I wouldn’t say that. It depends on the speaker and the room imo.
And I would agree with the amp and speaker part, but the dac/source doesn’t matter as much and generally works fine regardless imo (unless it’s a phono pre or turntable)
Definitely agree with this for sure. Take your time and do your research and perhaps go listen if possible
@M0N gotcha. I’ll have to add that to my growing list of things to research x)
Hey thanks @Nick_Mimi. That’s humbling advice for me to hear. I have to admit I’ve been too focused on the dollar amount rather than focusing on the motivations for a set up or what enjoyment I’m seeking.
To clarify the tower question though. I have a mental image of an eqi triangle when listening. Does it sound off listening to towers or even bookshelves when they are so close depth wise but far apart to your sides? For instance, say when I’m say listening at my desk and in front of my computer screen.
I think you might find this thread helpful perhaps if you want to listen nearfield
TeaJay, I honestly thought the towers next to the desk was stupid and would NOT work. I had been experimenting with different sized bookshelves and powered monitors and was getting mixed results. On a whim i grabbed this particular set of towers, which are what i would consider smaller to medium sized and tried them all over and around the desk. Finally i bought some walmart plastic footstools and 2 pair yoga blocks. This raised the top of the towers to my exact ear height and VIOLA! Sweet sweet perfect soundstage and imaging. Great depth and dare is say the word “holographic” sound. Now mind you, I don’t know shit about high end home audio, only the fancy words and images i have been reading about the past year or so. What i do know is really loud and expensive car audio, i spent the better part of my youth tearing apart vehicles and then putting them back together to reproduce sound pressure levels beyond 130,140 and sometimes even 150db. I’ma ll about the bass and loud clean music.
I’ll take a picture or 2 of what i did in my study so you can see. I sit in the perfect spot to enjoy these towers. NOT that i always play them, i also have bookshelfs tight next to them, but those speakers are much more detail oriented and produce a different sound that i many times wan tto listen to. Your best bet for a nearfield experience will probably be a good set of bookshelf or monitors. Some are bigger than others, i did want to open you to other possibilities tho. Ill post a few pictures shortly.
Wouldn’t be surprised, once you get a speaker placed just right it can be pretty eye opening 
Ayyy, I also like car audio and spl competitions, but have never done any insane builds
You really don’t need to, you just need to know what you like and what works for you, some of the jargon can be fairly confusing and unhelpful. Better to just enjoy the music lol
Also, listen to what Mon says, i have been reading his posts extensively and his knowledge base is very advanced and experienced.
Interesting to hear. That’s a setup I haven’t thought of. Maybe I’ll have to try building something similar in the far off future.
Duly noted though. From my impression, @M0N is practically the bona fide hifiguides forum sage.
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let me try this again…
Wow, that’s clean. Now you got me thinking though. What situations do you use each pair for?
The klipsch speakers take well to sound coloration via tubes. I have a tube amp (not in these pics) and i also use my darkvoice as a pre-amp to color my tunes a bit. The Klipsch sound is energetic, to my ears they are what i listen to when i am particularly happy and want to “bop” my head and really relax. The bookshelfs are monoprice Kbas, their sound, to me, is much more accurate and not as “warm” as the klipsch. Please understand i am having difficulty describing this, i just know i really enjoy the Kbas much more when i’m really “listening” to the music as opposed to “bopping” my head around. There is a distinct difference to the sound both speakers reproduce. Since i managed to get the soundstage and imaging to the point where you can almost “see” the singers ‘floating” somewhere in front of you i decided i had to keep both. Most of the time i just swap around speaker wires and try and see if i can tell which speakers are reproducing the music. Honestly no i can’t, both pairs simply disappear, it’s frigging amazing! I had never experienced this before, it’s so cool.
Good to know I’m not alone. You’ve given me a lot of inspiration though man. Thank you for sharing!
I’m so happy to have found others who are also going thru this audio “frenzy” and waste good time and money on this nonsense, I can’t share my expenditures or enjoy any of this with my friends, they just roll their eyes and tell me i’m too old to be wasting my time and money on this stuff. Damn soundbar and Bose dwellers.
Too old to enjoy music, wow that’s a new one, lol.
Are you old? Are you enjoying things? Well newsflash, stop doing that
Hahaha 
Also the funny thing is that the people with the highest end setups are usually super old people lol. The hi end portion of this hobby is essentially for old people who have too much money and no clue what to do with it
I could not afford any of this stuff 30 years ago, hell my priorities then were nothing but the basics and family. I sacrificed everything for family and home, I am now trying to enjoy my own life a bit. Thank you all for your knowledge and assistance, especially you @M0N you are a wealth of knowledge and assistance and so patient and detailed with your explanations.
I wouldn’t say detailed, I just try to be simple and concise. I just don’t want to mislead people, and keeping it simple and understandable helps with that
