Damn it clouds, now more options lol. So, if I don’t need an amp then I can spend roughly the same for powered monitors, under $300 if possible. At that price it seems the Lp-6 got good reviews.
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yes that’s what i was getting at, you save by having the amp built in, power cables come with the speakers, all you would need would be some interconnects…yes love my Kali’s, they are front ported so they work well against a wall nice wide sound stage
I guess I should chime in on here and look through the suggestions… As I was helping my buddy with his setup it struck me that I don’t have any pc speakers of my own yet. Don’t really want a speaker amp so I guess powered speakers is the way to go.
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I’m not into the whole mixing or need perfect signal, I was looking into difference between balanced and unbalanced cables. I would need it seems a separate device to get balanced outputs from my pc. Even most dacs, at least on the low end use rca. But I don’t believe I need to worry about balanced, as rca will do me perfectly.
Now looking at LP 6, JBL 305P’s or the Eris E5
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I haven’t bought regular speakers for years because of the ease, it really comes down to your room, placement, aesthetic etc…most if not all have EQ to help, stands really do help as well
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I would need em for my desk setup.
not at home so that should work to show you my desk design… monitors in the center of the L there and curved so a speaker on both sides of the bend would be nice… more so if I had some kinda subwoofer as well
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ya don’t think of it as needing for mixing, in your use case just think of bang for your buck, lest cables to deal with, and built in EQ for placement and suit to taste. yes don’t worry about balanced yet, most have XLR, TRS/TS and RCA, you can always get adaptors as well. What are you thinking for Dac?
i tend to prefer class A/B amps in monitors even though i have two class D, but Zeos was spot on about the Mackies, plus they have a sub with footswitch to quickly turn on and off, ill link…you just need to decide how big
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MRS10--mackie-mrs-10-10-inch-powered-studio-subwoofer
I didn’t want to spend massive amounts, based on zeos and other reviews, leaning towards the jds atom for the DAC.
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Agreed, I would rather not go spending 400+ on some desktop speakers. If it was my living room home theater setup that would be different. Just need a good pair of like Sub $200 powered speakers for the desktop really. Thinking still about the klipsch
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Does the 305 have “hiss” also?
I think that’s a nice safe hundred dollar in, just know you will be controlling volume from your computer, speakers are usually set max or 75% unless you get something like a big knob passive, also by Mackie which I have as well
The Klipsch would def have a different aesthetic and I think front volume control
subwoofer?
edit: for any of u guys looking. u can get bookshelf + sub + amp for 250ish$
edit2: i would go with a fosi or nobosound off of amazon over the pa3. same amp for half the price.
All of mine have a very slight hiss, with the Kali’s having the most, but I don’t notice it at the desk, can always reduce overall volume on the speaker
Anyone have experience with the edifier 350db, which also seems like an amazing deal and got great reviews esp from Z.
240$ for those
That would be a great 2.1 to start with. Although I went with the b625-air speakers. I still use the speakers (surround duty) and sub on my 5.1 setup.
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the air are great as well, just larger with a little less refined woofer. i wish they would make air versions of the MK402’s. ribbon tweeters sound great
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Hello,
I’m also in the process of putting something together myself.However, I find the sound technically a bit thin on such a budget. Theoretically, you are just as well served with a set of Pc speakers that sounds relatively similar.
If necessary, it’s okay, but if you want to hear a bandwidth like on the headphones, another system would be a better choice.
So that you connect your Dac via Rca Out to a stereo amplifier, and you are also quite flexible when it comes to speaker selection, which are also more qualitative.
A used, functional stereo amplifier does it for the first time; an older Denon Pma series or Harman Kardon, Pioneer, onkyo can be found under $ 100 in part. Even speakers if you want.
So you have a little bit, but mainly more budget for good speakers, and you will get your money’s worth.
The old stereo amplifiers have a lot more power than such small mini amps that run out of steam quite quickly. Would be my tip to you.
Just have a look at used stereo amps and speakers Elac Debut 5.2 or 6.2 series, Polk audio.
I recently bought a new Denon Pma 800 NE and I’m still looking for suitable speakers. I just heard Elac Debut 5.2 in the shop today and it wasn’t that bad. On the Elac Usa page you even offer a B-Sale, which we offer not have in Germany