Not so sure about the status of Philip external sound card, may be discontinued ady. You can try to ask this at Garagle Sales. Well, I didn't adjust the treble and bass setting in the sound card and speaker setting, may be your taste was not my taste lol My friend said my MX5021 woofer are slightly light than his friend old MX5021, while the quality he can't compare because my 1 at Kampar another 1 at Penang. How to compare since the distance so far??!! No matter how we replace the thinny stock cable to other high quality cable, it just has small improvement unless we mod the cap or opamp. But this way is very very risky. If you really want high quality speaker, you may consider Bose Companion 3 or 5

ooo ic... bose companion 3/5 ? um ... whast d price like?
mod d cap? i saw something online b4 abt changing the opaamp and changing the caps to higher quality ones ... hm ... may attempt it once i m truely boored wif the current sound.

treble and bass? um ... only change for d speakers ... on my soundcard theres no treble or bass setting as i am using the KxMixer driver which somehow has lots of other settings and featured except those 2 ... -.-''

the real improvement to clarity imho really comes from the kxmixer driver and ASIO outputs ....

with stock standard drivers and direct sound output ... i was quite unhappy n depressed wif the sound quality of the speakers... almost wanted to jus sell it off after 3 days but tot i would giv it time as its not broken in yet.... and den after 2 weeks of breakin i really tot of selling it wasnt all 2 happy ... but luckily i searched for drivers and other alternatives even now ... i am not using any EQ settings ...

oh yah b4 dis i was on creative FPS series ... cambride soundworks not sure which FPS model... already 9 years old!! LOVED it but seems like d sound is starting 2 break apart

We are almost out of topic, don't forget this is Altec Lansing Fans Club The price for Bose Companion 3 and Companion 5 are more than RM1k....

Well back to topic, you done a very good job with your Altec speaker! Can I know what is ASIO? Is it a plug in or program to enhance the SQ? Can show some picture of your silver cable? Because I also plan to replace my stock cable! How did you install KMixer driver for your sound blaster live?

pics? can anytime ... but 1st can teach me how 2 upload? / where? handphone ready 2 snap away jus need ways 2 upload ....

asio um... i forget d full name d but now i have 2 asio on my pc, one is callled ASIO4ALL ( search google for it ) and another comes with the kx mixer which is the replacement driver i am using ... check here http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php?language=en ... some cards are supported some are not.

ASIO is basically a driver/ wdm/ not sure wat u call it but to my basic understanding it allows the sound card 2 do all the processiing without being interupted or reprocessed by windows ... it skips all windows processing and directs the sound directly allowing a "cleaner" feed / quality ... :blur: not 2 sure/good at explaining it better jus google it

2 use asio .... 1st need 2 install it on ur system ....den open your specific player and then select asio outputs.... insteed of direct sound... if u choose 2 do any resampling.... jus remember to make sure your resampling on ur player config and asio config is d same else it will not work ...

kxmixer? um look on the webpage i mentioned above for loads of info for my case i basically jus "installed it" without deleting old drivers (risky buy hell it worked like a charm)

try it out ... reali made my mx5021 sing ...

hi...new fan here

im using MX 5021

need to post pic ka?

about the wires ... theres a lot of difference ... 2 me at least the sound doesnt sound muffeled when i turned the treble down 2 make it more natural sounding ... original wires made it sound .... VERY SHARP... if i wanted it to sound nice and not "muffeled" ... to my taste maybe it was a bit 2 screaching sharp for my ears in both enviroments i tried it in (small room & big) .... now wondering if theres any reason for me to change the soundcard 2 sub conection wire.....

if yes wat should i use and how will i effect the end quality..... should i choose warm(copper) or silver(bright) ones.......... need someone who has exp / tried it b4 2 gimme some insight ....
takin pics in a while...

This post has been edited by TaQ: Nov 11 2007, 01:18 AM

pic test

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Added on November 11, 2007, 1:17 amhaha i somehow managed d pics.... sorry if i clutered d space on dis thread ... noobie in pic post here

This post has been edited by TaQ: Nov 11 2007, 01:17 AM

Up to you, you can post if you want!!!

How much you buy the cable? Where to buy?

Hi guys...I'm a proud owner of ATP3 and VS4121....I also juz bought myself a cool black MX5021...can I join the club?And I'm interested to know where to buy the cables to replace the stock ones too!!

This post has been edited by Izwan898: Nov 11 2007, 06:16 PM

hi guys, i own vs4121. bought it long time ago during 2004 pc fair. it still rawks.

the cables bought for rm18/meter at an electronic shop in Taman Sentosa in JB ~... was there in d area ordered take aways and poped by the shop. i don remember d name of the shop but should be able 2 get there again if i was 2 pop to the restaurant ...

not 2 sure abt how 2 choose wires but i feel that as long the impendence is lower or equal to the original the sound should sound OK n not out of tone... den choose d material for brightness/warmh .... silver "brighter copper "warmer" ... mines silver so it gives the speakers brightness/ clarity(to me sounded like clarity not shreaking fineness) but by tuning down the treble i find a more "pleasing" without sounding muffeled like the original wires ... wif the originals wires turnign the treble high made it 2 sharp for my liking while tunign it down made d sound muffeled

do correct me on d wires if i am wrong ... jus mentioned these based on some comparison between some old wires my dad kept

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Added on November 12, 2007, 12:14 pmanyone hav experiance with external sound card on mx5021?? example: the creative 24bit live ext whihc is going for 199 on czone ??

This post has been edited by TaQ: Nov 12 2007, 12:14 PM

mx5021 shall be paired with higher end sound card, to push out it performance

Since Audigy2 ZS already discontinued, I suggest you take at least Audigy 4, X-Fi, Xonar, HD2.....

This post has been edited by Faint: Nov 13 2007, 08:09 PM

Also user of altec langsing 2.1 speaker. Bought it somewhere around 2003 and still kicking when playing games and watching movies

ACS295 user here....

this is an old speaker and i bought it 8 years ago...
it stll performing well...

yo
i oso have acs295.
it's really not bad.

... audigy 4? which one is dat on the c-zone pricelist??
Xonar? DH2? plz more intro guys ....
i mainly listen 2 music and watch movies ... prefer a more musical sound card ... which soundcard is better??
... how much would the sound card cost? approxmately?
if i upgrade d sound card i wont be able 2 use kxmixer, these drivers r the one whihc stopped me from throwing my soundcard out d widow it really made my sb live value sing .... are those sound card mentioned above better den sound blaster live when its on kxdrivers?? kxdrivers + ASIO =

wah lau the audigy 2 zs is no longer available but can it stll be found?

Audigy 4 RM2xx, Asus Xonar RM5xx, Audiotrak Prodigy HD2 RM3xx. All of this sound card can perform well in music.
Well I prefer buy Xonar than the rest, this is just my personal opinion. Let say, if you use xonar sound card. I think you won't need kxdrivers anymore.

That's why I said audigy 2 zs already discontinued, you can ask this at garage sales if you want. May be got people want to sell.

This post has been edited by Faint: Nov 14 2007, 08:29 AM

MX5021 user here