Stereo Output

kyandebishop2 · Post by **kyandebishop2** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:18 am

I have the m3 and it has fantastic sounds when I use the headphone. But as I hook it up to the Mackie Mixer I loose the quality of the sound
Is there any way someone can get the same quality of the headphone (may be connection-wise) through the PA
Thanks

Gargamel314 · Post by **Gargamel314** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:31 am

HOW exactly is the sound less quality than the headphones? just need to be more specific. A lot of things can affect the quality of sound coming from the speakers. is there a 60 Hz humm? can you hear noise? etc. Is your mixer a stereo mixer? I have seen far too many that are not, double check this, as lack of stereo sound makes for a very flat sound.

If the clarity of the sound is the problem, many times headphones have a better frequency response than speakers. Ideally, 20Hz - 20,000 Hz is what you're looking for, but speakers usually can't reach this range, Higher quality speakers can get pretty close.

M3Yogi · Post by **M3Yogi** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 4:38 pm

I have the Mackie DFX-6 mixer and M-Audio studio monitors and have excellent sound quality. May be something is wrong with your PA speakers.

petemck · Post by **petemck** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:35 pm

m3Yogi,

Do you have the M Audio DSM2 monitors? I have the same problem as Kyandebishop2. I have inexpensive monitors, and I assume an upgrade is necessary.

ktippets · Post by **ktippets** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:45 pm

Some M3 users (myself included) have experienced problems with the types of instrument cables they use - they don't fully engage the audio connection and you end up with a mono signal. On my M3M one certain pair of cables causes this problem with the R audio output. I have three other pairs of cables that work fine. With the pair of cables that causes a mono signal, if I give it a 1/2 turn sometimes that will causes the stereo signal to work...

M3Yogi · Post by **M3Yogi** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 3:10 pm

I have M-Audio BX5a. I also agree with the previous poster. After connecting the monitors with XLR cables made a huge difference. I was using some cheap cables first.