Neither the Q Acoustics, nor the Dali are particularly competent speakers:
This is a review and detailed measurements of the Q Acoustics 3020i bookshelf speaker. It was kindly purchased new by a member and drop shipped to me. It costs US $315 from Amazon including free shipping. It is so hard for companies to differentiate themselves with budget speakers but Q...
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This is a review and detailed measurements of the Dali Spektor 1 bookshelf speaker. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $249 from Amazon including Prime shipping. With the grill, the Spektor 1 looks like a $30 speaker but take it off and it has some style to it: As soon as I took...
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I'd take a look at the Neumi Silk 4:
Neumi Silk 4 Speaker Review
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thanks!
the main problem is that the measurements are calculated at high volume, while i listen at low volumes, and that changes everything.
for example, polk audio es20 got great review here, but i found people saying that on low volumes it sound muffled.
on dac & amps, measurements tells you most of the story. i mean, there's high correlation between measurements and subjective listening (and that's why i bought topping D50s and fosi audio bt20a, based on the reviews here).
but i think that for speakers, measurements are less important. even Amir wrote of few speakers measurements (i think triangle comete was one of those) that the measurements were mediocre, but sounded good.
that's why i'm asking here people that have those speakers, to get the reviews.