But I would. The lamp and speakers especially interest me.Hah! Then you don't want to know the price for other stuff in the setup
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But I would. The lamp and speakers especially interest me.Hah! Then you don't want to know the price for other stuff in the setup
But I would. The speakers especially interest me.
And I take it that those gold colored headphones at the left side of your desk are the Xiaomi Mi Headphones?Those are a couple of Genelec G-Four's with a Naim Dac V1.
By far the best speakers I've ever had and sounds amazing.
No way...And I take it that those gold colored headphones at the left side of your desk are the Xiaomi Mi Headphones?
I stand corrected. Are they connected to the same amplifier?No way...
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Have you had other 2.0 setups and how did they fare ? I've been eyeing a set of AudioEngine A5+ for a while now, also a set with Argon 7450A. It's either that or mod the Z-5500 set into something useful, I don't need/want the 5.1 setup, I'd much rather have 3.1 or 2.0 for computer usage.Those are a couple of Genelec G-Four's with a Naim Dac V1.
By far the best speakers I've ever had and sounds amazing.
Have you had other 2.0 setups and how did they fare ? I've been eyeing a set of AudioEngine A5+ for a while now, also a set with Argon 7450A. It's either that or mod the Z-5500 set into something useful, I don't need/want the 5.1 setup, I'd much rather have 3.1 or 2.0 for computer usage.
You really should. Excellent price/performance.Those T14's are reasonably priced, I'm going to consider them when I'm not going to go through with modding my Z-5500.
Well, I'm planning on this mod and custom enclosures for the satellite speakers with twin loudspeakers for left and right.Getting the Z-5500 in 2.1 mode should be fairly straightforward.
Nope, I'm from Belgium and most things in Europe can luckily cross borders. Or so I would expectOn another note, since you talked about Argon(which is only sold on hifiklubben afaik), are you from scandinavia?
Well, I'm planning on this mod and custom enclosures for the satellite speakers with twin loudspeakers for left and right.
Since I'm new to soldering and electronics, this will be quite the challenge. But on the other hand, this set has held me up with for quite some time and the quality mod isn't very expensive, so if I fumble, I'll call it a day and get some proper 2.0's.
Well, I'm planning on this mod and custom enclosures for the satellite speakers with twin loudspeakers for left and right.
Since I'm new to soldering and electronics, this will be quite the challenge. But on the other hand, this set has held me up with for quite some time and the quality mod isn't very expensive, so if I fumble, I'll call it a day and get some proper 2.0's.
Nope, I'm from Belgium and most things in Europe can luckily cross borders. Or so I would expect
There are tons of affordable and high quality passive or powered bookshelf speakers these days. The A5's you mentioned are solid. I would take a look at the "Vantoo Transparent One" or "Emotiva Airmotiv 5S" if you want powered monitors in that price range.
If you wanted to go with a passive set, that's when things get really interesting...
I got the Airmotiv 4S because they're relatively compact and I like them. But I haven't really owned any other nice 2.0/2.1 setups so I can't personally verify how they stack up to some of the other options mentioned.
unless you start dipping into the world of 'audiophile' sillyness
Although even a basic UCA202's line output is sufficient for driving even a nice pair of powered monitors (Genelec 8020Bs here). Just don't be tempted to use the UCA202's headphone port, its output impedance is awful. It's pretty hard to screw up an unamplified DAC unless you start dipping into the world of 'audiophile' sillyness.
But the platinum-coated wires lovingly handcrafted by 6th generation craftsmen in a barn deep in the forests of Germany improves the sound, I swear it!
That's just it: those TangBand full-range speakers aren't bad at all. http://vikash.info/audio/W3-871S/listening.aspYou would probably be better off purchasing a new 2.0 set up. The tweeters/woofers used in the Logitech Z-5500 are average at best. Modding the internals won't fix those issues. It's a nice system for the price, but ultimately they are quite limited.
I agree the limitations are that of what is possible with the drivers, but I wouldn't expect to reach "400$ studio monitor level" out of my hack job.For me it is more of an exercise to see what can be achieved with what I got. Buying something is easy, I regularly need challenges or I die. If I'm busy with another project I might let this one slide though.No matter what you do to the internals or housing, the Z-5500 will only sound but so good.