Edifier R1700BT, Onkyo D-T25, Taga Harmony TAV-806s or JBL Control One

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Hello mates, a budget audiophile here.

I am in need of urgent recommendation between these speakers. I have read many reviews of r1700bt over past week and decided to go for them in upcoming sale (starting in less than 1 hour now) for $115.. but I recently stumbled upon a hifi site which is selling the next 3 speakers for similar price.

My use purpose is listening to Music and watching movies in a medium size room.

I have been searching for reviews of all 3 speakers for past hour but haven't found any yet. If anyone has any idea if these are better than R1700BT, I'll be grateful. Thanks.

PS - I am not sure where to make such post. If it is in the wrong sub-forum, do let me know I'll delete it.

 

[sweetchaos]

We don't have spinorama for R1700BT, but we have for R1280T (a cheaper model):
Amir's review.

I'm not sure of the difference between JBL Control 1 and Control 1 Pro...
Amir's review.

Very weak bass response...subs will be required here.

We don't have spinorama for Onkyo D-T25 or Taga Harmony TAV-806.

I would probably pick Edifiers...just don't expect a high-level of performance...simply based on R1280T's measurements, we see resonances, non-neutral response, and directivity issues. But at that price, it's expected.

 

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I would probably pick Edifiers...just don't expect a high-level of performance...simply based on R1280T's measurements, we see resonances, non-neutral response, and directivity issues. But at that price, it's expected.

Thank you, dear sir, for a quick reply.

I had shortlisted R1280T after reading reviews of Presonus Eris 3.5, Mackie CR3-X, JBL One and R1280T from this forum only.

But then I read that R1700BT have slightly better SQ due to DSP and DRC and watched a few videos, hence I decided on R1700BT.

Your reply further validates my decision, hence Edifier it will be. Thanks again.

 

[MarkWinston]

Here are charts of the 1700BT showing bass and treble gain. You can smooth out the upper frequencies by going -3 treble but there is nothing you can do about the 80hz hump, maybe going -3 or -4 will bring that bump down but that would hurt the upper bass a bit. Also there is a suckout at 1.5khz but there is nothing you can do about that unless you have an eq. If you have the choice, go for the R1700BTS or the R1850DB / R1855DB that has a sub out. Even a good budget sub will help a lot.

 

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Also there is a suckout at 1.5khz but there is nothing you can do about that unless you have an eq. If you have the choice, go for the R1700BTS or the R1850DB / R1855DB that has a sub out. Even a good budget sub will help a lot.

I am short on budget so will stick with R1700BT atm but will definitely upgrade an year or two down the line. Thanks.