Very simple setep

[bt3]

Mostly a boisterous place I live along busy road with not much setback. NC headphones usually used to listen to music, but sometimes have yin to hear music from external speaker when things quiet down.
Thinking using Pixel 8, Fosi DS2 or DX3 Pro+ with single monitor in small bedroom. Just one Genelec G Two or Genelec 8020. Thinking G One/8010 wouldl be very bass light, thus the G Two or 8020. My redbook and high rez files will reside on the Pixel 8.
Can I do this? USB-C from Pixel to Fosi or Topping to balanced socket to Genelec- right? I’m missing something, I just know I am.

 

[staticV3]

Can I do this? USB-C from Pixel to Fosi or Topping to balanced socket to Genelec- right?

Yup!

Though personally I'd get a WiiM Pro or Pro Plus to untether the phone and apply room correction

 

[bt3]

Yup!

Though personally I'd get a WiiM Pro or Pro Plus to untether the phone and apply room correction

The listening room is 11 x 14 feet with 8 foot ceiling that peaks to 10 feet. The speaker would be set on a small dresser drawer mid long wall. Clearly room correction would be helpful. Wondering iif single 8010 would suffice? I know many love their Wiim’s. I’m old enough now that budget audio is my overwhelming option. The Genelec would be a splurge for me. That will make some smile. Healthcare expenses suck-up my budget like audio gear did when I was middle age. Could you explain how I should connect a Pixel 8 to > Fosi DS2 or Topping DX3Pro+ to > Genelec 8010 (or 8020). Thank you.

 

[DVDdoug]

Just one Genelec G....

Converting to mono can be a bit tricky. If you're only listening to one channel you aren't hearing the whole program. Check to see if your phone (or player app) has a setting for mono. If it does, it will mix left & right together and you'll be OK (with most recordings).

 

[LTig]

Converting to mono can be a bit tricky. If you're only listening to one channel you aren't hearing the whole program. Check to see if your phone (or player app) has a setting for mono. If it does, it will mix left & right together and you'll be OK (with most recordings).

Yep. Better go for two 8020 and use a simple Dongle-DAC to feed them unbalanced. Cables from a musician's shop. I do this and it work just fine. For room EQ think about a Qudelix 5 as Dongle-DAC.

 

[staticV3]

The listening room is 11 x 14 feet with 8 foot ceiling that peaks to 10 feet. The speaker would be set on a small dresser drawer mid long wall. Clearly room correction would be helpful. Wondering if single 8010 would suffice? I know many love their Wiim’s. I’m old enough now that budget audio is my overwhelming option. The Genelec would be a splurge for me. That will make some smile. Healthcare expenses suck-up my budget like audio gear did when I was middle age.

Would recommend you first give the Google Nest Audio a try:

Google Nest Audio Speaker Review

This is a review, teardown, detailed measurements, listening tests and EQ of Google Audio Nest "smart" streaming speaker. It was kindly drop shipped to me by a member. List price is US $99.99 but I see it as low as US $65. While not very unique in its looks, the Nest Audio nicely fits in the...

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It's smaller and has less distortion than the G One, but bass extension on par with, if not better than, the G Two.
And it's a helluvalot cheaper than either.

Insane really what you get for the money.
A sealed aluminium+magnesium chassis and shockingly good woofer->tweeter integration via DSP crossover and a well optimized waveguide.

Lots of very satisfied owners in the comments as well, FWIW.

Room correction could be applied to your Hires files, Tidal, and Qobuz via USB Audio Player Pro, but would be missing once you play from Spotify, YouTube etc.

 

[kemmler3D]

Wondering iif single 8010 would suffice

If it were me I'd rather go with two cheaper speakers, or one bigger, cheaper speaker. I have 8030s but I think the 8010 is meant for true nearfield and almost requires a sub.

Check out the JBL 308P, cheaper than an 8010, but with much more oomph and still very good dispersion for it's cost.

 

[Power Pop 23]

Yup!

Though personally I'd get a WiiM Pro or Pro Plus to untether the phone and apply room correction

It is my understanding the output of a WiiM Pro (Plus) streamer can be set to Mono

 

[bt3]

Not to seem dismissive, but some of these devices are geared to streaming. I do not stream. Some devices would not play many (dsf) files I have on my drives. Some of these devices have a file resolution with ceiling of 192. I have almost 4TB of music files. I could not listen to all my music files (in the time I set aside for listening to music) far beyond the time I have left to live. When I want to step outside cherry-picking from my huge music library, I tend to listen to college radio stations that play a wide variety of music programs (playing worldwide music as well as more colloquial new Western music). Of course live music is my #1 choice, but at my age that is an occasional treat and not a regular event.

 

[staticV3]

Not to seem dismissive, but some of these devices are geared to streaming. I do not stream. Some devices would not play files I have on external USB drives. Some of these devices have a file resolution to 192. I have almost 4TB of music files I own. I could listen to music I have far beyond the time I have left to live. When I want to step outside my huge music library, I tend to listen to local college radio stations that play a wide variety of music programs that broaden my already large music collection.
Really do not want to come across as snarky or living in the past, but after over fifty years of
nurturing where my music interests primarily lie, I have no interest in streaming, nor interest in being one of the millions who help build larger data bases of people personal preferences so I can be marketed to and/or help enrich those who profit in selling this data collection. Granted I’m already a part of that in that I own a Pixel phone which provides a mine of dats, though I set my preferences and make my phone habits as austere as possible for Google and other data miners. The again. There’s no escaping data collection as we know in many things that are necessary to living in modern digital life. The medical field as just one example. I don’t deny enormous data bases can yield positive outcomes for humanity in some cases. With music playback however, looking only to play my music files off a USB hard drive and/or some of my music files stored on my smartphone. Thank you.

You can stream your music tracks from your Pixel to the speaker, entirely on your local network, without connecting to any cloud or external server.

Buying a WiiM or Nest Audio does not mean that you have to use a cloud streaming service or share relevant user data.

It just means that you can use your Pixel without a wire attached and have easier access to room correction, an optimized signal chain, etc.

 

[bt3]

It is my understanding the output of a WiiM Pro (Plus) streamer can be set to Mono

 

[bt3]

You can steam your music tracks from your Pixel to the speaker, entirely on your local network, without connecting to any cloud or external server.

Buying a WiiM or Nest Audio does not mean that you have to use a cloud streaming service or share relevant user data.

It just means that you can use your Pixel without a wire attached and have easier access to room correction, an optimized signal chain, etc.

Sorry. I was editing my post as it was too long.

 

[bt3]

You can stream your music tracks from your Pixel to the speaker, entirely on your local network, without connecting to any cloud or external server.

Buying a WiiM or Nest Audio does not mean that you have to use a cloud streaming service or share relevant user data.

It just means that you can use your Pixel without a wire attached and have easier access to room correction, an optimized signal chain, etc.

Got it. Thank you!

 

[bt3]

Converting to mono can be a bit tricky. If you're only listening to one channel you aren't hearing the whole program. Check to see if your phone (or player app) has a setting for mono. If it does, it will mix left & right together and you'll be OK (with most recordings).

I tried the Musicolet app on my phone as developer stated there is no privacy intrusion.
This app has a mono setting which sums the right and left channels so you have a decent blend of both channels into a single one. As occurs so often in the digital world, software updates can have unintended consequences to another program/app behavior. I had to uninstall Musicolet. Pity. It used little space, had a pleasing interface, was easy to use and was freeware.

 

[Miguelón]

Genelec 8010 barely destroys its own bass at 75 dB or less, go better to 8020D that has same amplifier than 8030C but less footprint.

Is quite all terrain, for small rooms you can use it with a sub to better bass extension-response or fits perfect on a computer desktop.

Most of time I switch just only one in mono mix at night and ambience is lovely. As they are studio monitors I advice you to get an audio interface, you benefit from professional analogue adaptors to match sensitivity and balanced outputs.

Mine is Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 4th generation, 185€ in Thomann and a fantastic headphone output, or you have also Motu M2 at 225€. Both have excellent opinions among professionals (for recording and monitoring).

They have quite useful adjustments on their controller app on the PC or Mac. Can also be connected directly to a phone or a tablet (class compliant USB 2.0)