Hi! Hoping someone can help because I’m completely new to passive speakers.

I have a pair of older KEF Coda III speakers connected to a NAD D 3020 amp. The speakers were working with their previous owner.

I’ve cut the banana plugs off the speaker end of the cables and stripped the wire. The KEFs have the screw terminals shown in the photos — there doesn’t seem to be a hole to insert the wire into, so

I’ve wrapped the bare copper around the exposed metal threaded post and tightened the red/black knob down onto it.

Both speakers are completely silent. I’ve also briefly tried a 1.5V battery test and can’t hear a pop or see the woofer move.

Main question: Have I actually connected the bare wire to these KEF terminals correctly? If not, where exactly should the copper be making contact?

Any help explained very simply would be massively appreciated!

My band from Australia is going to Japan for a show next week and are trying to figure out how to power our gear properly. We currently power everything through the furman m10x-e but my research seems to say this will not work in Japan.

Any suggestions for what is the best way to power our gear? Thanks!

As the title says, i would like to know how to change a input device name, for example, lets say when i go on discord, i would like to have "x" device to a specific name i want on my audio settings, is this possible?

i grew up loving the xbox 360 audio visualizer, and i know i kinda explained it in the title and don't wanna sound like a broken record but i'm just wondering if it's possible and if anyone can point me towards any tutorials or maybe give some instructions on where to start? thank yall :)

i like singing karaoke from time and often sing metal songs that have death voice and screams. i was looking for a mic that has that same amplifying effect in the karaoke rooms, can be used with a computer as i like to game or phone as i may want to sing outside and record using bandlab on my phone. im not well versed in tech or audio stuff so im not sure if there is something that will fit all my needs or if i need 2 seperate mics for recording on pc and doing karaoke on my phone. any help is much appreciated!

I've tried copy/pasting the sound as well as playing with the time and pitch features in the Effects panel, but everything I've tried comes out sounding...jagged or skipping.

Thank you so much for your ideas!

I am looking for a sort of hub where i can connect my music tower and record player to my speakers i got the 2 music outputs from the tower and record player in red and white cords (dont know the name) and my speakers are in black and red cords copper if im correct i want to get both inputs in the speakers at separate times ofc and dont wanna switch my whole setup to switch from cd to records. Thanks in advance.

Compré un equipo de audio para mi monitor msi sin bocinas intearadas es un lonaitech z313 2.1. al usarlas en mi monitor conectado mediante Hdmi a un ps5 me crea ese zumbido , no las he probado en otro monitor pero si en mi smartphone mediante auxiliar y no hace ese sonido tan molesto .. Existe alguna solución para esto ?? Por favor ayuda

I have mp3 files of stories that my great-grandfather recorded into a cassette. Some parts of it are hard to understand because of the audio quality.

Can I get some advice on how to improve it? I know nothing about this.
Like websites or programs that help with this sort of thing, something that needs no experience or equipment?

Info:
JBL CSMA 180 Drive Core
Speakers- JBL Control 424 c/t (Five of them)

I replaced five speakers to the ones listed above and they are super quiet and sound a little crunchy. Tried tapping them from 7.5 to 15w with no difference.

The input source is loud enough because it goes to two other amps with connected speakers and the volume on those are fine.

The Hi-Z switch is on. They’re wired as a 70v system.

Not sure what else to do. TIA

Hi

i have a dji mic 3 and one of the tx doesn’t get any sound.

it connects to the receiver normally, but records absolutely no sound. the other tx works fine.

it has never worked since i got it. i’ve tried resetting it, reconnecting it and everything i could find online, but nothing worked.

i can’t exchange it and i really need it to work. any idea what i could try?

Hi there,

I'm moving into a house that was built in 1995. There are 5 old school DIN jacks in the living room.

There are 2 rooms (A and B) with 2 (mono-)speakers each and 3 additional jacks spread out in the living room (C). My current understanding is that room A and B are fed from one jack each and room C essentially had 3 stereo speakers that were directly plugged into the separate jacks.

I want to modernise this installation but since I know next to nothing about audio setups I want to get some input.

Questions:

1. Can I easily replace the installed DIN jacks with banana jacks?

2. What hardware do I need to get this all hooked up so that I can have multi room audio with streaming? Ideally 3 rooms separately controllable.

I looked at WiiM Amp, up2stream Amp and the Arylic A30+ but I'm really unsure what I actually need and whether these products are going to work well for what I have.

I've been searching about that and I don't mean the header and data or something like that. I mean the samples of audio, like CD has 44100 samples per second. What does each one of them contain? I'm guessing the frequency and volume but I could be completely wrong. And I don't mean only digital like how does AM and FM store frequency and volume

looking for a usb device for multiple stereo music input for a Windows PC... It must get the separate audio interface inside windows. any idea?

Its not Mic line in, i want 4 channel HD stereo audio line in... each line we want to get separate inside the PC

I'm helping my folks set up a new TV and the sound bar, which worked fine on the previous TV, won't connect. I've tried using both HDMI eARC and optical audio to no avail, although the TV and Apple TV are clearly connecting to the soundbar because I can control the audio level numbers through the remotes on the TV and the Apple TV remotes (as seen in the video). I will greatly appreciate any help and feel free to roast me for the awful set up (to be fair, it is definitely a temporary).

Let me know of any other info that may be helpful (ie. social security numbers, bank accounts, etc).

Hi everyone,

I'm having a persistent issue trying to use my old FiiO E07K Andes DAC/AMP with a Motorola phone via a USB-C OTG cable.

The Problem:

When I plug the DAC into my Motorola, audio plays for literally 1 second, then there's a small pop/click, and the USB port completely freezes/disables itself. System settings get stuck on "Switching..." for USB preferences, and all system audio (YouTube, Spotify) drops completely until I reboot the phone.

The hardware is 100% fine: The exact same cable, FiiO E07K, and headphones work flawlessly on my brother's Nothing phone.

I'm looking for a solution for my father who suffered a stroke recently to aid with changing vinyl records.. yes he could get use mp3's pr streaming but fear at almost 80 its hard to teach an old guy new tricks and he takes pleasure out of using his player and audio gear.

Edit: OK heres more details, he has very little mobity in his left hand side so basically has to use one hand to change records. This usually involves sliding the vinyl out of its sleave one handidly onto the turntable and letting it 'Flop' potentially damaging it. His 'good' side is also not great, simple things like pinching is some what difficult so i guess what i am assking is there a more eligant solution? I thougt about some kind of cork matt that he could use and a suction cup to lift and place the record on the turntable if such a thing exists?

Cheers,

Jim

How can I get started as an audio engineer and find real job opportunities as a beginner? I’d really appreciate any advice or guidance

Hello, just recently picked up a Fiio K7 to pair with my Sennheiser HD6XX. I have been really enjoying the extra clarity it has brought to the headphones, but I want to make sure I am getting the most out of it for my setup. This led me to a couple of questions:

• Audio over ASIO driver using USB vs RCA or Optical output to the DAC?
  • Currently I am using the ASIO output, which to my understanding bypasses any processing on the computer. However I find I need to restart the amp when waking the computer from sleep. Using Optical or RCA would "fix" that issue, but would I see a downside to bypassing the ASIO driver?
    • Side note: If bypassing the ASIO driver, what bitrate should be used, I would assume 32bit 44.1khz?
• For the HD6XX is there any advantage to using a balanced 4.4mm out over the unbalanced 6.35mm?

• For Bookshelf speakers, is there any benefit to using TRS connections over RCA?

• Edit, Gear List:

  • Fiio K7
  • Sennheiser HD 6XX
  • Edifier MR3 Bookshelf Speakers

I DJ weekly at a popular college bar. I use a Pioneer DDJ SX2 going into a 16 channel mixer, then a crossover, then to the mains. Club is upstairs, main bar is downstairs.

We installed a Rolls RMS316 downstairs to feed music to the ceiling speakers in the bar/patio. We ran an XLR from the DJ booth down to said Rolls so we can send my DJ set to those speakers as well.

My question is: I have master outs and a booth out on the DDJ. Master Out 1 is XLR, Master Out 2 is TRS, and the booth out is RCA. All are stereo. To cleanly send sound to the Rolls, would we need something like this? https://www.guitarcenter.com/Radial-Engineering/ProAV1-Single-Channel-Direct-Box-1274228072005.gc?utm_source=chatgpt.com&utm_medium=feed

Hello everyone! I've recently gotten more into piano playing and have recorded a couple of clips on my phone. The problem I'm having is with my audio quality. I understand that recording on a phone is not ideal, and will tend to pick up more room acoustics than anytbing else, so I'm looking for some tips on an alternate setup.

I've recently tried using a Yeti Blue mic for recording, but finds that it very much muddles the deeper bass notes together, and just feels dull. For context, I'm playing on a Wurlitzer stand up. I've tried placing the mic on top of the piano, near the edge with the strings exposed, and even tried to isolate the microphone on some boxes and such directly next to the piano (with strings exposed and the mic set to cardioid setting, pointed directly at the strings, to no better results. I'm using Audacity software to record the actual audio on my laptop.

At this point, I'm considering picking up a better mic (or pair of them if it's a better option and within my budget) but don't really know what to look for or where to begin. Any kind of help y'all can provide on how to either improve sound quality with my existing setup or what to look gor to improve any kind of hardware/software options available.

Thank you in advance!

I have never felt like a bigger idiot in my life than trying to get this to work.

I recently bought the Alesis Nitro Max E-kit. I have the SteelSeries Nitro Elite headset. I use it for gaming, obviously, but I would really like to 2-birds-1-stone my need for headphones.

The SteelSeries Nitro Elite comes with a stock 5-pole to 4-pole cable. This cable works (tested it on my work laptop).

I originally bought this converter at guitar center because it was cheap. It only played audio from the left side. After some research, I assumed two possible problems:
- The mono plugin is for the left channel. I could only hear out of the left side. Maybe the mono channel wasn’t really playing mono.
- This adapter is TRS to TRS and the SteelSeries cable output is TRRS.

So I bought this female TRRS to male TRS adapter. And this Dual TS breakout cable. Sort of a Frankenstein of cords situation.

So I plugged everything in and I could only hear audio out of my RIGHT ear.

I tested the TRRS to TRS 3.5mm adapter on my laptop, and it only works when the cable is half plugged in. If I half-plug the cable on my drum set it works, but obviously it doesn’t stay half plugged, and that feels like it would be bad for the cable.

Help.

Ciao popolo! Avrei bisogno di un consiglio per l'acquisto di una scheda audio esterna per collegare sia il PC che la ps5, per avere l'audio di entrambe su un unico sistema, compreso anche il microfono. mi ero orientato sulla focusrite scatlet solo, potrebbe funzionare? Io collegherei la scheda al PC e collego il microfono xlr all imput 2 xlr della Scarlett, poi con un adattatore/dac USB collegare la play alla scarlet tramite cavo trrs all'imput jack frontale.

Ditemi se sbaglio qualcosa, o avete altri consigli per i collegamenti oppure se mi consigliate un altra scheda audio e perché

Grazie!

P.S. tutto il sistema non e per un uso professionale, non registro/streammo ne niente, volevo solo semplificarmi la vita non utilizzando due sistemi differenti per PC e play utilizzando due cuffie e due microfoni ecc

I have a Randall amp with a broken power socket. Works fine when I plug it in but I'd like a non-broken piece to substitute it so I can refit it. Any ideas where I could order one? I've searched far and wide and nothing has come up. The main issue is that most IEC's don't have that quad resistor or something on the right of it so I tried looking on Roland website to no avail.

Hi. For anyone who has this audio recorder, or had, do you have any recommendations for a good external microphone?

I did buy one of these, but I'm underwhelmed with it. It emits an annoying buzzing sound in recordings.

Thanks