I ’m looking to upgrade my Dali Zensor 1 speakers, and I came across these Heco celan XT 301 speakers. I couldn’t find much information about the XT 301 online, but what I did find was quite positive.
Is it worth spending €250 to upgrade from my Zensor 1 speakers, or would that be a waste?
Speakers were found on marketplace. They’ve been pretty well taken care of, the guy I bought them from had the tweeters replaced a couple years ago apparently. The 15 inch woofers fill these out so well. I was skeptical at the price but when I heard them in person it was a done deal. Model number STV-887A if anyone cares, I’ve heard the caps tend to go bad on these overtime. They seem to be in perfect working order and i couldn’t be more happy with them. I picked up the stack and the JVC turntable for $80 off an 87 year old lady from my old neighborhood. Has a genuine ADC Integra XLM I on it still.
Hello everyone!
I’ve recently bought a turntable, a AT LP120xusb. It has a pre amp included and I’m looking now for active speakers. It’s my first purchase ever of my own. I have a 200-300€ budget for the pair. I live in Portugal, Europe.
I really like old looking speakers like jbl classic ones. Wood covers. But they’re just too expensive for me, right now.
Do you guys have any recommendations for speakers with amp, that has this old classic look and also has a good quality / price relation? Let me know :)
My turn table has rca output. Having or no t Bluetooth is not an issue. Remote control is not also an issue but it’s a plus.
Thank you!!
This is going to sound so obvious for so many people but I'm serious and have genuine questions.
I currently have a Boston ASW 650 subwoofer I got for $25, it's really beat up, but works. I'd still like to upgrade. I have a wiim amp, and Martin Logan Motion 20i towers. I primarily stream Spotify but maybe twice a week will have a vinyl jam session.
Now between the SVS and RSL. It's going in my 16ftx10ft bed room. The svs is $599, HOWEVER, I get 50% off through my work for personal accommodation, so it would be about $40 cheaper then the RSL, but I'm worried it might be overkill, or the RSL might just straight up sound better than svs cheapest offering based on how much people love it. Anyways, any input is greatly appreciated.
Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I’m considering downsampling my 24-bit/96–192 kHz files to CD quality to save storage space.
I travel a lot, so my audio setup is pretty limited...HD6XX, Truthear Hexa, AirPods Pro 2, Apple USB-C dongle, and an LG V30. Carrying around external drives is a hassle, and honestly I don’t think I can hear much of a difference between the higher-res files and CD quality.
Is there any realistic benefit to keeping the files as is for my use case, or should I go ahead with downsampling them?
stretching before I hammer away on the recumbent bike. playing Houses of the Holy Through the bookshelf speakers. What a great album.
the floor standers are primarily for the tv and for hip hop and some other bass-heavy genres. except for the subwoofer and streamer, all used equipment.
So I have this setup with emotiva t2 tower speakers. I had an emotiva pt-100 which was a meh ok piece… upgraded to the outlaw 2220 mono blocks and then bought this fosi ZP3 for a second room and once plumbed in with the XLR out from the parasound zphono xrm and into the XLR ins of the outlaws; it stuck around… so this isn’t the level of gear some are at but sounds great to me… but I miss the functionality of the emotiva… any suggestions on what preamp I should be chasing? A rotel 1572 mkii is on my short list
90s Japanese system, only 15€, but I don't know if it was a good choice (I need recommendations because it is my first time trying something like this).
I am wondering which bufles pick, any recommendations would help me a lot!
It works perfectly, the cassette compartments too! only some damages and some rare lights.
Bit of context: completely new to Hifi. I have a couple of vinyl records that in the past I’ve just used as decoration/collectors pieces but would like to be able to start playing. I’d also like to be able to begin making the most of the lossless/dolby atmos features I have through Apple Music.
My thoughts were to buy this Tangent Ampster BT III, then buy a Wiim mini to be able to stream through Airplay for ease. I’d also buy a DAC separate as I think I’m right in thinking that Airplay alone doesn’t necessarily give me lossless audio and a wired connection to my phone would be better.
In time, I’d then invest in a decent turntable to connect to the amp. I also have a lot of CDs that I’d like to get back out, which I’m assuming I could connect to this too? It would just mean disconnecting the turntable to connect to CD player - a slight hassle but I wouldn’t be too bothered.
My plan is also to kind of use this as an all-in-one system, hence the choice to pick something with a HDMI arc to allow me to connect my TV and then I can ditch my soundbar.
Obviously need speakers too, just trying to work out whether this combination is enough to get started. Any recommendations for speakers around £150-200 would be much appreciated.
I wired up a 3.0 channel system yesterday and just noticed that the left and right speakers are reversed. Yet when I change the balance on the amp, the direction is correct.
I'd like to know what I did to cause this, since the speakers are wired correctly to my knowledge. R goes to the speakers on my right, L to the left, C to center.
On top of that, my center speaker seems to be playing audio that is supposed to only play on the left channel.
I find flips on kleinanzeigen and expose them. I have fun in doing this.
I tried using a Y splitter where the aux output of my pc is split into two. One for the Eris, and another to the sub which is a Pioneer S-21W.
As you might imagine, the pioneer tried to play all frequencies. I'm thinking of getting a mini-amp, ZK-TB21 but I think it powers passive speakers only.
Connecting an amplifier to active speakers doesn't seem like a good idea. Are pre-amps the right stuff to buy?
I tried contacting Polk recently in an effort to try to replace a tweeter in one of my MXT70 towers. I was met with an answering machine that told me that there was a long queue for a rep, and they gave me an option for them to call me back when my turn came around. I opted in for that, but never heard back all day. I called the next day, opted for them to call me back, and once again nothing all day. PRO TIP: DO NOT TAKE THAT OPTION. I called today and instead of letting them call me back when it was “my turn” I stayed on the line. Not even three minutes later I had a representative on the line and I got my order in. Maybe it was just a shorter queue today, or maybe Polk needs to fix their call system. Just wanted to post this because I felt hopeless when I couldn’t find anyone relating to this experience with Polk. Now hopefully people can find my PRO TIP. Wish you all the best.
TLDR: Wants to listen to music. Compare Edifier R1280Ts, MR3, MR4. Needs to be able to connect a subwoofer.
Hi, so I am reading a lot of mixed opinions.
I bought the R1280Ts and find them not bad, I'd say pretty good, but I've never had any "serious speakers" before. (They are actually the best I've ever had).
Now I saw a lot of comments, posts, videos saying they are trash, shitty, etc..
I've now heard about the MR3 and MR4.
I want to have speakers for listening to music, near aswell as ~3-4 meters away.
I want to be able to connect a subwoofer.
What are your opinions?
I’m buying new of amazon because I don’t feel confident enough to search around the used market.
R1280Ts & MR4: 100€
MR3: 110€
Looking to upgrade my 1990s av receiver and looking for some advice.
Current setup is my budget system; Sherwood 40-80r receiver, mission 701 fronts, Gale 3050c centre.
Going for mid budget now and considering Wharfedale evo 5.4 and 5.c. I don’t have space for surround sound and don’t really want a sub.
I had considered Arcam AVR5, but see it’s buggy. Ideally I’d like a amp or receiver that doesn’t have software, no planned obsolescence and can last me the next 20 years.
Content is fairly evenly mixed between movies, TV and music/radio of all genres.
TV is currently Panasonic viera lcd which will need replacing in the next few years so would need to be compatible with that.
So, I'm putting together my options for my first system, and trying to figure out how I should allocate my budget. I'm trying to not to go over $2500 usd, and really like some suggestions I've gotten to go factory refurbished/open box. Here's what I'm leaning towards:
Onkyo tx-sr393 factory refurbished-$229
Audio Technics AT-LP70x factory refurbished-$195 (turntable is a must have for my setup for wife approval)
I can get a pair of brand new Focal Vestia N03 and a Niles sw8 sub for $2100( the sub is just a bonus and isn't the point of this pick at all)
Is that focusing too much of my budget on speakers and not enough on amp/source? I'd be streaming to the Onkyo from my phone/pc along with records. Other speaker options I've been looking at are Wharfedale Diamond 240s for $800, Wharfedale EVO 5.4 for $1759, DALI Oberon 7's for $1200, and Klipsch RP-6000f II for $880. Would it be better to go with a lower end speaker and get something like a Yamaha R-N303? I feel like making the heavier investment speaker wise now, then upgrading amp wise in the future might be an easier path. I feel like I'm probably way over thinking all of this also.... paralysis by analysis should be my motto lol. There aren't a ton of places around me to go listen to setups, and I don't have anyone in my circle that's into this scene to really throw ideas off of.
Hey all, I'm gonna get an LG B5 TV soon, and of course I wanna get some better quality audio than the native speakers. I'm very new to this type of stuff, so I'm confused and conflicted over if I should go with a soundbar, speakers, both, etc, so some entry level recommendations to get me started would be great. My budget is $250, maybe $300-$400 if it is THAT good. Thanks in advance!
Cambridge Audio AXR100
Cambridge Audio Minx x301sub
Kef LS50 speakers
Kef Q250c centre speaker
Wiim pro plus streamer
Any recommended changes / additions?
So, I’m looking to integrate my turntable setup into my TV setup to have both going through the same set of speakers. Currently I have a Fluance RT81 turntable with a built in preamp running through a pair of Edifier R1700BT speakers - I prefer a simple setup with no external amplification. The current speakers will not work for what I would like to do. I’m looking at possibly purchasing a pair of Klipsch R-51PM speakers that I believe will be conducive to this setup I’d like to achieve. I’m very lousy with the technical aspect of these things so to be very clear with my question: will the R-51PM speakers work for this? I’d like to be able to play my records and watch tv/films through this setup and occasionally connect via Bluetooth for easy listening from time to time. Also, does anyone have an experience with the Klipsch speakers? Any help and insight is very much appreciated. Thanks!
I’m looking for a stereo streaming receiver for my living room setup. I considered both the Eversolo Play and the WiiM Ultra, which both seem like popular options but they both suffer from massive dealbreakers.
What I’m looking for doesn’t sound too outlandish, but apparently it is. My absolute minimum requirements:
Budget is up to €1000ish, I’m located in the Netherlands.
