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Well, that’s just, like, your opinion. Design is the worst. Searching for bookshelf speakers during the last month was an appalling experience. I think they al
by arrrg 13y ago
Well, that’s just, like, your opinion.
Design is the worst. Searching for bookshelf speakers during the last month was an appalling experience. I think they all look absolutely disgusting, no matter how much you want to spend. HiFi people all have disgusting taste. But that’s also just my opinion. They seem to honestly believe that their ugly bookshelf speakers are stunning.
- buttsex 13y agoIf you are looking at the lower end, have you checked out the Audioengine A2 speakers? I have the black ones and while they aren't the sexiest, pure black is pretty good looking.
- daeken 13y agoAudioengine A5 + Audioengine S8 + Nuforce Icon HDP is my current rig. Can't be beaten in its price bracket, IMO.
- sjwright 13y agoOh it can be beaten. For hundreds less you can easily build a near-identical system. For example: Audioengine A5 + Audioengine S8 + Behringer UCA202. DACs are grossly overrated when it comes to their influence on sound quality. Regardless, the UCA202 measures outstandingly well. For somewhat less you can easily build a much, much, much, much better system. For example: Audioengine A5 + Audioengine S8 + Behringer UCA202 + MiniDSP 2x4 + MiniDSP UMIK-1 + Room EQ Wizard. This nets you basic room response correction, plus an active crossover between the speakers and sub. Configured well, you could get a more linear response, better imaging, and better bass integration.
- daeken 13y agoTo be fair, the reason I got the NuForce Icon HDP is for my headphones (Sennheiser HD650); the DAC is great, but the preamp for headphones is downright spectacular. Anyway, it doubles as my DAC for my speakers.
- arrrg 13y agoHa, the Audioengine speakers were the notable exception. I thought they looked ok. In the end I decided against them. An Airplay speaker is my stopgap measure for my current (tiny) living space and maybe I will take another look in 5-10 years. I prefer listening with my headphones anyway.
- xxpor 13y agoI think most hifi people would say if you're basing your speaker decision on how they look you're doing it wrong.
- arrrg 13y agoNo, they are convinced that the speakers look gorgeous. Besides, I think looks are quite important. You have to live with those things in the end and I do not want to have ugly boxes in my living space.
- phonon 13y agoHave you looked at minipod speakers? They are quite impressive in form and function. http://store.podspeakers.com/product/minipod-mk2-106/ http://store.podspeakers.com/product/minipod-mk2-106/ or http://store.podspeakers.com/category/smallpod-18/ http://store.podspeakers.com/category/smallpod-18/
- platz 13y agoLooks weird to me...
- phonon 13y agoNo, this is weird... http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Speakers/Home_Audio/Nautilus/Technologies.html http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Speakers/Home_Audio/Nautilus/T...
- arrrg 13y agoDon’t even get me started on how ridiculously overpriced and full of voodoo bullshit all the HiFi stuff is, you know, besides being extremely ugly (like the speakers you are linked to – which are not the typical rustic look but still disgustingly ugly). I mean – for example – fucking bi-wiring terminals? I can’t seriously buy shit from companies that support and feed into superstition like that. Also, you can trust no one, everyone who reviews this shit is themselves highly irrational with a big aversion to the scientific method. Those idiots are reviewing €1,000 speaker cables seriously. I don’t think I could ever trust crooks like that. I don’t think I will ever be able to even communicate with people who get €100 gold-plated USB cables … I’m guessing the reason for that all is that HiFi has seriously fallen out of the mainstream and now it’s all about computers and TVs. All that remained for HiFi companies and the journalism surrounding it is to chase and foster unreason. Also, seriously fucked-up aesthetic tastes.