I want to replace my passive desktop speakers with active ones. There are multiple reasons why I want to do this. I've read quite a bit about what my options are and for me this will be the most convenient solution.
I've put together a "short list" of speakers I'm interested in. But I suffer from severe analysis paralysis. (with about any decision I need to make in my life
)
So to help me out a little I would like you to tell me which ones from the list you would NOT advise me to buy. (bad build quality, reliability issues, would not work in my set-up because something I overlooked, ...) Please don't advise me to get different ones than the ones in my list. This would only aggravate the situation. Man, do I have first world problems ...
So, this list is this (+ some reasons I think I would better pick a different one from my list
)
1) Adam Audio T5V (BR in the back, too bright: bump in high freq., reports of noticeable hiss)
2) Focal Alpha 50 Evo (No reliable NFS data, upper midrange issues reported on 65 Evo, too wide for my desk-space?)
3) KRK Rokit RP5 gen.5 (No NFS data = what's different from gen.4 in this regard? gen.4 had high distortion @96dB)
4) Kali Audio LP6 mk2 (Too large, mk1 had much higher distortion than Adam T5V)
5) Adam Audio T7V (a bit on the larger side, BR in the back)
I have a KRK S10.4 sub. So bass extension is not a priority.
I'm planning on getting the IK Multimedia ARC studio for room correction. But the better from the start the better work the ARC can do.
I have noticed that, in my set-up, having the bass reflex in the back makes upper bass sound more boomy. But I haven't had the chance to try it out with the x-over in the KRK sub. So it could be a non-issue once the main speakers are connected via the balanced out on the sub (x-over does not seem to work on the rca outputs).
Here's a picture of the set-up. (it has had some updates, but nothing relevant to my question here)
The speakers in the picture are HxWxD:360 x 200 x 312 (mm). I would like to go smaller, or certainly not bigger (maybe in 1 dimension)
I've put together a "short list" of speakers I'm interested in. But I suffer from severe analysis paralysis. (with about any decision I need to make in my life
So to help me out a little I would like you to tell me which ones from the list you would NOT advise me to buy. (bad build quality, reliability issues, would not work in my set-up because something I overlooked, ...) Please don't advise me to get different ones than the ones in my list. This would only aggravate the situation. Man, do I have first world problems ...
So, this list is this (+ some reasons I think I would better pick a different one from my list

1) Adam Audio T5V (BR in the back, too bright: bump in high freq., reports of noticeable hiss)
2) Focal Alpha 50 Evo (No reliable NFS data, upper midrange issues reported on 65 Evo, too wide for my desk-space?)
3) KRK Rokit RP5 gen.5 (No NFS data = what's different from gen.4 in this regard? gen.4 had high distortion @96dB)
4) Kali Audio LP6 mk2 (Too large, mk1 had much higher distortion than Adam T5V)
5) Adam Audio T7V (a bit on the larger side, BR in the back)
I have a KRK S10.4 sub. So bass extension is not a priority.
I'm planning on getting the IK Multimedia ARC studio for room correction. But the better from the start the better work the ARC can do.
I have noticed that, in my set-up, having the bass reflex in the back makes upper bass sound more boomy. But I haven't had the chance to try it out with the x-over in the KRK sub. So it could be a non-issue once the main speakers are connected via the balanced out on the sub (x-over does not seem to work on the rca outputs).
Here's a picture of the set-up. (it has had some updates, but nothing relevant to my question here)
The speakers in the picture are HxWxD:360 x 200 x 312 (mm). I would like to go smaller, or certainly not bigger (maybe in 1 dimension)