A new converted A5+ comrade reporting for duty! 



Please ignore the speakers setting, I know it's a bad setting but it's temporary. Will get a proper speaker stand and replace the position of my book shelf with that. Anyway, I don't get it when people complained bout the lack of bass as for me, the bass coming out from the speaker are adequate enough, if not at times can be a bit overwhelming. I did get the whole set (DAC + S8 Sub), but most of the time I didn't turn the sub on (if I do, I only set it to like 1/10 of its volume) as it is too much for my ears to handle. But again, I'm not really a bass fan and most of the time I listen to music (.flac / 320kb mp3s) and occasionally some movies. Even when I listen to my analogue set, I always set my Marantz to 'Source Direct'.

As for first impression, these speaker sounded really good in the audition room but when I plugged in mine fresh out of the box, the bass (as the bass from the speaker not the sub) is a bit boomy to my liking, and on certain songs, murky. Audioengine suggest at least 30-50 hours burn in, but I'll stick with my 200 hours. Will come back with results after the burn-in and as soon as I figure out the speaker's positioning (this speaker needs a really good position, especially in a small room like mine). But all and all, I can say it's a really good speaker Worth every cents spent! Go frigging get it!