 
> I mean there’s little point in say saying the B MM1’s are good, what does 
> that tell you if the reviewer doesn’t compare it to other brands available or 
> similar speakers that have been reviewed in the past.
> 
> 
>> On 26 Jan 2016, at 12:31 AM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Yeah I heard that on the youtube vid I shaired the link for. Or at least I 
>> thought I did. But yeah the guy said that. But he said it strictly because 
>> of the price. They are good for what they are but too pricie.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van 
>> Deventer
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:39 AM
>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>> Subject: RE: playing media files through more than one output
>> 
>> Dane
>> 
>> What I was thinking actually might never be necessary.
>> 
>> I have taken the plunge and ordered the B desktop speakers.  I'm still 
>> very curious about the sound I will get from them.  Many hifi folks seem to 
>> say that there are better desktop speakers now available for that price.  Be 
>> that as it may - I do also have a reasonably high quality DAC available 
>> here.  And a reasonably good quality hifi sub.  So if I should want to add a 
>> sub to this system,  I might want to be able to play my media files through 
>> both the mm-1 speakers and a DAC for the sub at the same time.  Just 
>> investigating things.  It may be that a sub is not necessary at all.
>&

RE: playing media files through more than one output

[André van Deventer]

Yes I did actually.  Contacted a B agent about 120 km from me.  He told me 
they do not stock them as there is not enough demand for them  but that he can 
get them for me.

They have one connected to the shop pc and he says he keeps being amazed by 
what comes out of speakers with such a small footprint.  But he says you also 
have to be realistic - they are desktop speakers and in the lower frequency 
size does matter.

I mostly listen to acoustic music and choir music sometimes with large 
orchestras.  I would be curious for example if these speakers would be able to 
reproduce the picked double bass of a symphony orchestra or  the sound of a 
pipe organ effectively.  Or is this a bit too much to expect?



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 25 January 2016 03:45 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output

so you did find a pair of these speakers?

I’m sorry but I certainly don’t use Youtube as a bible when it comes to 
computer speakers or anything else, whilst Youtube is useful with some much 
knowledge available there its also a breeding ground for idiots and halfwits 
just as Google and the Net in general is, people know that radio is a hobby of 
mine for example and there are some truly outstanding demos and review of radio 
sets to be found but there are unfortunately just as many notable twits doing 
reviews of radios and setting themselves up to be real little know-it-all’s 
when it soon becomes apparent - listening to the review - that they wouldn’t 
know the volume knob from the keypad on a radio.

Of course having said that, it often helps when you have the appliance or item 
that is being reviewed in front of you whilst watching the review itself then 
the laughs dramatically increase but for those who don’t actually own the 
product themselves or have actually seen/heard the product then Youtube may not 
be very much help at all so that’s why I look at trusted sources on Google such 
as My Hi-Fi or seek out those sources who compare the product with something 
else rather than just say its good, bad, ugly or anything else.

I mean there’s little point in say saying the B MM1’s are good, what does 
that tell you if the reviewer doesn’t compare it to other brands available or 
similar speakers that have been reviewed in the past.


> On 26 Jan 2016, at 12:31 AM, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah I heard that on the youtube vid I shaired the link for. Or at least I 
> thought I did. But yeah the guy said that. But he said it strictly because of 
> the price. They are good for what they are but too pricie.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van 
> Deventer
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:39 AM
> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
> Subject: RE: playing media files through more than one output
>
> Dane
>
> What I was thinking actually might never be necessary.
>
> I have taken the plunge and ordered the B desktop speakers.  I'm still very 
> curious about the sound I will get from them.  Many hifi folks seem to say 
> that there are better desktop speakers now available for that price.  Be that 
> as it may - I do also have a reasonably high quality DAC available here.  And 
> a reasonably good quality hifi sub.  So if I should want to add a sub to this 
> system,  I might want to be able to play my media files through both the mm-1 
> speakers and a DAC for the sub at the same time.  Just investigating things.  
> It may be that a sub is not necessary at all.
>
> André
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: 25 January 2016 08:17 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output
>
> Interesting question.
>
> I can immediately think of how this could be done on a Mac as Audio Hijack 3 
> would allow you to do this without question and without fuss so yeah, 
> interesting to see how one might go about doing this on a Windows PC.
>
> I do that sort of thing all the time actually using my Radiologic 
> Broadcasting software so the scenario you’re illustrating does have its place.
>
>
>> On 25 Jan 2016, at 5:10 PM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I realize the subject line might be a bit confusing so please let me explain.
>>
>> I have been wondering for some time whether it is possible to play media 
>> files like mp3 files for example through two different sound cards at the 
>> same time.   I realize that this may sound unusual but I may have need of 
>> someth9in

Re: playing media files through more than one output

[Dane Trethowan]

Interesting question.

I can immediately think of how this could be done on a Mac as Audio Hijack 3 
would allow you to do this without question and without fuss so yeah, 
interesting to see how one might go about doing this on a Windows PC.

I do that sort of thing all the time actually using my Radiologic Broadcasting 
software so the scenario you’re illustrating does have its place.


> On 25 Jan 2016, at 5:10 PM, André van Deventer  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I realize the subject line might be a bit confusing so please let me explain.
> 
> I have been wondering for some time whether it is possible to play media 
> files like mp3 files for example through two different sound cards at the 
> same time.   I realize that this may sound unusual but I may have need of 
> someth9ing like this in the near future.
> 
> Say for example you have two different usb sound devices and you would like 
> to have the music to come through both of these devices?  Is such a thing 
> possible?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Andre
> 
> 
> 
> 
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RE: playing media files through more than one output

[André van Deventer]

Dane

What I was thinking actually might never be necessary.

I have taken the plunge and ordered the B desktop speakers.  I'm still very 
curious about the sound I will get from them.  Many hifi folks seem to say that 
there are better desktop speakers now available for that price.  Be that as it 
may - I do also have a reasonably high quality DAC available here.  And a 
reasonably good quality hifi sub.  So if I should want to add a sub to this 
system,  I might want to be able to play my media files through both the mm-1 
speakers and a DAC for the sub at the same time.  Just investigating things.  
It may be that a sub is not necessary at all.

André

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 25 January 2016 08:17 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: playing media files through more than one output

Interesting question.

I can immediately think of how this could be done on a Mac as Audio Hijack 3 
would allow you to do this without question and without fuss so yeah, 
interesting to see how one might go about doing this on a Windows PC.

I do that sort of thing all the time actually using my Radiologic Broadcasting 
software so the scenario you’re illustrating does have its place.


> On 25 Jan 2016, at 5:10 PM, André van Deventer <andred...@webafrica.org.za> 
> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I realize the subject line might be a bit confusing so please let me explain.
>
> I have been wondering for some time whether it is possible to play media 
> files like mp3 files for example through two different sound cards at the 
> same time.   I realize that this may sound unusual but I may have need of 
> someth9ing like this in the near future.
>
> Say for example you have two different usb sound devices and you would like 
> to have the music to come through both of these devices?  Is such a thing 
> possible?
>
> Regards
>
> Andre
>
>
>
>
> ---
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> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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