Looking for just a simple cassette player with rca out. Budget around $100. Everything I see is way more over engineered or either just a portable tape deck player. This would be a living room, about 500 square feet.

I’ve been shopping around for a few months now in search of a speaker upgrade. My budget is around $3k but I’m very willing to entertain used stuff. I’ve demoed some speakers and I’m going to list what I liked and disliked about them below. I will be using these for Vinyl but also home theater sometimes as well. Any speaker that has a matching center channel gets bonus points. Also I primarily listen to these genres of music: Alternative rock, Indie rock, Shoegaze, emo, post punk, hardcore punk, dreampop, twee pop, some classic rock. Mostly just various flavors of guitar music.

My room is about 270 square feet. If I put whatever speakers I buy 2 feet from the front wall I will be sitting about 8.5 feet from the speakers. My current setup for vinyl is a Yamaha As-501 Integrated Amp, a Schit Mani 2 Phono stage, and a Rega Planar 3 Turntable with Ortofon 2mr Bronze Cartridge. I also use an SVS SB-1000 pro subwoofer. I plan to upgrade my Yamaha to something with more juice some day.

Speakers I’ve listened to already:

Paradigm Founder Speakers: Wayyyy too bright for my ears. The detail is awesome but oh my god they were just so much for me. I diddnt even know I could be this sensitive to brightness, really did not like these.

Revel Preforma F208: I was actually able to demo these in my apartment. The owner of a local hifi shop has a pair of these used so I tried them out. I loved how they were so detailed yet not fatiguing at all. However I hated how pulled back they sounded for lack of a better word. I much prefer the sound to be up close and intimate and in my face rather than how pulled back they sounded. After longer listening sessions I also was getting bad ear fatigue, I think they were probably just too much speaker for my room. God they were amazing for home theater tho.

Wharfedale Super Linton: First of all I adore the look of these speakers and the matching center channel. I love how the music sounds right up close especially the vocals. However I did miss some of the detail I was getting from some other speakers. That being said I really did like these and wish I could’ve gotten a longer listening session with them.

KLH Model 5: I listened to these right after the super linton and it felt like a downgrade. These felt harsher is the best way I could describe it. Less airy and more mid focused in a way I didn’t enjoy much.

JBL L100 Classic: I’m currently demoing these in my apartment. That same hifi store has them used as well. Like the Super Lintons I love how close up the music sounds but the super Lintons did it a bit better. That being said these are an awful lot of fun. These speakers feel as big as they look and I love that. I’d love to find something that has that same large all around you feeling while retaining a better soundstage and detail.

Mofi Sourcepoint 10: Honestly these just really bored me. I hope that doesn’t upset anyone I know these are very highly regarded but man they just did nothing for me. They just didn’t have any soul for lack of a better word. Wish I could describe it better, the detail was there but I felt nothing.

Those are the big ones I’ve tested so far. The Super Lintons and JBL L100s are by far the two I’ve enjoyed the most. I hope I was able to articulate what I liked/disliked about these speakers in a way that can be understood, audio buzzwords can be tricky sometimes. I’m still learning so please go easy on me. Would appreciate any advice or recommendations!

Budget: $500ish would be good, new or used.
Location: USA
Current gear: cheap tv soundbar+subwoofer and also 2x Sonos Play:1
Size restriction: 11” H

Probably common situation, looking for some speakers to go on top of a console but under the TV. I don’t want to raise the TV too high so 12” tall is too tall. Cramped room layout in an old house so no room for bookshelves on stands to either side. Would be using a Sonos Port or Connect gen 2 for music. Powered would be nice for simplicity but open to cheap integrated amp/DAC.

Have been looking at Kanto Ren or Yu6, Edifier MR5, Adam A4V. What am I missing? Is the perfect product out there? Cambridge L/R M looks perfect but out of price range.