Powered Speakers for Desktop use (<500$)

Speakers & Subwoofers
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Hey,
I have a pair Audio Monitor MR 2 and an Advance Acoustic MAP 105 Amp that I don’t really use as much anymore mostly because it doesn’t fit in my desk where I spend most of the time. Also I have an Audio Engine D1 DAC.

So I was thinking of maybe selling the speakers (maybe the amp too) and getting powered Speakers but since I have no way of comparing products I need your help finding a product that will replace my current setup.

What I’m looking for:
Small form factor (Desktop use)
I don’t usually stick to one genre but if anything I want speakers that do well with jazz and/or metal music. Something that is fast and fun to listen to.
While not imperative if there are options with bluetooth that would be a nice bonus.
Realistically 400$/€ is the most I can spend
EDIT: Forgot to mention. The reason I am pondering keeping the amp is I have a turntable that I want to keep and build a setup for in the future so If I could get some speakers that can get connected to the turntable that would be a nice bonus.

I was looking into the Kanto yu6 but they are almost 500€ (with shipping) here and thats a bit too high for me. (same for the Audio Engine A5+). Tho, would you recommend these if I found a better price?

Also saw the edifier s1000db but they’re too big.

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You might want to take a look at this thread.

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You confused the hell out of me using the greater than symbol instead of the less than. LOL

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I am looking at that thread but since that guy didnt mention a DAC I wanted to see if that would influence the suggestions. Also I edited to include the use with a turntable that doesn’t have a preamp.

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damn it, sry. Corrected

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You could still use that dac, as long as you are fine with using RCA, with a inline volume controller(about 30-70€ish) and you can also find them in XLR.

A few examples.
The one that I’m using: https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/preamplifier-and-volume-control/passive-rca-preamplifier-analog-volume-control-alps-rk27-p-14295.html

XLR one: https://www.thomann.de/intl/ee/tc_electronic_level_pilot.htm

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If I have a powered Speaker I still need to buy that to use with the D1? I can’t just connect it to the Speakers?
Or you mean with the turntable?

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You can, but you can’t control the volume if you go for speakers that don’t have volume controls in the front.