The reviews of the A2 and A5 on these forums (and elsewhere) are
overwhelmingly positive. However, if you read a good number of them
you'll notice consistent references to the bass being ramped up. I
really enjoy my A2s, but that given their bass response I would be
reluctant to place them on
Due to some reshuffling in the living room, I currently have my A5's at
different heights, and one on a table and one in a bookshelf, very
snuggly at the side. So, does it sound different to when they'd been
painstakingly positioned to give the best acoustics to the room? Yes.
Does it sound
jean2;479306 Wrote:
What worries me is that the bass-reflex is at the back (my current
speaker has it in front). My feeling is that I would be loosing all the
bass extension of the bass-reflex, and that may also impact the response
of the bass woofer.
I think that usually it is actually
Thanks all for your quick answer, it definitely helps !
SuperQ;479347 Wrote:
As long as you keep some air gap behind the A5 speakers you shouldn't
have to worry about the bass.
That's the issue, the speaker will be squeezed between the books,
pushed to the back of the shelf cabinet, so not
Hi,
I'm looking forward to buy a SqueezeBox. I don't want to keep my
old hi-fi around, as I want to keep things simple, and it's not that
special anyway. So I'm looking in into powered bookshelf speakers.
The gotcha is that my current speaker are in a bookshelf cabinet,
with books on the side
As long as you keep some air gap behind the A5 speakers you shouldn't
have to worry about the bass. These things put out a LOT of bass for
their size.
They really are great.
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SuperQ
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If you can, consider the 'NHT M-00 powered monitors'
(http://store.nhthifi.com/M-00-Powered-Mini-monitor?sc=12category=1213).
These are an acoustic-suspension design, so no worries placing on a
bookshelf.
You will probably require an attenuator, and NHT makes 'the PVC PC'
