welldeservedpaunch
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Hi all,
I've been lurking for a few months. Thanks for all the great information here; I love all the charts and graphs! Data is important.
I recently started working from home, and with everything else going on in the house, it is useful to have some music playing sometimes. I find the music from my iphone is actually pretty good, except it doesn't seem to have any bass (not surprising given the size of the drivers). But vocals are, to me, surprisingly good. For comparison, I have a small Oontz bluetooth speaker that has more bass, but sounds muddy (sorry for the non-technical descriptions; that's just the word that comes to mind). I'd like to spend as little money as possible but upgrade the sound.
I've tried several headphones, and can't seem to find something that is comfortable for long (more than 30 minutes). Either the fit becomes uncomfortable, my ears get warm, or the sound starts to bother me. So I'm pretty much ignoring headphones. (I haven't tried anything over $200 so maybe I just need more expensive headphones...)
Since this would just be casual listening, what do you think about having a single (mono) speaker? Several of the reviews mention how great music can sound in mono. Something like one Kali LP-6 v2, driven by my iphone + Apple DAC/dongle?
If that's a good idea, how would I connect something like that? There doesn't seem to be a single cable that takes the stereo output from the dongle and converts to something the LP-6 can take (XLR, TRS, RCA)? But some other posts indicate potential problems if you don't do this correctly.
Sorry, too many questions in one post, but they are all related. I'm open to suggestions for different approaches.
I've been lurking for a few months. Thanks for all the great information here; I love all the charts and graphs! Data is important.
I recently started working from home, and with everything else going on in the house, it is useful to have some music playing sometimes. I find the music from my iphone is actually pretty good, except it doesn't seem to have any bass (not surprising given the size of the drivers). But vocals are, to me, surprisingly good. For comparison, I have a small Oontz bluetooth speaker that has more bass, but sounds muddy (sorry for the non-technical descriptions; that's just the word that comes to mind). I'd like to spend as little money as possible but upgrade the sound.
I've tried several headphones, and can't seem to find something that is comfortable for long (more than 30 minutes). Either the fit becomes uncomfortable, my ears get warm, or the sound starts to bother me. So I'm pretty much ignoring headphones. (I haven't tried anything over $200 so maybe I just need more expensive headphones...)
Since this would just be casual listening, what do you think about having a single (mono) speaker? Several of the reviews mention how great music can sound in mono. Something like one Kali LP-6 v2, driven by my iphone + Apple DAC/dongle?
If that's a good idea, how would I connect something like that? There doesn't seem to be a single cable that takes the stereo output from the dongle and converts to something the LP-6 can take (XLR, TRS, RCA)? But some other posts indicate potential problems if you don't do this correctly.
Sorry, too many questions in one post, but they are all related. I'm open to suggestions for different approaches.