I've been using a set of audioengine A2 speakers connected to my laptop for years, and they sound good, but i decided i wanted an upgrade so I puchrased some much larger and more expensive kanto YU4 speakers.
I have both speakers sitting on my desk. The audioengine are connected through USB.
The kanto i've tried connecting in 2 ways: Through RCA cables to my topping DX 3 pro DAC and using an aux cord directly to my laptop aux. They sound about the same either way.
The difference between the audioengine and kanto is very noticeable - the audio engine sound far richer, for lack of a better word.
I've not played around with any settings on the kanto speakers - they are as they were out of the box.
Do I need to play around with some equalizwer settings on the kanto speakers?
Do I need to try an optical connection between the kanto speakers and the laptop?
Maybe the audio engine are just better sounding speakers to me?
Edit: Tried aux output directly from laptop, tried aux output from dx3 pro, and tried RCA output from dx3 pro. the YU4 definitely sounds worse.
I have both speakers sitting on my desk. The audioengine are connected through USB.
The kanto i've tried connecting in 2 ways: Through RCA cables to my topping DX 3 pro DAC and using an aux cord directly to my laptop aux. They sound about the same either way.
The difference between the audioengine and kanto is very noticeable - the audio engine sound far richer, for lack of a better word.
I've not played around with any settings on the kanto speakers - they are as they were out of the box.
Do I need to play around with some equalizwer settings on the kanto speakers?
Do I need to try an optical connection between the kanto speakers and the laptop?
Maybe the audio engine are just better sounding speakers to me?
Edit: Tried aux output directly from laptop, tried aux output from dx3 pro, and tried RCA output from dx3 pro. the YU4 definitely sounds worse.
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