EDIT: Scratch all that below. Aiyima A07 + Belkin SoundForm Connect for Apple Airplay music over wifi. I'll figure out the passive speaker situation.
Bluetooth sucks and Airplay is great with apple music with its high bandwidth and wifi range etc. I can control audio volume from phone and I'll just manually adjust turntable volume...its a turntable and I'm already over there anyways.
I'm building out a small/clean (no big receiver allowed - wife) budget audio setup to play a nice Fluance RT82 turntable on and bluetooth/casted audio...for a mid-sized room. General listening, dinner parties, nothing blaring aside from maybe some AC/DC once in a while from the kids. I've gotten all kinds of recommendations on reddit that seem decent, but obviously ASR and anything Amir is doing at least has some practical testing behind it. What's the short list of powered speakers that are good/great for 300/350$? Need a remote.
I'm investigating passive speakers (and buying some) but getting a nice 30/35W small classD amp is spendy since we need a remote (hell maybe I bail on the remote??) and likely bluetooth (would prefer air play tho). Regardless, getting something like Loxjie A30 185$ + Jamo S 803s 140$ or JBL A130's....its maxing the budget quickly because of the amp. I start to wonder if its worth it for us who aren't planning on upgrading a fancy system periodically.
Bluetooth sucks and Airplay is great with apple music with its high bandwidth and wifi range etc. I can control audio volume from phone and I'll just manually adjust turntable volume...its a turntable and I'm already over there anyways.
I'm building out a small/clean (no big receiver allowed - wife) budget audio setup to play a nice Fluance RT82 turntable on and bluetooth/casted audio...for a mid-sized room. General listening, dinner parties, nothing blaring aside from maybe some AC/DC once in a while from the kids. I've gotten all kinds of recommendations on reddit that seem decent, but obviously ASR and anything Amir is doing at least has some practical testing behind it. What's the short list of powered speakers that are good/great for 300/350$? Need a remote.
I'm investigating passive speakers (and buying some) but getting a nice 30/35W small classD amp is spendy since we need a remote (hell maybe I bail on the remote??) and likely bluetooth (would prefer air play tho). Regardless, getting something like Loxjie A30 185$ + Jamo S 803s 140$ or JBL A130's....its maxing the budget quickly because of the amp. I start to wonder if its worth it for us who aren't planning on upgrading a fancy system periodically.
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