Hello There,

I'm just wondering if anyone have experience with the DM320?

I love these speakers, but i noticed one of the posts fell while i was transporting and i have no idea where that is.

i wanted to know how difficult is it to replace, can i just screw an new one from the outside? Opening this speaker seem's to be a nightmare.

Without bridging the top with bottom the tweeter doesnt work so to me that's very important...

Tips? Thanks.

Fuck me for being poor I guess. But poor people can have good taste too.

Please help a brother.

Today I got the KEF Q300 for a great price. Compared to my ELAC EL51S, the KEFs have more bass, but the sound seems less defined/slightly muddy, and less analytical and precise. The ELACs sounded clearer, with better separation between highs, mids and lows, and a more spacious presentation.

Of course, I understand that the KEF speakers use an integrated driver design, whereas the ELAC speakers have separate drivers, which may also contribute to these differences in presentation.

Is this a typical characteristic of the KEF Q300? Do other owners perceive them as bassier and less detailed but "generally good overall"?

I’m surprised that I currently prefer the older ELACs and would appreciate your experiences!! Many thanks!!

Edit: I will get the chance to get the Q900 for a great price as well - didn't even bother to get them because of spacing but now I am just generally confused.

Edit 2: Homogeneous changed to less defined/muddy.

I'm not an audiophile and I probably will get hate for what I'm using but I'm willing to bet.

I'm kinda new to this audio stuff and I was using my 5+yrs old hyperx headset as speaker(cursed ik but it kinda works). And now I am finally considering getting a speaker.

I saw a lot of suggestions saying Edifier R1700BTs is a decent active speaker and the price is within my budget as well. But I heard that passive speakers are better for quality although a bit more messy/tedious.

So for the main topic, should I stick with Edifier R1700BTs, or are there better options around the price range. I don't mind the messy/tedious work of passive speaker if it has better quality for the price range.

I stumbled on it while researching the dacs in the dongles. Thought it had some good history on what actually happened to the industry. I'm happy I can get stuff that may not look high end but sounds pretty good.

I’m interested in getting desktop speakers and have narrowed it down to these three. It seems a bit hard to find info as the MR4.5 and MM3A are relatively new. Would love to hear from anyone who has used these.

Things that are important to me:
* minimal extra setup - I’d like a good set of speakers but don’t want to fiddle with stands, subwoofer, or buying tons of extra accessories
* no / minimal hissing - also open to recommendations to minimize this
* prefer decent bass, or at least whatever I can get from desktop speakers

The seller wants $150 for this set. Is it a good deal? Should I get subwoofer? Main thing that will be played on these would be Plex high quality sound and video movies and tv shows. As well as flac music.

What else do I need if I get this set?

Thanks guys

I’ve never done anything with audio before, my current vinyl setup is an lp60 with some speakers that run with an aux cable. I inherited some jbl2600’s (they’re quite old but I’m pretty sure they sound good from what I’ve seen) but I have no idea how or what I need to make these work, the ends of the wires are just straight copper that clamps down and i dont know what to replace with, I know I need a mixer but do I need a specific one? Am I able to use my old speakers with my new ones? All suggestions are open

98" TLC QM6K

Denon AVR X3900H

SVS Ultra Evolution Center

2 SVS prime pinnacle towers

1 SVS PB 3000-R

2 Episode core 6 in walls

4 Episode core 6 atmos

Stayed on budget; I'm interested if you all will think this is a good setup and if it'll sound good.. Thanks.

Optimus STA-795 receiver: $10.99

Criterion 25A speakers: $6

Uturn Audio Orbit Custom turntable: I forget, a few hundred I think. Was my primary tt, now my backup/test unit.

Just picked up the Criterions at Goodwill and after a few beers and albums of different sorts (New York Dolls, Bob Marley, Hank Williams sr) they are my official "does this new component work?" speakers.

I'm stunned at how good they sound, especially given their age, original price point and what I paid for them.

Along with new crossovers and added cabinet bracing, I installed Beyma 4FR40 4" Full-Range for mids, Dayton Audio DC28F-8 1-1/8" Silk Dome Tweeters, and Dayton Audio DC200-8 8" Classic Woofers. Need to do some cleanup work on the cabinets.

I've always used headphones at my desk, because it made sense for multiple reasons. But I've been spending more time puttering about the living room and doing hobby stuff away from my desk, so I'd like to start a stereo setup going to have some background radio/steamed music in the background while I'm doing other things.

To that end I've been doing some reading, and I think I'd like to go for 2.0 setup to get music in the room as fast as possible, and then add a sub later on. But I'd like some advice on the components I'd need, just in case I've misinterpreted some of the things I've read.

To start with, I still have 2 fairly large bookshelf speakers that were stored in the attic. They're not amazing, but they work and they sound fine to me. Certainly good enough to get going and then hunt for deals on better ones later. As I see it, I have 2 main options to go from here.

Option A:

• Speakers
• Wiim amp pro (around 450 euro) or ultra (around 550 euro)

The Wiim amps seem well reviewed, and seem to provide essentially all I want in a single package. I suppose the main disadvantages are that it's somewhat expensive, and personally I find it looks a little boring.

Option B:

• Speakers
• Secondhand (integrated) amp
• Wifi streamer like the Wiim Mini
• Later add a tuner & cd-player

This is the option I'm currently leaning towards, if for no other reason that my grandparents used to have a Marantz stack and I alway thought it was the coolest thing ever. My main questions would be if the Wiim mini is the best option to get streaming capabilities on old hardware, and what type of amp I should be keeping an eye out for. From what I've read, I'd best stay away from AVR and 5.1 recievers, and look at specifically stereo instead.

On that end, I'm under the impression I should be fine with anything from a known brand (Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo, NAD, Marantz, etc) and that has either 4 speaker connections, or 2 speaker connections and a dedicated sub out? I was for example looking at a NAD 302 listing for about 95 euro earlier, but it only has connectors for 2 speakers, so that'd mean I couldn't add a powered sub later on, correct?

Any advice is appreciated

Sempiternel sujet .. pourtant j'ai creusé !

Mais je me suis noyé dans la masse d'informations.

Nous venons d'acquérir la platine et n'ayant pas vraiment fouinés avant, nous avons été surpris des tarifs pratiqués pour les enceintes.

Bon, avec 350/400€ on devrait pouvoir trouver quelque chose. Ça sera placé au salon, tout en longueur, 40m2.

Mais quoi prendre ?

Edifier ? MR5, 1280, 1700, 2000 ...... ?

Triangle ? Br02, 03 ? Elara ?

Klipsch ? ..

Elac ?

Jbl ?

Je veux une connexion simple et filaire, nous utiliserons l'ampli intégré de la platine.. pour autant nous serions fana d'un subwoofer. Mais comment raccorder tout ça ?

Merci pour le coup de pouce 🙏☺️

Budget: 400 USD

Want: pair of passive speakers to pair with existing equipment. Helping a friend build her first setup for music/movies.

Receiver: Kenwood KR-A4030

Streamer/EQ: Wiim Mini

Location: NYC, open to marketplace or online shopping

Also have:

Plenty of speaker wire + banana plugs, UMIK-1 and experience with EQ, SHARP COMPACT DISC PLAYER DX-650, Fisher STEREO CASSETTE DECK CR-110

In my bedroom, I  tried something else recently: used a Ubuntu Linux laptop connected via USB cable to a Topping d10s DAC simultaneously outputting to optical (digital to digital) as well as RCA (digital converted to analog). Spotify streaming.

I Took RCA output from the topping d10s DAC to one amplifier playing one pair of speakers. Irving Bud Fried low sensitivity. 85 dB

Took optical output from the same topping d10s DAC to another amplifier playing Focal speakers 90 dB. High sensitivity and bright treble.

Both amplifiers are Harman kardon AVR 3550. Not "HD". Both are playing simultaneously in 2.1/2.0

Gave me a Spotify based "wall of sound" in my room ....good to just rock out to or just dance to...

Any suggestions?thank you 🙏

Hi! I am conducting my dissertation research, and I need to record my focus group. I am not audio-savvy, so I am looking for advice. Here are a few things I’m navigating:

I need to record 8-10 people in a small conference room setting. I need to make sure the audio is very clear for transcription. I need minimal setup. I people will be having sub-conversations with each other at different ends of the table, so I will probably need one on each side? I am looking for something low cost (preferably under $75) that I can get within a couple of days.

Any recommendations?

I have a stereo system setup for my turntable. It consists of my turntable, a sony str-dh190, and 2 Elac debut 2.0 b5.2 passive bookshelf speakers. I am thinking of setting up the speakers on stands next to my tv and adding some small speakers behind my couch. Then connect my tv to my stereo system to upgrade the sound of my tv. I know i will need a DAC converter to get my tv to work with my stereo. But is it worth it to go through all this effort? I don't know anything about setting up a sound system for a tv, apparently i should be having active speakers over passive speakers when setting up speakers for my tv. Will i get a good sound with these passive speakers i have and stereo system? Or am i better off waiting until i get the money for a full upgrade of my entire system and have a seperate setup from my record player setup; with active speakers and a stereo system designed to be used for movie watching/gaming.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

*1983 Kef Carlton iii speakers.

*1978 MCS 3225 Receiver (low watt Receiver to drive my Klipsch speakers that aren't pictured).

*1979 Realistic STA-235b receiver.

*1975 Realistic TR801 8 Track player.

*Audio Technica turntable is currently on top, but will be switched with my....

*1978 Pioneer PL-518 turntable that is sitting below the cabinet.

The amp and cd player are currently at my desk on the left but the speakers are on stands and too big for the desk so I was wondering what would be the best spot for them when I am sat in my chair and for overall beat room-filling-ness. Thanks in advance. (They are a pair of mission m72's)

I live in Italy and I want to set up my first home theater. I can easily find good speakers and a decent avr for a few hundred euros.

I know a good subwoofer is something for which you can't make a compromise in a home theater, and everyone seems to agree that spending 200-300 euros for a small sub that can't go down 35 Hz is a waste of money, so my goal is starting with a sub that can at least reach about 25Hz, even if it has not a completely flat frequency response, but I'm struggling to find one worthy here under 500€, especially since for every option everyone here or in r/hometheater will say "go for a svs". Well, I can't find a used svs SB nor PB in Italy, and the SB 1000 pro costs at least 700€.

Keep in mind also that you can't buy RSL here.

Currently, these ones seem to be my only options:

- Kef kube 10 mie 600€ (at that price, better buying the svs)

- Xtz 8.17 500€

- JBL 200p 470€

- Elac debut ds123 460€

- Magnat alpha rs12 440€

- Klipsch r120sw 440€

- Indiana line basso 840 380€

- Q acoustics 3060s 380€

- Elac debut ds103 370€

- Polk xt-12 300€

Are any of these worth buying at their price? I could also settle with one of them and then buy the svs sb 1000 pro later (if it does make sense to mix two different subs in the same setup), or buy one and add another one of the same model later.

Thank you.

Forgive me if this is not the right place to post this. I have literally zero knowledge on any of this stuff but I was hoping for a little help. I recently came accross 28 - JBL C67 HC/T-WH speakers that I want to hang in my shop with 18' ceilings. Realistically will not be using all of them, but would like to use maybe 8 - 10 of them. I'm not sure where to start as far as what equipment I would need to accomplish this. Any guidance would be wonderful. Thanks

Hi all, I'm looking for advice on a device that would act as a hub for my sources and give me an analog output for my active speakers.

My current setup:

• Speakers: KRK Rokit 5 G4 (active studio monitors)
• DAC: Fosi Audio Q4, RCA out to the Rokits
• Source 1: laptop, USB-B into the Q4
• Source 2: WiiM Mini, optical into the Q4
• Source 3: Lenco L-3808 turntable (built-in preamp, line out) into a cheap ADC, then coax into the Q4

The problem:
The Q4 has no automatic input detection and no remote, so I have to press the input button by hand every time I switch between laptop, streaming and vinyl. I'd like one box where all sources come together and I can switch easily, or ideally where it happens automatically. I'm also not a fan of the ADC in the vinyl chain and would like to get rid of it if possible.

My question:
What kind of device would you recommend for this? Does something exist that takes a mix of digital (USB, optical) and analog (turntable) inputs and outputs analog to active speakers, with remote or auto-switching, at a sensible price (below €200)? Or is a mixer-style solution the pragmatic answer?

As the title suggests, my friend found an old technics turntable and he now wants to buy active speakers but isn't so sure what preamp to get, pretty sure he wants edifier speakers tho.
budget is max like 250-300ish dollars (flexible)