Recommend me a stereo system setup
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Date: July 12th, 2025 1:59 PM Author: Rose abnormal stead
The only acceptable answer is a pair of monitors.
I still use Alesis M-1s from 25 years ago.
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Date: July 12th, 2025 2:13 PM Author: Rose abnormal stead
Whatever's required for the setup.
My M-1s take a separate power amp. It's made by the same company specifically for these monitors.
You can get active monitors without need for a separate power amp as well.
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Date: July 13th, 2025 12:28 PM Author: Rose abnormal stead
You can google monitor frequency response curves as well as I can. If you're looking for a perfectly flat horizontal line, you're being intentionally obtuse.
I have no idea who thinks what is affordable on this board.
Someone asked for a stereo recommendation. I recommend what they use in the studio.
Also... what's the range & sensitivity of human hearing again?
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Date: July 13th, 2025 12:46 PM Author: arousing unholy crackhouse
> You can google monitor frequency response curves as well as I can. If you're looking for a perfectly flat horizontal line, you're being intentionally obtuse.
No I'm not. There is music that goes to 20Hz (James Blake, Bjork, etc.) and I want to hear it.
> I have no idea who thinks what is affordable on this board.
Extremely few speakers are flat to anywhere close to 20Hz, and those that do cost a boatload.
> Someone asked for a stereo recommendation. I recommend what they use in the studio.
A living room isn't a studio, you aren't listening in nearfield like you do with monitors.
> Also... what's the range & sensitivity of human hearing again?
The range of human hearing is generally given as 20Hz-20kHz. This range declines with age, mostly on the treble though.
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Date: July 13th, 2025 1:56 AM Author: arousing unholy crackhouse
The Sonos Five actually measures pretty decent
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/sonos-five-smart-speaker-review.51409/
I'd avoid Sonos for other reasons though. They have a history of doing unfriendly things to their consumers. Their mobile app update last year was so bad it got the CEO shitcanned.
They've done this forced obsolescence thing where older devices running their 'S1' operating system can't work with newer 'S2' devices. How long before they come out with an S3 and all the current S2 stuff won't work with the S3 stuff? Probably just a couple years
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Date: July 12th, 2025 11:52 PM Author: slap-happy box office
Here's what I have currently. A kind of middling system set up in its own listening room: Peachtree Audio Carina GaN integrated amp. Klipsch Heresy IV speakers with SVS 1000 powered sub (the Heresy speakers have big woofers but still roll off the base a bit too high for my taste, hence the sub). Denon streamer. Old Technics 5 disk CD player/changer. Thorens TD 1500 turntable. Mostly stream and download via Amazon music, but play CDs and vinyl, too. There are a lot of choices and no optimum solution. Systems all sound different but at some point it gets hard to say one is better. Once you get beyond some point below even where I am the diminishing returns effect quickly sets in. Speakers are most important followed by amp. If you use a headset exclusively forget about speakers and just get a nice headphone amp.
At the winter house I have Klipsch RM-600M bookshelf speakers, 12 inch Klipsch powered sub, PS Audio Sprout integrated amp, and Bluesound node nano streamer. No turntable or CD player there. Much cheaper system but sounds quite good. Can't really do an a/b as the locations are 2000 miles apart.
I have it all set up to work with Alexa so music can be summoned by voice command.
I use a Klipsch soundbar with companion sub for TV and it is really impressive to my ears. Winter house has a Vizio soundbar which is surprisingly good, esp. for the price. I have found that for me soundbars seem to present better dialog than stereo speakers. YMMV. The Klipsch soundbar is so good I think I could live happily with it also playing music.
Clearly I like Klipsch. A lot of people don't.
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Date: July 13th, 2025 1:42 AM Author: arousing unholy crackhouse
Budget?
WiiM is the move for budget streamers & amps
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Date: July 13th, 2025 2:41 AM Author: arousing unholy crackhouse
If you can afford $1,700+ for a preamp and amp, I would strongly recommend a miniDSP Flex Balanced TRS w/ Dirac and a UMIK-1 ($1100, be sure to buy from their US importer, Deer Creek Audio - you will get caught up in tariff bullshit if you order direct from MiniDSP), and a class D amp from Buckeye Amps (these start at about $600 depending on how much power you want).
Dirac is pretty great, it's sort of the gold standard in room correction. Reasonably easy to use too.
If you want this same sort of shit in one box you could get the NAD C 3050 BluOS-D For $2200. That comes with a limited range Dirac license which should be mostly adequate. You can upgrade to a full range license for another $100.
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Date: July 13th, 2025 10:16 AM Author: arousing unholy crackhouse
The multichannel miniDSP Flex HTx with Dirac and a UMIK-1 is ~$1650 from Deer Creek Audio
And Buckeye makes a lot of multichannel amps
Edit: Honestly though this is likely beyond your skill level. Also you'd need a newish TV with HDMI eARC
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Date: July 13th, 2025 11:43 AM Author: arousing unholy crackhouse
That's not a bad plan.
Dirac made such a big difference in my system, I think it's one of the best bang for the buck upgrades out there. I just took a look at Crutchfield and it looks like the $1100 Onkyo TX-RZ30 has Dirac. Get a UMIK-1 instead of the crappy mic that comes with it and you'd be well on your way.
Maybe cop that and used speakers and sub? Revel is one of the best brands out there for home speakers that hit a pretty flat response.
This audio stuff is a big rabbit hole though, no doubt about that.
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Date: July 18th, 2025 3:32 PM Author: arousing unholy crackhouse
A pair of speakers I might purchase in the future just got released
https://www.dedicatedaudio.com/products/mofi-sourcepoint-v10-master-edition-speakers-pair
The 10" coaxial driver should give me everything I like about my LS50s, plus more dynamics that are missing from the smaller drivers in the LS50s, plus a lot of deep bass extension. I likely wouldn't need a sub with these.
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