bhaagensen;356534 Wrote: > might I then attract your attention to e.g. these threads (mixture of A5 > and A2 comments): > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54016&highlight=audioengine+boom > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51604&highlight=audioengine+boom > QUOTE] > > Both threads talk about the A2. The only person to own a pair of A5s > was far more inconclusive, his opinion being > > "Compared to the A5s, it comes down to the room size and how much > separation is available in the listening position and how far away one > is from the listening position. In a small to medium room with a close > listening position, the Boom beats the A5s fairly easily. Add a > sub-woofer in a medium to large room and the Boom will give the A5s a > good run for the money." > > The key there is "close listening position", and in the inlukely case > you want to hold your head 2 feet in front of the Boom for extended > listening sessions. > > I also would say that the message above was written with some > overenthusiasm around the launch of the Boom, which also saw threads in > this very forum stating the Boom was audiophile - in which case the A5 > can make easily the same claim. > > I love the 2 Booms I own, but one -which I unfairly located in a medium > sized room, our homegym- benefitted from hooking up a subwoofer (and I > am not fan of bass, the subwoofer's volume dial is turned to 1 on a > 10-scale) - but there is no way I would have ever considerd the Boom an > alternative when I had to move away to an apartment for 1 year and *had* > to put together a good system, because I can not live without good > music. An SB3 with a pair of A5s kep me company for that year and > allowed me to truly thoroughly enjoy my music collection far away from > home. It never failed to impress people that lstened to it and allowed > them to fully immerse themselves in music. It is true the A5s are a tad > boomy with the bass if one does not position them right, but a little > too much is always better than decidedly too little, which would the > the Booms problem for any serious listening when it comes to bass. As > the poster that wrote the one and only comparison with A5s in the 2 > threads you provided stated: > > ".. I think it comes down to better sound for less total dollars .." > > Or let us hear another A5 opinion from a satisfied owner: > > ".. I paid 170 EURO for the set. And at that price I think that it > would be, at least difficult, to find a match (active or passive w. > amp). Sound quality wise I'd recommend them for all kinds of background > music. .. So in the end I'm keeping mine based on a combination of > price, planned usage, sound quality. .. " > > Oh, that was you in > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35170 > > You even went as far as providing a commercial link to a pair of A5s as > a tip in the past: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34810 > > Hm. Obviously something sored you on Audioengines. I find your analysis > of the past balanced, by the way - but what you have written in this > thread shows that you are indeed irrationally negatively biased for > whatever reason. Your personal history with whatever brand is your > right, I guess. > > Back to the original poster: I, and many -included the person that in > this thread attacks the A5 solution- can recommend the A5s as a great > solution at the price. It is not audiophile, but it comes very close at > a price that not too long ago would have been unthinkable. And the Boom > does not change that. The Boom is great as a sattelite that sounds > clean - but it lacks the depth, stereo separation and bass to provide > for long lsitening sessions in front of it, in my opinion. It is great > for backgound music, but far more limited for serious dedicated > listening than an SB3 with a pair of A5s would be.
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