Bren Derlin
Active Member
Your sound demo is with Jay Z?
I don't know why I'm spending the effort writing this, but I'm going to...
Spending GOBS and GOBS of more money on high end speakers won't help you with your tiny space, unless you can properly place your speakers - which you continually tell us you can't do. So it'd be a giant waste of money thinking Diablos or Utopias are going to fix your sound issues. You're certainly not going to replicate the sound a luxury auto focal audio experience on desk in your space.
You're better off buying these:
B&W MM1 desktop speakers
Kanto Desktop Speaker Stands
M1 MacBook Air - 16GB RAM
and subscribing to Apple Music to stream their lossless music library.
MM1 Speaker review
The MM-1s are a two-way, fully active loudspeaker design complete with Nautilus tube tweeters and a three-inch bass/midrange driver. They feature an internal 18 Watt digital amplifier that consumes 12 Watts of total power when on and less than one Watt of power in standby mode. The MM-1s have a reported frequency response of 38Hz to 22kHz.
The midrange is very musical and decidedly non-digital sounding despite the MM-1's all-digital build and design. The Nautilus tweeter, even when used in such a compact chassis, possesses great extension and poise when played back at reasonable volumes. As for the bass, the MM-1 performs quite admirably. While other desktop or computer speakers plunge lower with the help of a subwoofer, the MM-1's bass is far better integrated and musical than the competition - even if it doesn't go as deep. What is most surprising about the MM-1's sound isn't that they sound good; it's the fact that they image like a pair of stand-mounted monitors. The MM-1s cast a soundstage that is unlike anything I've ever heard from a computer-based speaker system before; one that is rife with detail but also one that is very cleanly and clearly defined with a surprising amount of air.
I have this very set up, and I can 100% vouch for this review. These speakers can deliver goosebump city as much as my Revel M16 and Revel M106. Feed them good music, and they deliver in spades.
My set-up?
The speakers are near ear height on those Kanto stands, and I'm listening to them right now. I'm listening to "Nature Boy" by Special EFX, one of my reference tracks. I can totally lose myself listening to these little speakers. I have them pushed a little wide so I'm inside the listening triangle. I give the volume a little juice, and it's absolutely exceptional. Far better than it really should be. The soundstage is wide and deep with plenty of separation. Honestly, these are the ONLY B&W Speakers i've heard I actually like. Everything else has been overly hollow, bright and abrasively harsh. These have beautiful mid tones, wonderful detail on the upper end. Very good clarity - maybe not as great as the KEF R3 - but I also found that to be harsh and fatiguing. ...The mid-bass texture is a little veiled, but not terribly so. And to be honest, the sound signature feels much more like the Revel M16 than any B&W speaker below $2,000 USD.
To be honest, I wish the audio in my 2019 Honda Pilot sounded this good.
I'm sure there are other desktop powered computer speakers that may sound better. But honestly, these are 100% good enough for me. They're small, unassuming, and sound amazing. Now that I'm thinking about it, and I can find these speakers for about $200, I'm tempted to buy a second pair, and throw the Bose desktop speakers that were gifted to me as a birthday present 10 years ago. LOL
I don't know why I'm spending the effort writing this, but I'm going to...
Spending GOBS and GOBS of more money on high end speakers won't help you with your tiny space, unless you can properly place your speakers - which you continually tell us you can't do. So it'd be a giant waste of money thinking Diablos or Utopias are going to fix your sound issues. You're certainly not going to replicate the sound a luxury auto focal audio experience on desk in your space.
You're better off buying these:
B&W MM1 desktop speakers
Kanto Desktop Speaker Stands
M1 MacBook Air - 16GB RAM
and subscribing to Apple Music to stream their lossless music library.
MM1 Speaker review
The MM-1s are a two-way, fully active loudspeaker design complete with Nautilus tube tweeters and a three-inch bass/midrange driver. They feature an internal 18 Watt digital amplifier that consumes 12 Watts of total power when on and less than one Watt of power in standby mode. The MM-1s have a reported frequency response of 38Hz to 22kHz.
The midrange is very musical and decidedly non-digital sounding despite the MM-1's all-digital build and design. The Nautilus tweeter, even when used in such a compact chassis, possesses great extension and poise when played back at reasonable volumes. As for the bass, the MM-1 performs quite admirably. While other desktop or computer speakers plunge lower with the help of a subwoofer, the MM-1's bass is far better integrated and musical than the competition - even if it doesn't go as deep. What is most surprising about the MM-1's sound isn't that they sound good; it's the fact that they image like a pair of stand-mounted monitors. The MM-1s cast a soundstage that is unlike anything I've ever heard from a computer-based speaker system before; one that is rife with detail but also one that is very cleanly and clearly defined with a surprising amount of air.
I have this very set up, and I can 100% vouch for this review. These speakers can deliver goosebump city as much as my Revel M16 and Revel M106. Feed them good music, and they deliver in spades.
My set-up?
The speakers are near ear height on those Kanto stands, and I'm listening to them right now. I'm listening to "Nature Boy" by Special EFX, one of my reference tracks. I can totally lose myself listening to these little speakers. I have them pushed a little wide so I'm inside the listening triangle. I give the volume a little juice, and it's absolutely exceptional. Far better than it really should be. The soundstage is wide and deep with plenty of separation. Honestly, these are the ONLY B&W Speakers i've heard I actually like. Everything else has been overly hollow, bright and abrasively harsh. These have beautiful mid tones, wonderful detail on the upper end. Very good clarity - maybe not as great as the KEF R3 - but I also found that to be harsh and fatiguing. ...The mid-bass texture is a little veiled, but not terribly so. And to be honest, the sound signature feels much more like the Revel M16 than any B&W speaker below $2,000 USD.
To be honest, I wish the audio in my 2019 Honda Pilot sounded this good.
I'm sure there are other desktop powered computer speakers that may sound better. But honestly, these are 100% good enough for me. They're small, unassuming, and sound amazing. Now that I'm thinking about it, and I can find these speakers for about $200, I'm tempted to buy a second pair, and throw the Bose desktop speakers that were gifted to me as a birthday present 10 years ago. LOL
