kokorodoko wrote:Hello friends.I am looking to get some for real speakers. Basically what I want are ones that can fit on my desk, and work well for listening to music from the computer (i.e. don't need an amplifier or things like that). Price around ‚¬500.I've been looking at these for some time:http://www.andreassonmusik.se/#/kategor ... er/vxt4-stBut I'm a complete newb in this area. Help would be appreciated.How big is your desk?

Hello friends.I am looking to get some for real speakers. Basically what I want are ones that can fit on my desk, and work well for listening to music from the computer (i.e. don't need an amplifier or things like that). Price around ‚¬500.I've been looking at these for some time:http://www.andreassonmusik.se/#/kategor ... er/vxt4-stBut I'm a complete newb in this area. Help would be appreciated.

How big is your desk?Oh, wait, the bi-amped Emotiva Airmotiv 5s have been around forever and everyone loves them.https://www.cnet.com/news/emotiva-airmo ... iophiliac/

My father in law is a professional horn player and has a little recording/listening setup in his music room . He got a pair of powered bookshelf speakers that sound totally fine and were definitely in your price range. I'm pretty sure the brand is Audioengine, although I think there are a lot of good ported bookshelf speakers out there using small onboard amps.

JAMO-CORNET-40These speakers sound great. I own a pair. Cheap!I think Klipsch now owns Jamo.https://www.ebay.com/itm/-IV-BookShelf- ... rk:20:pf:0

This is a good deal. These sound great and kill anything near the used price.https://www.ebay.com/itm/B-W-DM601-S3-M ... ctupt=true

twelvepoint wrote:My father in law is a professional horn player and has a little recording/listening setup in his music room . He got a pair of powered bookshelf speakers that sound totally fine and were definitely in your price range. I'm pretty sure the brand is Audioengine, although I think there are a lot of good ported bookshelf speakers out there using small onboard amps.Follow-up:I finally picked up a pair of their A5+ speakers and was not impressed. Imaging wasn't stable, mids seemed distorty and there's this weird exaggeration around 125Hz that muddies it up. Was able to EQ the 125Hz stuff and that cleaned things up, but the midrange distortion was still annoying. So I'm returning them. These got a lot of really good recommendations, and the brief time I heard them at my in-laws they sounded ok, so maybe I got a bad pair?

garthplinko wrote:twelvepoint wrote:twelvepoint wrote:My father in law is a professional horn player and has a little recording/listening setup in his music room . He got a pair of powered bookshelf speakers that sound totally fine and were definitely in your price range. I'm pretty sure the brand is Audioengine, although I think there are a lot of good ported bookshelf speakers out there using small onboard amps.Follow-up:I finally picked up a pair of their A5+ speakers and was not impressed. Imaging wasn't stable, mids seemed distorty and there's this weird exaggeration around 125Hz that muddies it up. Was able to EQ the 125Hz stuff and that cleaned things up, but the midrange distortion was still annoying. So I'm returning them. These got a lot of really good recommendations, and the brief time I heard them at my in-laws they sounded ok, so maybe I got a bad pair?Could it be placement/acoustics of your room? Dragging my live rig out from spot to spot, I'm frequently confronted w/ weird eq spikes. That wouldn't correct the distortion of course...I'd probably contact their customer service.My room has some issues, but I had a small pair of B&W speakers in the same place and they sounded fine. If the distortion wasn't also an issue I'd have probably thrown some EQ at it. I think I just want another pair that's like the B&Ws, but not $1100, or whatever I paid for them

Redline wrote:This is a good deal. These sound great and kill anything near the used price.https://www.ebay.com/itm/B-W-DM601-S3-M ... ctupt=trueNormally, I'd want to buy-new with speakers, but these look really nice and the price is attractive.