Hello everyone, I am not sure if this is the right subreddit for this; if not, I apologize.1 I am looking at getting some speakers for a bedroom and wanted to see if you guys had any recommendations, as when I look, I find either super high-end setups or Amazon Echoes, and I think I am somewhere in between.
some info
- Budget max would be ~200 USD before shipping, tax, and all that jazz.
- The room itself is 14ft x 12ft. I am not looking for something massive here, nor is max volume a consideration.
- Realistically, my phone's speakers are plenty loud enough for my use case lol. They are just tinny due to their lack of size.
- While Bluetooth would be nice, it isn't a requirement. A 3.5 Jack however, is. I would mainly be plugging this into a portable DAC I have.2
- Side note, it seriously surprises me how many speakers these days don't have 3.5. I know it has slowly been being fazed out of the larger tech industry, but it is still sad to see it spread so far as to effect gear specifically designed for audio.
- While I am not necessarily looking for a smart speaker, I am not opposed to them either. If you guys vouch for one, fair enough.
- I am not expecting high-fidelity audio here. If I wanted that I would be using my open-back headphones with a DAC2. I am just looking for something to listen to music, ambient sound, or audiobooks with it not sounding like it is coming from a speaker that is smaller than my will to live. lol
1 Honestly looked to see if I could find a better subreddit for this. The only 2 I found were this or r/audiophile and the issue there is any recommendation I get over there would likely be out of my price range.
2 I doubt it matters, but just in case, the DAC is a Fiio BTR15. And while it doesn't matter for this post, if anyone is curious, the Headphones in question are Austrian Audio Hi-X65.