Basic question for a total newbie.

[MRAMIUS]

So I decided I need some music in my hobby room, and I had an old teac ag-d200 I could use. I bought a Wiim mini and connected this via optical. I found some Yamaha ns-pb200 speakers brand new in box at a charity shop so picked them up to make a simple 2.0 system. While reading about entry level budget setups I heard about dac's. Would a dac improve the sound? Or would some other upgrade be a better investment.
To be honest, I think it sounds fine now, I stream via amazon music with high bit rates and I followed set up guides for the wiim so I am comfortable that I don't need to do anything there. I do not have room for floor based speaker stands, would there be much improvement with other types of mounts?
Sorry for the ramble, just don't know what I don't know yet!

 

[ZolaIII]

No. Get a sub, find the mic for AVR and let him do a room correction. When opportunity appears get a real measurement microphone and start playing with REW.

 

[MRAMIUS]

Just had to Google REW and that sounds useful! I think a sub might be my first step though. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Zek]

If those speakers are positioned like in the picture, nothing new will improve the sound quality.

 

[BDWoody]

Sorry for the ramble, just don't know what I don't know yet.

Welcome! Glad you found us, and glad you've got yourself a fun little setup to start playing with.

 

[Petevid]

Very soon, I hear the Wiim mini will have room correction as un update so you just need your phone to be able to play with PEQ and room correction

 

[JeremyFife]

Hi, and welcome
For now, don't rush to buy more things. Get used to your system in your room.

I don't know what the DAC in your Teak is like, but it's probably absolutely fine and adding an external one is unlikely to make much difference. You could see what it's like to connect your WiiM mini to the Teak's line in (i.e. use the DAC in the WiiM) but only if you want to try it out. I'd suggest leaving it as you have it.

A subwoofer could be good but - big but - #1 they can be tricky to integrate and #2 you need to get your 2.0 setup right first.

Your biggest improvement right now will come from changing the positioning of your speakers.
Then see what room correction - either with your Teak or with the WiiM - does for you.

Get your current system nailed, then start thinking about change. You say it sounds good now, which is good news.

Enjoy the music

 

[MRAMIUS]

If those speakers are positioned like in the picture, nothing new will improve the sound quality.

I have limited space in the area I will be listening to music. Would using wall brackets/shelves be better?

 

[MRAMIUS]

Hi, and welcome
For now, don't rush to buy more things. Get used to your system in your room.

I don't know what the DAC in your Teak is like, but it's probably absolutely fine and adding an external one is unlikely to make much difference. You could see what it's like to connect your WiiM mini to the Teak's line in (i.e. use the DAC in the WiiM) but only if you want to try it out. I'd suggest leaving it as you have it.

A subwoofer could be good but - big but - #1 they can be tricky to integrate and #2 you need to get your 2.0 setup right first.

Your biggest improvement right now will come from changing the positioning of your speakers.
Then see what room correction - either with your Teak or with the WiiM - does for you.

Get your current system nailed, then start thinking about change. You say it sounds good now, which is good news.

Enjoy the music

I did try using the dac I. The wiim and it was fine, but the teac just sounds brighter somehow! I am going to work out how to do room correction/REW and see what impact this has. Thanks for the advice!

 

[ZolaIII]

I have limited space in the area I will be listening to music. Would using wall brackets/shelves be better?

No, providing us the room dimensions or playing your self with placement and REW room simulator (for which you don't need mic or anything, just a PC) would. There is no substitute for fairly good placement. But picture does look like room is work in progress so I didn't want to comment on that at first.
Edit: If possible you don't want window's behind the speakers (but a solid wall) especially not directly, and you will want to dump windows with some heavy curtains anyway.

 

[JeremyFife]

I have limited space in the area I will be listening to music. Would using wall brackets/shelves be better?

Actually, you might not even need to do that.

Things to consider:
Ideally your tweeters will be at ear-height, if they are too low you want to raise the speakers up. If they are too high, you can angle the speakers down. You can get high density foam pads or little adjustable stands - or just play about with books to start with.
Again, ideally, you want a listening arrangement shaped like an equilateral triangle (same distance between the speakers as the distance you sit from them)

Try toe-ing in or out. Angle the speakers at you, and then experiment with different angles and see what that does for imaging / sound.
Move the speakers closer to / further from the wall (if you can)

You might find you end up wanting the speakers further apart, in which case wall mounting makes sense.

If you download a copy or REW it has a great room simulation feature - enter your room dimensions and speaker position and it will estimate the idealised frequency response. You can move your speakers around virtually and see what that does (without balancing speakers precariously on crates!).

Play about, experiment. Enjoy