Re: [slim] Re: Digital Speakers
There is no such thing as digital speakers, all loudspeakers are inherentily analog, as they take an analog electrical signal and translate it to an analog sound. Agreed The question is do you want an amp and DAC inside the speaker? I'd answer no, because the SB2's DAC is pretty darn good, and you probably won't beat it until you are looking at top of the line meridians. Agreed If you are looking at studio monitors how about Mackie's 624. They are THX Ultra certified and used in the two recording studios I've been in. Very flat, and very good sounding. I also agree on this point, however they're far outside his price range. At the price point he's looking at he's best off just going to his local electronics/computer retailer (something like a Best Buy) and finding a set of computer speakers that sound good to him. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Digital Speakers
Aaron Zinck Wrote: [color=blue] At the price point he's looking at he's best off just going to his local electronics/computer retailer (something like a Best Buy) and finding a set of computer speakers that sound good to him. Computer speakers it is then :) I think I'll stay simple and get some £30 sony speakers. 12W. Should be enough for me. Thanks for the help- I see your point on digital speakers also- there really isnt such thing :) Jono -- jonolumb ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Digital Speakers
I have used these with the Squeezebox and do regularly for home demo's: http://www.edirol.it/europe/details.asp?ct=3gid=21gruppo=Active+Monitor+Speakersid=12la=UKcode=222 I'm not entirely sure if you would notice the difference between digital and analogue on a set of £35 speakers though. The Edirol's are excellent speakers, very neutral thanks to them being studio monitors. Bit outside your budget though, I have an unused set for £90. Andrew -- audiofi ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Digital Speakers
If there is not much difference with cheap speakers, I may as well get analogues as I can use non-digital devices with them aswell (should I wish to). That is- unless digital speakers also have analogue inputs? Cheers anyway -- jonolumb ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Digital Speakers
On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 13:01 -0700, jonolumb wrote: If there is not much difference with cheap speakers, I may as well get analogues as I can use non-digital devices with them aswell (should I wish to). There is rarely any difference between cheap speakers. If you want to stay cheap, I think you'd be better off using the SqueezeBox2's DAC as it is clearly a pretty decent chip and the designers put care into it. I have liked the Meridian digital speakers that I've heard, but they were something like $1000 each. Speaker choices are a personal decision, it depend on your ears. But there are levels or plateaus that cluster similar speakers around each other. Free (with your computer), about $20, about $100, about $500, about $1000, etc. Somewhere around $1000 a pair you start into audiophile ranges, and there is a separate list/forum for audiophiles. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Digital Speakers
There is no such thing as digital speakers, all loudspeakers are inherentily analog, as they take an analog electrical signal and translate it to an analog sound. The question is do you want an amp and DAC inside the speaker? I'd answer no, because the SB2's DAC is pretty darn good, and you probably won't beat it until you are looking at top of the line meridians. If you are looking at studio monitors how about Mackie's 624. They are THX Ultra certified and used in the two recording studios I've been in. Very flat, and very good sounding. -- bjackson ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
