well, these were a huge purchase for me, so much so that I um, hardly
have any money left to live on, but that'll change when I get some work.
I don't know what your budget is but the bose companion 5 system is damn
good for what it is. I don't think it's flat freq but it's still a good
consumer system. I might be selling mine, email me offlist if you're
interested.
Dave c. bahr
On 8/17/2011 12:06 PM, André van Deventer wrote:
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.
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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
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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.
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[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van
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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
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