Dave Had a look at the adam audio a7x you spoke about but they are way above what I can afford unfortunately!
It's interesting that we are seeing the companies with proven records in the manufacture of speakers entering the market. It seems that even the companies known for high quality hifi equipment are realising that people are using their pcs more and more for listening to music. What I have heard also though is that these better kinds of desktop speakers are not very forgiving when it comes to lower bitrate encodings. All I want is a pleasant sounding system that will not need me to mortgage my soul for the cost. Although I fully realise that whatever I will get will cost somewhat more than the speakers you will see advertised in stores with computers being sold. I do have a high quality Imagic USB sound card to use as a DAC. The thing is about 8 years old and so are the drivers but I am sure there is nothing wrong with the sound quality. -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Bahr Sent: 17 August 2011 06:18 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: powered desktop speakers Yep, stick to brands but always listen to others. Some brands, like everything in electronics, you pay for the name more than the quality of the product. The adam audio a7x speakers sound fantastic with choral music and acoustic stuff, I played Eric Witacre's light and gold cd recorded last year to test the things and they blew my mind, and that was without a sub. I also played the first movement of Brahms's first symphony, not all of it, but the first intro before the sonata form starts and the end of the thing with those fantastic triplets. The highs sounded good, some say they don't sound natural, ok one person said that, but I felt I was listening to the thing live. hth Dave c. bahr On 8/16/2011 9:13 PM, André van Deventer wrote: > Dave > > I listen to a lot of acoustic music - including large choirs. For > such music I would think that a flat response would be the best kind > of thing. I don't like electronic music at all. > > Where good quality systems are concerned, it seems the best to stick > to brands that are known for good speaker design although they are > more expensive? > > Andre > > > > -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org > [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave Bahr Sent: > 16 August 2011 10:55 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: > powered desktop speakers > > I just bought studio monitors, the Adam audio a7x. They run balanced > and unbalanced xlr and rca out, and sound really good on lossless > stuff. It depends what you want, I wanted to hear a flat frequency > response, not any sort of pre-designed emphasis of the lows or highs. > I don't have experience with any of those systems, I do have a bose > companion 5 system at university and have been pretty impressed with > it, but again, it's not a flat freq response system, it's a consumer > speaker and damn good at what it does. I hope that helps a little? > Always listen before you buy, you know that, but sometimes it bears > repeating especially when you see a good price online. Also, test it > with different genres of music or the most often listened-to genre > that you know you'll be playing on the speakers. > > > Dave c. bahr > > > On 8/16/2011 2:13 PM, Blackwell, Clifford wrote: > > I have no experience with those, but I have a pair of Harmon Karden > > Sound Sticks. I think they're up to version 3 now. They are a 2.1 > > system and sound great and can handle playing quite loudly. I think > > they're around $150 U.S. > > > > -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org > > [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van > > Deventer Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 3:07 PM To: PC Audio > > Discussion List Subject: powered desktop speakers > > > > Hi folks > > > > > > > > Looking for some high quality desktop speakers to use for listening > > to music. > > > > > > > > Let me state that movie and game sounds are completely irrelevant to > > me. What I am looking for is sound quality for listening to lossless > > files with desktop speakers. > > > > > > > > I have found 3 recommendations and I was wondering if anyone have > > any experience with one or more of them. > > > > > > > > The speakers are > > > > > > > > M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 > > > > Creative gigaworks t40 and > > > > > > > > B&W mm1 > > > > > > > > Yes I realize that they are kind of pricy. The B&W system is by far > > the most expensive but I like the idea of a built-in digital to > > audio converter. > > > > > > > > Andre > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
