How awesome is your audio / microphone setup?

**rush2049** · 12-29-12, 12:55 AM

Hey all,

Well as some of you may know I have used a wired xbox controller and the headset attachment as my microphone for many many years. Other than the terrible sound and build quality; the finicky driver support; I also hate wearing things on my head.

So for Christmas my parents bought me a Rode PSA-1 Studio Microphone arm. How thoughtful of them. They did not however get me anything to place on such an arm.

I remedied that real quick.

Meet the Rode PSA-1 with attached MXL V69 Mogami Edition microphone.

I am a bit of an audiophile, so while you all may not be able to hear the difference in game due to the voip functionality in such games, know that it is no fault of mine......

Here is a better photo of my whole setup:

Thats a pair of KRK Rokit 10-3 Monitors
a HSU ULS-15 Subwoofer
an Onkyo TX-NR809 Reciever
the MXL V69 Mogami Edition Microphone
and the Rode PSA-1 Studio Microphone Arm...

I absolutely love it.......

anyone else have as ridiculous an audio setup as me?

**i8pptuakamonstercam** · 12-29-12, 01:44 AM

I don't.

**Viktor_Olin** · 12-29-12, 01:08 PM

No.

Nice setup, though.

**rush2049** · 12-29-12, 01:43 PM

Thanks, I am sure there is at least someone here who can outdo me.....

**vafaskillz** · 12-29-12, 08:22 PM

Sweet set up....what kind of soundcard are you using? I'm rocking the asus phoebus with built in amplifier as a card, powering my beyerdynamic mmx300s. I'm an audio whore as well, and these satiate my ear palate like a champ. I am however in the market for external speakers....have my eyes on the audioengine A5s...the rokits are very comparable....gonna be a tough choice!

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**Guyver** · 12-29-12, 08:36 PM

This will be my setup if I ever get it hooked up.

Speakers are Pinnacle:
Pinnacle Speakers

Front:
SFIT SAT 150

Sub:
Digital Sub 100

Electronics are AudioSource:
AudioSource | Heard Not Seen | Home Audio | Speakers | Personal Audio

Amp:
AMP-102

EQ:

EQ200

All of the cables and speaker wire are Monster Cable.

**Cojiro** · 12-29-12, 09:19 PM

it looks like you sit looking at the back of your monitor

**Imisnew2** · 12-29-12, 09:21 PM

Holy cow. I mean... WOW. Words could not possibly even fathom the ability required to put my astonishment into words! I totally wish I had that candle man. How jealous.

**Guyver** · 12-29-12, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by Imisnew2

Holy cow. I mean... WOW. Words could not possibly even fathom the ability required to put my astonishment into words! I totally wish I had that candle man. How jealous.

LOL.

**rush2049** · 12-30-12, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by Cojiro

it looks like you sit looking at the back of your monitor

That's my footrest....

errr, I mean..... I have to give you guys some chance of killing me online. Looking at the front would be too easy for me....

Originally Posted by vafaskillz

Sweet set up....what kind of soundcard are you using? I'm rocking the asus phoebus with built in amplifier as a card, powering my beyerdynamic mmx300s. I'm an audio whore as well, and these satiate my ear palate like a champ. I am however in the market for external speakers....have my eyes on the audioengine A5s...the rokits are very comparable....gonna be a tough choice!

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I am not using any soundcard for my speakers. I take the HDMI straight out of the video card and route it through my receiver for the audio. With really high end sound gear you will find that any soundcard sucks..... you get this really high pitched noise from the powersupply inside your computer. In fact, you don't want any computer to be on the same circuit in your house as it messes with the ground and screws with speakers/subs.

For the microphone input I am running it through a MOTU Microbook II. It is a small audio interface with more capabilities than I really need (might look into using it as a high pass filter to protect my subwoofer in the future).