Underrated Speakers Thread

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This guy

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fullrange jvc speakers
originally part of their executive microsystems
they're nice and here in europe easy to find cheap

Monoprice 5" studio monitors.

Paid $119 on sale for them, at that price its hard to find anything to complain about.

>>57801983
Why are they underrated? How do they perform?

>>57804217
they just sound amazing

>>57801983
Speakers are never underrated.

Speakers are rather simple devices every company that puts some efforts into it can build.

But, for the spirit of this thread: The small HK PA Lucas Performer pack is cool if you want to play music in some small bar.

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>>57801983
got these on sale for $45.

>>57805566
You still probably paid $30 more than they cost to produce.

What are good speakers for a desk?

I already have large floor standing speakers for the living room, just need a compact pair for my PC.

>>57805622
P.S. Budget $400 for a pair

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How would we know if they are underrated?

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>>57805637
>>57805622
for PC?

KEF Q100
wharfdales in your budget
monitor audio

anything passive and then get SMSL SA-98E for a small awesome amp for around $100

>>57805669
>KEF Q100
If he's looking for a simple desktop speaker, that's a pretty shit choice actually, KEF Q100 are great for a medium-large single room.

Not so good for a small office or desk.

>>57805669
Meh, i'd disagree with the KEF Q100 recommendation, they're fine for volume from such a small speaker, but it's generally overkill for volume projection for a small room and you can get higher quality speakers that aren't as loud for such an environment.


I'll take higher quality and quieter over loud and meh quality any day for an office setup.

>>57805731
>>57805669
>>57805746
Thanks. I really only need decent desk speakers, active or passive is both OK.

The main room already has 2x floor standing Infinity speakers.

>>57805669
god the LS50 are so terrible sounding, how could you even recommend the Q100?

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>>57805731
>>57805746
I fail to see some other recommendations
KEF Q100 get praises all over the internet audio community

>>57805772
whats decent?
you got good budget, if you got room on your desk then go for good ones

google reviews of KEF Q100
but check also Wharfedale Diamon 220 or Diamon 10.2

>>57801983
Micca MB42x (PB42x if you don't have an amp)

Cheap and good.

bummmp

What are those meme JBL powered speakers?
Amps are for fags.

>>57805589
what is this, econ 101?

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>>57805982
Costs 50$, and get an Lepai 2020 amp for 25$. Just as good (measured).

>>57807995
JBL LSR305, also amps are not for fags since the JBLs hiss due to their amp class, that even the cheap Lepai amp doesnt.

>>57809017
I unplug speakers when I'm not using them because they ALL hiss. Whether they're powered or not.

>>57809065
Anon they dont unless you have an shitty amp.

>>57809105
Are there better speakers than those JBLs for around the same price point if I buy a discrete amp then?

>>57809138
Nope, they are better than Klipsch, Rokkit, Yamaha powered ones, and better than KEFs ones. They are literally too good.

>>57805566
38 watt and a sub?
Is that a 20w sub fucking lmao
Really just post pictures i want to see that abomination

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Personally, I'm a fan of NHTs. Was thinking about picking up some Wharfedale Diamond 230s as well.

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>>57801983
I'm pretty fucking happy with my Mackie MR5 monitors. I got them for free because of a bad cap I was able to easily fix, but they're easy to find for under $200 a pair used.

Anyone have any experience with the Wharfedale Diamond 230s? I've seen the 220s but can't audition the 230s because they don't sell them in the US.

>>57805669
KEF is a British speaker, that's all you need to know that it's a terrible

>>57811890
there's two other big british speaker bands with three letters, and they're way better than kef
way more representative for the good stuff rogers, spendor, celestion, quad and whatnot used to make

Anyone know what to buy that's cheap, but would be a definitive improvement over PC speakers? And don't tell me "any active studio monitor".

My ATH-M20X cans sounded like utter shit compared to the AKG 321 IEMs I bought for four times less money, so I know from experience that slapping the word "studio" on a product doesn't make it inherently better.

Thanks!

>>57805669
Q series is fucking overrated garbage. I bough Q300 for my secondary HiFi setup and presentation was never as detailed as I hoped it to be; even when compared to B&W 685 S1 I had before them. They pump a lot of air and are strong on the low end of the spectrum but the higher you go the more disappointing they get.
Don't even get me started on that retarded concentric driver design. Overrated as fuck. It may make sense if you're looking for something that moves a lot of air at a relatively small form factor.
Q300's HF driver broke after 2 years and to repair them basically entire speaker had to be thrown out because everything is needlessly consolidated. I replaced them with B&W 685 S2 and couldn't be happier. Not going to fall for KEF meme ever again. Don't get yourself fooled by looking at all the praise they get. They never get praised of good presence, mostly lows.

>>57805982
What monitor mount is this?

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>>57801983
oldie but goodie
>people who don't know about them think they are white van speakers kek

>>57812296

Really need to get those much lower. Tweeters are way too high.

>>57812316
I'm not a manlet

>>57812353

Yes, but your ear level likely isn't a good 6 inches higher than the top of your monitors when seated.

>>57812316
>Tweeters are way too high.
I have similar speakers mounted in the corners of my room, it's a matter of personal preference.

>>57812464
It's a really fucking small table my monitors are on, the seat is all the way to it's lowest level, the speakers are just the comfy ear level
They are perfect for me, tweeters straight into the ears are awful, they are actually floor speakers, the tweeters should be at your balls

>>57812296
>>57812316
fuck the tweeters. thats a wrong room for such speakers and way to small

>>57812580
Are you butthurt that I just like to listen to some music sometimes and don't just want to put them into the storage?

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>>57801983
minimus 7 now & forever

So I got my first "real" pair of speakers the other day(JBL LSR305). Is there anything else I should be getting alongside it to set up this entire thing? I don't know much about speakers so helpful information would very nice from any experts on /g/.

Great, you guys are making me regret getting the KEF Q100.

>>57804179
1990 mac pro

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Spent about $400 for a pair of these ~20 years ago. They still sound great.

>>57813102

>Cerwin Vega

oh, anon...

>>57805669
all trash

>>57801983
if you can find a set of Cambridge audio s30 they are good

>>57812885

did you compare them with other speakers in person, or just buy them based on reviews

>>57805982
what panels are those?

>>57813771
Reviews/researching about them. Did I goof up?

>>57813853

not by /g standards, but its too bad you didn't get a chance to hear a selection of brands in person

>>57812892
Me too...

I'm kinda sad now.

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guys I have no idea how to buy speakers. so I figured I'll just search for infinity on CL and try to pick a nicer looking set. is that a bad idea?

>>57811890
They had good shelf speakers in the past, tho.

>>57804689
Wow well that's it then. They sound amazing according to some anon on an anonymous image board. What a truly underrated pair of loudspeakers they must be. Could you also provide a link to buy and a story about how these amazing loudspeakers came to be?

>>57805622
LSR305 is the easy choice here within your budget.

Looking for an amplifier, possibly with built-in DAC, that has digital volume control over USB or Ethernet.
It should also feature an analog volume knob.

Does such a thing even exist?

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>>57817376
Advance Acoustic x-i90. bought it used a few months ago for 300eurs. solid construction, integrated dac (Burr-Brown TI), 90W, pleasing.

>>57817813
The first on my short list, thanks.

>>57816228
Assuming that the other guy is selling it for a decent price (aka not super cheap) and he lets you test it before you pay, then yeah.

If the price seems too good to be true don't buy it.

>>57816393
thanks pajeet
8 rupees deposited

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They are cheap. They do what they should do.

>>57819137
Why does it have dust collector caps on the membrane?

>>57801983
Kanto YU3. I hope. Because I ordered them during Black Friday.

>>57819137
Because it can!

>>57812214
>Krix Equinox
LG 25" ultrawide

>>57812475
>it's not called preference, it's called autism

>>57819137

>silk dome tweet
>kevlar woofer?
noice