I have some 305mkii which I use for playing soft synths and I think nearfield listening is really engaging in a way that normal speakers are not. Anyone else have that experience?
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It is never particularly convenient for me to listen to a desktop system.
I would be surprised if SQ is of prime importance for background music, though it might as well be good.
I have an old system in my study with Proac EBS speakers but I almost never switch it on, I can't work with music in the background, so I either listen or work!
On the odd occasion I put music on whilst I am at my desk I don't really notice the SQ, though that could be because it isn't bad.
I would be surprised if SQ is of prime importance for background music, though it might as well be good.
I have an old system in my study with Proac EBS speakers but I almost never switch it on, I can't work with music in the background, so I either listen or work!
On the odd occasion I put music on whilst I am at my desk I don't really notice the SQ, though that could be because it isn't bad.
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In a way they can be. I would love to have had a nearfield system like a pair of 305s and a source when I was living in a college dorm room. Alas that was a long time ago, and you were more likely to hear Pioneer HPM100's or Cerwin Vegas or JBL L100's driven by a receiver with cassette tape or LP for the source.
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Reminds me of the HPM 150s I had in the early 80's. Loved that tweeter thingymajig on top even though the treble on these speakers sucked big time.
I love nearfield listening, it's like a middle ground between speakers and headphones, where room interactions are minimized but not eliminated.
I'm using a pair of Kef Q15 in my nearfield PC setup. Just recently changed out the ferrofluid, and recapped them.
The only downside for me is listening to quiet music, I can hear my PC fans. I just recently swapped out my ball bearing case fans for FDB fans. Problem now is the CPU fan is the loudest fan. I don't really want to swap that to a quieter fan since my summers are brutal even with AC.
I'm using a pair of Kef Q15 in my nearfield PC setup. Just recently changed out the ferrofluid, and recapped them.
The only downside for me is listening to quiet music, I can hear my PC fans. I just recently swapped out my ball bearing case fans for FDB fans. Problem now is the CPU fan is the loudest fan. I don't really want to swap that to a quieter fan since my summers are brutal even with AC.
I love my 4-200mm and 3-140mm fans. I let them smoothly hum and hiss away because they lull me to sleep @ naptime
I love my 4-200mm and 3-140mm fans. I let them smoothly hum and hiss away because they lull me to sleep @ naptime
I'm still using a case in my main PC, that I built my PC in college with 18 years ago. It can only take 80mm fans, I've got 5 of them. But the FDB fans are silent even at 80mm, just don't flow as well as loud ball bearing fans. My CPU fan is a 120 mm delta. It's fairly audible even when throttled down.
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I was thinking the other day how remarkable things are now compared to back in the day when a 30-35mm monster fan cooled the monster video card and 80mm 55CFM-70CFM fans where only for the fearless
The hardcore cut holes in the case over the processor for a 80mm fan...lol ... and now we are overclocking multicore processors to 5GHz, using 200mm fans and that's considered normal. I said when I can OC to 5GHz I get a new pooder and I did.
Yeah for sure... hehe .. and in some ways I was more immersed then in the pooder operation and 3D games than I am now. I look back and yes I can still play Unreal, Half Life, Duke Nukem and Doom and have a great time. Now the pooder updates are all auto, fixes itself most times on auto and generally is much more relaxed and in some ways it's boring. I liked being on IRC helping peeps sort out troblems and get them up and operating. It was a hobby for me.
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