AyePepito
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Hi everyone, I really need advice as I'm getting lost in this rabbit hole that is audio equipement.
I've never really had any good audio equipment, I usually listen to music through basic headphones et Logitech speakers. I recently got pretty decent headphones (AKG K72) and - already - the difference between listening my music via speakers or these headphones it's night and day ! So I want to step up my speakers game.
I'm not looking at studio quality but good quality desktop speakers. I use my speakers 95% of the time at my desk for : movies, gaming and music. The room is around 3.7m x 5.7m (12.1ft x 18.7ft).
I have a 300-400€ in budget. I already know this budget is gonna get me "crap" for audiophiles but I'm still trying to squeeze the most sound quality out of my money.
So I checked the web and the more I'm looking into it the more I'm lost on what I should get !
Should I get a 2.1 or not ? I really enjoy deep bass in my music and is also quite important in movies. But I'm thinking : are bass from 2 good speakers better than 2 basic ones + a subwoofer ?
Should I get entry level speakers (~150€) at first and then buy more expensive ones later on ? But this might be in 5 years so I won't be listenning crappy sound until then
Headphones are nice and all but it is not as confortable as being ears free, being able to walk into the room or share music with friends passing by.
Should I go with passive speakers and invest a bit on a DAC+AMP ?
Subs I'm considering :
- Edifier T5
- Presonus Eris Sub 8T
- Mackie CR8S BT (50% of my budget !!!)
Speakers models I'm considering :
- Logitec Z313 - Z533
- Some Peebles model in 2.0 or 2.1
- Edifier M60
- Edifier QR65
- Mackie CR4-X
- Behringer Truth 3.5
- Edifier R1700BTs (apparently R1855DB has issues with a very low volume through subout line)
- Edifier S360DB
- iLoud Micro Monitor
- JBL 305P MKII
- Kali LP6 2nd Wave
Obviously the last two are way better than the others but at the cost of not having budget for a sub ! Also they do not have bluetooth, which is not mandatory but is a nice to have especially to send digital signal to the speakers as my PC doesn't have a S/PDIF output.
I would really like to know what you guys think. What should be my priority, what models do you recommend ?
I've never really had any good audio equipment, I usually listen to music through basic headphones et Logitech speakers. I recently got pretty decent headphones (AKG K72) and - already - the difference between listening my music via speakers or these headphones it's night and day ! So I want to step up my speakers game.
I'm not looking at studio quality but good quality desktop speakers. I use my speakers 95% of the time at my desk for : movies, gaming and music. The room is around 3.7m x 5.7m (12.1ft x 18.7ft).
I have a 300-400€ in budget. I already know this budget is gonna get me "crap" for audiophiles but I'm still trying to squeeze the most sound quality out of my money.
So I checked the web and the more I'm looking into it the more I'm lost on what I should get !
Should I get a 2.1 or not ? I really enjoy deep bass in my music and is also quite important in movies. But I'm thinking : are bass from 2 good speakers better than 2 basic ones + a subwoofer ?
Should I get entry level speakers (~150€) at first and then buy more expensive ones later on ? But this might be in 5 years so I won't be listenning crappy sound until then
Headphones are nice and all but it is not as confortable as being ears free, being able to walk into the room or share music with friends passing by.
Should I go with passive speakers and invest a bit on a DAC+AMP ?
Subs I'm considering :
- Edifier T5
- Presonus Eris Sub 8T
- Mackie CR8S BT (50% of my budget !!!)
Speakers models I'm considering :
- Logitec Z313 - Z533
- Some Peebles model in 2.0 or 2.1
- Edifier M60
- Edifier QR65
- Mackie CR4-X
- Behringer Truth 3.5
- Edifier R1700BTs (apparently R1855DB has issues with a very low volume through subout line)
- Edifier S360DB
- iLoud Micro Monitor
- JBL 305P MKII
- Kali LP6 2nd Wave
Obviously the last two are way better than the others but at the cost of not having budget for a sub ! Also they do not have bluetooth, which is not mandatory but is a nice to have especially to send digital signal to the speakers as my PC doesn't have a S/PDIF output.
I would really like to know what you guys think. What should be my priority, what models do you recommend ?
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