Oh, say, that does sound plausible! It definitely seems like it's intentional behavior. Mine are the "classic" style of monitors, so they don't have the cool LED screens on the back. I didn't think I needed them, but being able to switch off that behavior would be handy.
There is a volume knob on the back of each speaker, so it'd be a minor hassle to keep them balanced, but it would certainly beat cranking the volume over the threshold every time they go into standby. I think I'll start by decreasing the speakers' volume while putting the master PC volume into its upper ranges. That honestly ought to suffice, but I'll see whether I can switch that behavior off entirely. Thanks for the clue, Sean! -Chris On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 12:56 PM Sean Greenslade <s...@seangreenslade.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 08:04:36PM -0700, Chris Mayes wrote: > > Yeah, I've had fewer issues since I've adjusted the output level. The > > thread you cited seemed to indicate that it's a build quality issue, > which > > may be, but I don't think that the signal breaks up due to faulty > internal > > wiring. I've had plenty of bad solders with audio equipment in my time, > so > > I'd definitely recognize that sort of noise. > > > > In this case, the speakers more-or-less cleanly stop responding for both > > drivers. Once the signal reaches a certain threshold, the sound comes > > back, again fairly cleanly. > > > > I'm reminded of my Nashville recording studio tour with Ohio University's > > chapter of the Audio Engineering Society ~1996: one of the engineers had > a > > pair of KRKs (they have distinctively yellow woofer cones) that he > > demonstrated by blasting his latest studio session. Maybe the > manufacturer > > assumes that the average user will crank the volume, so they don't > normally > > test the speakers at low signal levels? I've managed to preserve my > > hearing thus far, so I prefer to keep things quiet. > > > > It's a weird problem, but no more than a minor annoyance. They still > > produce fantastically detailed sound, so it's hard to complain. > > If you check the manual for these monitors, I think this would explain > the phenomenon you're experiencing: > > > Standby > > > > Your monitors have the ability to power down when you are not using them > > for 30 minutes. If you don’t want them doing that, you simply switch the > > standby feature off in the SETUP menu. But if you use standby to save > > energy or because the power switches are hard to reach in your studio, > > leave the standby on. You will know that they are in standby because the > > KRK logo will pulse (even if you normally have the KRK logo light off). > > > > To wake up your monitors after they go into standby. Just like when you > > first turn them on, there is a three second delay until the light on the > > front comes on and a second later you get signal to the speaker. If your > > speakers go into standby, ease your source volume up slowly. You only > > have to break -50 dBu for them to come out of standby. This will keep > > you from excessive volume spikes if you ease it up slowly. Also, as you > > raise the volume, you can use the light going solid as an indication to > > turn your source back down to avoid any loud spikes. Or if your setting > > is KRK logo light out, you can use the pulsing light going off to > > indicate you are about a second from the speaker coming on. > > Generally speaking, if you're hooking up devices that expect line-level > audio signals to a consumer PC audio card, you'll want to set the volume > level of the output to between 75 and 100%, then adjust the volume > controls on the speakers themselves to achieve a comfortable listening > volume. This will help reduce interference / cable noise as well. > > --Sean > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss >
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