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rikhyray wrote:Promised review long back, but didnt have time, till today to pickup the Presonus Mobile. Very much as expected sound comparable to (same basic chip) TC and Focusrite ( but better drivers, lower latencies). Amazingly small for the 8 inputs (and 1 stereo digital). Installed and worked on Mac in few seconds, Windows took some 20 windows to say yes but also works perfectly @ 64 samples. From what I heard from support no returns so far and overall quality got better as compared to those old Fireboxes. Its is ugly like most things Presonus (except software which works and looks fabulous, no wonder since it is made in Hamburg) but who cares. Checked it with few bigger sets and it works perfectly on both mac and pc. Fine for DJ, and for musician set can be used (possible to route bypassing computer) as little mixer with some hardware synths etc. Unlike all other brands the PSU is light and small.
I am sure Babyface- probably only comparable product in that size will sound way better but cost 3x more too and "steals" precious USB port which indeed was main reason I took the Presonus home.
What REALLY impressed me today were the Event Opals on which I was testing the Presonus. I love my Genelecs but these Opals are something else. Heavy like hell perhaps too big for home studio but what a punch, definition, clarity and details ....and the bass.....and impossible to distort. In case anyone goes to test those be sure they were played for long enough, my buddy told me he was initially disappointed, only after 2-3 days of continuous play they got their real sound.
Those Aussies really bring great stuff for less money (Events belong to Rode now) first the mics now monitors. These are definitely fabulous monitors. They work on more models, sizes - something to look forward.

Markemark wrote: 1. Weak pre's
2. Slight bleed from the outputs back to the inputs.
3. Headphone output/main outs not balanced(volume level L/R)

Would you say these problems where fixed with the new firestudio mobile? Also since it only has main outputs and sdif, could you use the headphone outputs to monitors as well?

That's excellent, really low latency, is that with a decent track count and plug-ins?

timothyallan wrote:You're a funny guy.

Markemark wrote:rikhyray, great that you can give us some feedback on this new presonus device, would you be willing to give us your results on the test I discuss in this thread:

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=143667

You can just set your preamp gains where you normally would and the headphones and main gain at maybe 50%, no need to plug any gear in.

I would love to use the firestudio mobile with some guitar plug-ins and some live backing tracks, but its only possible if they have eliminated this crosstalk/bleed issue.

Dennis DeSantis wrote:Hi folks,

Seriously?

You're talking about studio monitors. It's really not the type of topic that requires such personally aggressive and inflammatory behavior.

Just try to be a little nicer to each other, ok?

Thanks,

SubFunk wrote:

Dennis DeSantis wrote:Hi folks,

Seriously?

You're talking about studio monitors. It's really not the type of topic that requires such personally aggressive and inflammatory behavior.

Just try to be a little nicer to each other, ok?

Thanks,

can you please leave us alone, thanks!

timothyallan wrote: Monitors bring out the worst in people!