Comments on: Ask Joe #7 – Connecting an Apogee Rosetta 200 to Studio Monitors

By: ~Jon~

~Jon~ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:47:55 +0000

That’s some of the things I miss about my 002R. The mono and mute were used often. I also swapped the volume knob with a large one from a stereo, much easier to make slight adjustments with a larger knob.

The Central Station has a nice DAC in it with the S/PDIF connection. That can make a huge improvement in sound quality. Even your 003 might sound better through the S/PDIF out.

By: Joe Gilder

Joe Gilder — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:20:03 +0000

Now I’m using the monitor section of my 003. It has the capability of monitoring the main outputs or an “Aux” input. It also let’s you switch between two different sets of monitors. It also let’s you mute the monitors, and there’s a Mono button, so it’s pretty functional!

Yeah, the Level Pilot is cool, but you do need a handful of cables to get it connected.

By: ~Jon~

~Jon~ — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:15:04 +0000

You said you used to have a Big Knob, what are you using these days?

Damn you for mentioning that TC E. Level Pilot. I’d just about gotten over my gear lust for that thing. LOL.
My Profire 2626 has the WORST volume knob, it’s small and poor resolution. It controls the output voltage of the DAC rather than a variable resister in the monitor path. The one benefit of it is, the one knob can be assigned to any and all of the 8 analog outs.

Getting the Level Pilot would get me a LARGE easy to reach volume control that works post DAC.
What puts me off it is the included connections are XLR, and my outs and almost all audio interfaces have TRS jack, meaning I’d need an adapter.
Also the cables on the thing only have a 1ft splay, so you still need another pair of monitor cables. So I’d go from having a crappy volume knob and 2 cables, to a good volume knob with 4 cables, tangles and clutter.

*Sigh*

~JoN~