Hello id like to give my problems /expirience here with various loudspeakermeasurement programs hardware .
Tried kirchner http://www.kirchner-elektronik.de/ atb pc
well this actually worked , it had a audiocard correction program within and worked using pink noise on a dvd which one then had to measure , worked but didnt have external hardware kind of primitive , cheopo
secondly i bought the kirchner 801 maesurment system , it has hardware with a signal generator , could nt get it to work ever since , seems to me like a unfinished product thrown into the market but not plug and play another 600 euro waisted
Finally thinking all my problems would be over i bought the Clio 11 FW 01 software/ hardware .
First of all it needs a firewire 400 /1394 connection to work properly , remind you in the past 5 years at least nothing that is made has that connection , so youre looking at buying an old laptop to get it to work any way , or a desktop[ with an cardslot which accepts a extra firewire 400 card connection .
After receiving the clio system i then had to buy an old secondhand HP computer , with a fire wire connection , had it working a while , not very reliable though , the relais wouldnt come in half of the time so i had to restart a lot .
After leaving the system unused for half a year it wouldnt restart and kept giving me hardware not found error code 16 , so i sent it back to audiomatica .
They said the digital interface was broken ( dont know how that happened i was always extremely carefull ) and " repaired it " without cost .
Shipping cost all on me off course .
Got it back in september started with another Woofersystem this year and i wanted to measure , nothing same problem, hard ware not found error code 16 .
Wrote them an email and they basically said it was my fault as i was using a firewire 400 / usb connnector going into the desktop computer (which is true usb is not compatible with fire wire 400 but damage seems highly unlikely from the people i asked ), that was this time i had nt used this before , before i only used the HP with firewire 400 connection ??
tried it on the old firewire equipped HP and got the same message hard ware not found error code 16 .
Emailed back to clio and basically got an answer that there is no install problem despite the internet complaints they did ask me some info of the old computer used but hey im not a computer nerd i want something plug and play , about 3000 of investment in loudspeakermeasurement gear and still no reliable result , besides the 800 + spent in total on kichner electronic .
2 links full of Clio install problems .
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/equipment-tools/218830-direct-competitor-clio-v10-2.html
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/software-tools/253182-clio-installing-fail.html
Thinking about sending all the gear back to audiomatica Cllio 11 FW 01 extra microphone (for use without phantom power ) vibration meter totalling about 3000 euro , because i cant use it and clio doesnt answer emails .
Think about it before you purchase anything considering loudspeaker measurement gear ,read the internet first.
I wount adverstise any more for a clio pocket system which works on USB but has limited measuring capabilities , and i also read about some install problems see the link .
Asked clio to swap the clio 11 FW 01 for the much cheaper clio pocket USB system but no answer
Tried kirchner http://www.kirchner-elektronik.de/ atb pc
well this actually worked , it had a audiocard correction program within and worked using pink noise on a dvd which one then had to measure , worked but didnt have external hardware kind of primitive , cheopo
secondly i bought the kirchner 801 maesurment system , it has hardware with a signal generator , could nt get it to work ever since , seems to me like a unfinished product thrown into the market but not plug and play another 600 euro waisted
Finally thinking all my problems would be over i bought the Clio 11 FW 01 software/ hardware .
First of all it needs a firewire 400 /1394 connection to work properly , remind you in the past 5 years at least nothing that is made has that connection , so youre looking at buying an old laptop to get it to work any way , or a desktop[ with an cardslot which accepts a extra firewire 400 card connection .
After receiving the clio system i then had to buy an old secondhand HP computer , with a fire wire connection , had it working a while , not very reliable though , the relais wouldnt come in half of the time so i had to restart a lot .
After leaving the system unused for half a year it wouldnt restart and kept giving me hardware not found error code 16 , so i sent it back to audiomatica .
They said the digital interface was broken ( dont know how that happened i was always extremely carefull ) and " repaired it " without cost .
Shipping cost all on me off course .
Got it back in september started with another Woofersystem this year and i wanted to measure , nothing same problem, hard ware not found error code 16 .
Wrote them an email and they basically said it was my fault as i was using a firewire 400 / usb connnector going into the desktop computer (which is true usb is not compatible with fire wire 400 but damage seems highly unlikely from the people i asked ), that was this time i had nt used this before , before i only used the HP with firewire 400 connection ??
tried it on the old firewire equipped HP and got the same message hard ware not found error code 16 .
Emailed back to clio and basically got an answer that there is no install problem despite the internet complaints they did ask me some info of the old computer used but hey im not a computer nerd i want something plug and play , about 3000 of investment in loudspeakermeasurement gear and still no reliable result , besides the 800 + spent in total on kichner electronic .
2 links full of Clio install problems .
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/equipment-tools/218830-direct-competitor-clio-v10-2.html
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/software-tools/253182-clio-installing-fail.html
Thinking about sending all the gear back to audiomatica Cllio 11 FW 01 extra microphone (for use without phantom power ) vibration meter totalling about 3000 euro , because i cant use it and clio doesnt answer emails .
Think about it before you purchase anything considering loudspeaker measurement gear ,read the internet first.
I wount adverstise any more for a clio pocket system which works on USB but has limited measuring capabilities , and i also read about some install problems see the link .
Asked clio to swap the clio 11 FW 01 for the much cheaper clio pocket USB system but no answer
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