QUOTE(:+:JerRy:+: @ Aug 23 2012, 10:09 AM)
If you know what is DAC, it gives you cleaner sound signal which includes bass (it can be significant).
For music listening, level 1 is good. Movie then level 2. Never need it at level 3. I must say this is personal preference.
Perhaps other system is producing too much bass. I like bass but I like nice solid bass.
yeah i know what is a digital-to-analog converter is

i have a pretty *decent* audio setup after all

i'll just put it very simply of this:
the aego m subwoofer is puny. and size does matter in pushing volumes of air which indirectly is how much frequencies can be moved, aka how much bass depth/quantity you can have. quality on the other hand is another different matter.
personally, i'd like to have both. quality without amount is just not enough. and i believe T3 is simply an aego m (i believe the clarity is very on par with the aego m. granted, the highs/trebles of the aego m is very clearly superior than the t3 no doubt) with bass. and bass is something that creative speakers aren't bad over the years. comparatively, you can look a logitech speakers, they have WAY more bass amount than creative. however they just lack the control/tightness that creative can have (which in other words, quantity without quality, which i don't want either)
Added on August 23, 2012, 10:37 amQUOTE(eremitic @ Aug 23 2012, 10:20 AM)
my personal opinion regarding aego m's bass performance, it very depend on how you placed it; i placed it around 18cm~25cm apart with wall
myself found it level 1 is ok for most song (what i feel is blend well, and bass did not overwhelmed), level 2 maybe ok for movie and some song that require stronger power, but it did not go deep, probably just 45~55hz, and it is kind of slow bass.for my music preference, i found aego m do quite a decent job to me, except it lack of lower mid to me, vocal thin.
anyway wonder how focal xs 2.1 compared to focal little bird...
thanks, you kinda convey it better on what i am trying to point

to TS:
do you have any unit/location where we can audition this? preferable in a suitable environment as well
This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Aug 23 2012, 10:37 AM