Solidos Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 (edited) https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html $29.99 each Edited August 2, 2023 by Solidos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Call Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 That would be $15 for each, that's so nice of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirean Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Not that I was gonna buy anything, but did the generic monthly loyalty code stop working already for everyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidos Posted August 6, 2023 Author Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Kirean said: Not that I was gonna buy anything, but did the generic monthly loyalty code stop working already for everyone? It does not work in conjunction with these kind of offers. It says so in the newsletter: "Dynamic discounts and loyalty vouchers cannot be applied during this period" Edited August 6, 2023 by Solidos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirean Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Solidos said: It does not work in conjunction with these kind of offers. It says so in the newsletter: "Dynamic discounts and loyalty vouchers cannot be applied during this period" Guess I missed out on the 'cannot be applied during this period' part. Thanks for the heads up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioschmaudio Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 On 8/3/2023 at 12:48 PM, Last Call said: That would be $15 for each, that's so nice of them. But that's not even their best offer. I've got 24 of those plugins that are in the $29 list and have paid roughly $6.50 per plugin in average. It's best to wait for their Megasales, make use of dynamic discounts with 6 or more products, wait for their no-minimum spend vouchers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, audioschmaudio said: But that's not even their best offer. I've got 24 of those plugins that are in the $29 list and have paid roughly $6.50 per plugin in average. It's best to wait for their Megasales, make use of dynamic discounts with 6 or more products, wait for their no-minimum spend vouchers. I think they were being sarcastic. We're all spoilt by their single digit prices by now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioschmaudio Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, jngnz said: I think they were being sarcastic. We're all spoilt by their single digit prices by now. Oh. Of course. ? Seems so obvious, now that you mention it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Yeah, I think I got most of their plugins at a $5 average, or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Call Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 2 hours ago, audioschmaudio said: But that's not even their best offer. I've got 24 of those plugins that are in the $29 list and have paid roughly $6.50 per plugin in average. It's best to wait for their Megasales, make use of dynamic discounts with 6 or more products, wait for their no-minimum spend vouchers. Thanks for the heads up. I still don't buy stuff anymore, I come here for the community and free stuff. Right now I just got an Apple dongle and omg... it is the best DAC ever in the universe, and I am enjoying music soooo much (only goes up to 48 kHz 24 bits, but if you believe in science that's all you need, I guess) It's like stuff sound the way it's supposed to (and mixed/mastered). My plan is to sell my ADI-2 DAC (RME) and get 100 of these (there are 2 versions, one US and another EU, US is the one to beat). Keep my Motu M4 for recording stuff (Logic Pro allows me to use both devices at the same time). Also, weird that they give enough signal to my HD820 headphones, which... ended up sounding just perfect probably/arguably, but only this dongle revelead that... Also weird that... on Windows still sound is very bad. This dongle and my DAC sound louder for some reason, at the same time a little bit thinner and harsh... I read somewhere that there are certain protocols within the system between Windows, Android and MacOS that makes it have this behavior, idk if there is a fix to that, so, again, I am sticking to Mac for the time being. Can't wait to try it with speakers. I know, random comment, but wanted to mention it to someone, lol (usual friends don't know about this sht). Just typed this to leave for prosperity. ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 27 minutes ago, Last Call said: Thanks for the heads up. I still don't buy stuff anymore, I come here for the community and free stuff. Right now I just got an Apple dongle and omg... it is the best DAC ever in the universe, and I am enjoying music soooo much (only goes up to 48 kHz 24 bits, but if you believe in science that's all you need, I guess) It's like stuff sound the way it's supposed to (and mixed/mastered). My plan is to sell my ADI-2 DAC (RME) and get 100 of these (there are 2 versions, one US and another EU, US is the one to beat). Keep my Motu M4 for recording stuff (Logic Pro allows me to use both devices at the same time). Also, weird that they give enough signal to my HD820 headphones, which... ended up sounding just perfect probably/arguably, but only this dongle revelead that... Also weird that... on Windows still sound is very bad. This dongle and my DAC sound louder for some reason, at the same time a little bit thinner and harsh... I read somewhere that there are certain protocols within the system between Windows, Android and MacOS that makes it have this behavior, idk if there is a fix to that, so, again, I am sticking to Mac for the time being. Can't wait to try it with speakers. I know, random comment, but wanted to mention it to someone, lol (usual friends don't know about this sht). Just typed this to leave for prosperity. ? WTF is an Apple dongle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHG Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 37 minutes ago, Last Call said: Thanks for the heads up. I still don't buy stuff anymore, I come here for the community and free stuff. Right now I just got an Apple dongle and omg... it is the best DAC ever in the universe, and I am enjoying music soooo much (only goes up to 48 kHz 24 bits, but if you believe in science that's all you need, I guess) It's like stuff sound the way it's supposed to (and mixed/mastered). My plan is to sell my ADI-2 DAC (RME) and get 100 of these (there are 2 versions, one US and another EU, US is the one to beat). Keep my Motu M4 for recording stuff (Logic Pro allows me to use both devices at the same time). Also, weird that they give enough signal to my HD820 headphones, which... ended up sounding just perfect probably/arguably, but only this dongle revelead that... Also weird that... on Windows still sound is very bad. This dongle and my DAC sound louder for some reason, at the same time a little bit thinner and harsh... I read somewhere that there are certain protocols within the system between Windows, Android and MacOS that makes it have this behavior, idk if there is a fix to that, so, again, I am sticking to Mac for the time being. Can't wait to try it with speakers. I know, random comment, but wanted to mention it to someone, lol (usual friends don't know about this sht). Just typed this to leave for prosperity. ? sounds like something I need to buy, but where do they sell it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 My head always spins with Plugin Alliance pricing. I can never keep up with all the deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Pa : boss people don't have money anymore .... even for 29 $ plugins Boss : no problem , let's make them spend the double and think they spend less /.... PA : roger that , let's go !! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 4 hours ago, jngnz said: WTF is an Apple dongle? https://www.audioreviews.org/apple-audio-adapter-review/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Last Call said: Thanks for the heads up. I still don't buy stuff anymore, I come here for the community and free stuff. Right now I just got an Apple dongle and omg... it is the best DAC ever in the universe, and I am enjoying music soooo much (only goes up to 48 kHz 24 bits, but if you believe in science that's all you need, I guess) It's like stuff sound the way it's supposed to (and mixed/mastered). My plan is to sell my ADI-2 DAC (RME) and get 100 of these (there are 2 versions, one US and another EU, US is the one to beat). Keep my Motu M4 for recording stuff (Logic Pro allows me to use both devices at the same time). Also, weird that they give enough signal to my HD820 headphones, which... ended up sounding just perfect probably/arguably, but only this dongle revelead that... Also weird that... on Windows still sound is very bad. This dongle and my DAC sound louder for some reason, at the same time a little bit thinner and harsh... I read somewhere that there are certain protocols within the system between Windows, Android and MacOS that makes it have this behavior, idk if there is a fix to that, so, again, I am sticking to Mac for the time being. Can't wait to try it with speakers. I know, random comment, but wanted to mention it to someone, lol (usual friends don't know about this sht). Just typed this to leave for prosperity. ? Thanks for the heads up! Gonna have to check it out. Also gonna have to eat my words if Steve Jobs was right about taking the headphone jack out of the phone... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Call Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 9 hours ago, Romero JJ Joan said: sounds like something I need to buy, but where do they sell it? Apple.com or Amazon. If you do be sure to get the US version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Call Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 5 hours ago, Craig N said: Thanks for the heads up! Gonna have to check it out. Also gonna have to eat my words if Steve Jobs was right about taking the headphone jack out of the phone... Yeah, for some reason I forgot the dongle existed. Then I saw as a Youtube suggestion, if I remember correctly, Crinacle guy "You don't NEED an AMP" And then the rabbit hole started all over again, except this time I found a solution right away. ASR has a review on it. I use a Silicon Mac, and even the headphone output on it is not of my taste, and the dongle has more output and sounds way better. The best way I can explain it is that: DRUMS sound like them. Finally I have a proper punchy sound, but not overpowering. Hard to explain as what I say is not the whole picture. The bass is never hidden (except usual masking circumstances, I guess, nothing we can do about it). The low frequencies and mids have this tactile characteristic, hard to express, because I know you cannot touch sound, but if you play a string instrument, it sounds as if you are touching the string before plucking it, I know I know it sounds ***** my explanation, but I swear by it. Even if the bass has a muffled tone (as in the tone knob of the bass fully closed), it can be heard just perfectly. As in all sounds perfectly separated, but without losing the glue. I can understand finally the lyrics more acurately, usually I don't understand what the singer is blabbing out, lol. Sounds better than my Motu M4 output too. Has more power too. (The Motu gives me a hard time driving my HD820 headphones, but not gonna say the output is trash). All in all I think I won't ever buy another RME product, and focus on just getting if needed a new set of speakers and a different pair of headphones, but right now I am super content with what I got. I feel this dongle gave me the solid foundation I was looking for so I can compare the rest. And this cancels all my previous reviews of anything, as it was based on using the Rme DAC (which sounds and no bass no punch in comparison to the Apple dongle). I will probably like Superior Drums 3 for the very first time. Believe it or not, loooots of wasted time and experimentation and research went in to achieving this goal, super weird a 10 bucks dongle is the GOAT. (Can't test my passive speakers, either I don't have the proper cable or I need to read more the ASR thread about what do I need to test it with speakers, I fear I need active speakers for it to work). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Last Call said: Apple.com or Amazon. If you do be sure to get the US version. Why would the US version be special ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Last Call Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 35 minutes ago, Fleer said: Why would the US version be special ? Ok, I really didn't want to link to another site, but I think this begs for it, so here it is: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/review-apple-vs-google-usb-c-headphone-adapters.5541/post-1499512 Number is printed on the cable, the one you want is A2049 (very small hard to read, I used my iPhone's flashlight). Just listening to this song from Billie Eilish (all the good girls go to hell, sorry, Finneas is awesome at his job, what can I do!), everything is just sooo well presented, almost in a kind of dry way, but I firmly believe this is the way it was mixed and mastered, to allow the room where the speakers do their job. Words like ignite which have a lot of quirks when recorded, you can hear it all clearly (super fan of vocals in general), or Sight, you can hear clearly the ending T, she doesn't ignore it, everything is there! I hear kicks having this reverb or delay or both, it's so weird to me, lol, for me it was always if I added these things to a kick, they swallow the whole frequency spectrum to do any more mixing. I was so far from the truth. This other song... Freedom Nature (on the Meinl official Youtube channel) used to sound a little bit too bright, but now everything sounds so... balanced.. FIRST time I noticed the bass is actually from a synth, not an electric bass, so revealing to me... riffs and melodies so very well delineated, without breaking the mix! Mary Mary from the Stigmata movie... there is this guitar, used to sound way harsh... now it's just right... Electric guitars in general sound very very good, not harsh. These 2 Pantera songs fave of mine: Walk and Mouth for War, sound just right (take it with a grain of salt, some recordings are way too old). .It feels as if acoustic ones were recorded by me (not kidding, I mean by this recorded properly). I am fascinated with this thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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