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I went through the computer speaker setup options at the start of lockdown. In the end I went with a reasonable well reviewed for price (cheap) front ported pa
by tiew9Vii 6y ago
I went through the computer speaker setup options at the start of lockdown.
In the end I went with a reasonable well reviewed for price (cheap) front ported passive speakers Jamo S 803. Front ported as they sit close to a wall so front porting is supposed to stop the boomy sound. They are small enough to sit on a desk but slightly bigger than average computer speakers so get a fuller sound.
I then paired it with a SMSL SA300 class D amplifier. The thing is tiny, has bluetooth, aux in and usb dac. I connect using the inbuilt usb dac instead of aux in as noticed with my imac there was a very slight audible hum from computer noise on aux. As it's a class D amp it has low power draw.
For a small office home office (small spare bedroom) I find it a good setup. The stereo imaging is very good, it's like voices are right in front of you, the tiny amp is more than powerful enough for the small room (it's not a home cinema).
The setup worked out cheaper than a reasonable priced pair of active studio monitors. It seems better than most computer designed speakers I've listened to and again cheaper than the better computer designed speakers with usb dac built in.