hi, just wondering where i can find this speaker?

not sure bout the old Audioengine A5 but my personal opinion that the newer A5+ transparency and midrange is better than mk2.

Since ur old gear is 2.1, here is some experiences regarding 2.1 and 2.0. For music listening purpose, getting a good DAC and a 2.0 speaker will make ur music very enjoying and relaxing. But when it come to gaming and movies especially DTS movies, u will really feel the lack of bass in 2.0 speaker set. Those explosion scenes, booming sound effect will sound less impact without a subwoofer. But for animes, these lack of bass may not be so significant but it still depend on personal tastes. Such as the ongoing anime "Attack on the titan", u will still feel better with a subwoofer than a 2.0 speaker for those sound effect. At last, u will still need to listen for urself and make a choice.

It's actually choosing between home theater vs hifi. Subwoofer is a home theater gear.

yup, best way is to try urself. bring ur own laptop and DAC to the shop and test out those speaker with the same song. the sound of 2.0 speaker setup has more variety when playing song compare to 2.1. Just take the Andioengine & Aktimate to compare, they both produced totally different types of sound. The Audioengine has very good transparency and the vocal has an airy and good dynamic expression on it. Meanwhile, the Aktimate is a more balanced speaker. If u enjoy a little laid back and relaxing feel, Audioengine maybe better. If u wan some party rocking feel with the bass, Aktimate maybe better.

Anyway, speaker positioning and speaker isolation are also very important. If u have the budget, get an intermediate speaker cable will also improve ur sound by a lot. U can also try stuff like kernel streaming, reclock, jplay that i stated in my blog (click my sig if u r interested) if u haven't tried them yet.

This post has been edited by Emiya Shirou: Jun 17 2013, 07:44 AM

well, mayb i am jz lucky o mayb i m jz too free XD (well, i m a coll student so my time is not bound by those office working hour, can always head over anywhere whn i m free ^^) well, if ur DAC is up to the task and the speaker is choosen according to ur taste, there is no use at all for the treble n bass or even eq in the pc ^^ last time b4 i gt a DAC for my C3, i always set 4 for treble 3 for bass. after getting a DAC for it, the setting is 0 for treble and -3 for bass. it's negative for the bass because the subwoofer of C3 is overwhelming when listening to song ^^

err, if u got the DAC, speaker position and speaker isolation right. there won't be any woom woom woom of bass. jz tat for 2.1 speaker setup like C3 u will feel that the quality is unbalanced. the subwoofer is way better than the satellites. and u jz hav to turn down the bass of C3 when listening to music to get bac the suppose feel of the song. and for my setup of C3, i like negative 3 for the bass when listening to song ^^

can said that the bass is initially too strong because in 2.1 speaker most of ur money actually go into the subwoofer. u will know this if u try some over grade DAC for these 2.1 speaker. i tried a 3k DAC with the C3, the bass is so solid and accurate but the satellites already started to crack like unable to produce those high pitch and so. i tried on altec langsing 4121 also, and altec satellites is way worst...

but if u read my post earlier b4 i get a DAC and speaker isolation, i used 4 for treble and 3 for bass. only after i get a DAC and speaker isolation, i set 0 for treble and negative 3 for bass. speaker isolation is very important. if u r free, u can go over to my blog and hear those recording out urself. all the recording regarding C3 in my blog is made by setting up bass to negative 3, treble 0 and equalizer off in the music player. do tell me ur feeling after listening to those recording. and do listen to the recording b4 n after setting up speaker isolation and u will be amazed by how much something below rm10 can improve ur audio quality.

it is to reduce the noise produced by the pc transfer, if ur live recording is bad then definitely it won't do anything to it. as i said all these stuffs is to make ur stuffs to reproduce the sound as how it is recorded but not to smoothen it or other way around. anyway, the foobar is to use kernel streaming while the reclock is to use wasapi-exclusive. and make sure ur DAC support these features

hmm, i think many support these features, even the UD100 that cost Rm140 also support them. i like live recordings as well ^^ i gt lots of dvd and bd iso of live recording especially AKB48 XD but quite a disappointment that AKB dun use DTS for their recording and when comparing to those western live that encode using DTS, the audio quality still fall behind a lot...

i think normal pc speaker won't be having spdif in as they don't have DTS certified XD try find some DTS certified speaker thn mayb will find a spdif in on them

that is exactly wat i told u as i faced that problem too last time XD u hav to choose between hifi and home theater XD there is no way out

u can tried my hybrid setup but tat sure will be out of ur budget for now:
buy a second hand stereo amp and 2.0 speaker, thn get a not so exp sub but still nice sound like jbl (sub harder to find second hand).
thn power up the sub whn watching movie or playing games XD

This post has been edited by Emiya Shirou: Jun 18 2013, 09:11 PM

i know u hav tight budget, tat's y i said get a second hand stereo amp and second hand 2.0 speaker

tat's a given cause nad midrange is consider warm. but i think nad is a little laid bac like cambridge audio and do not perform so well when it come to those heart pumping pop

jz my taste maybe... last time whn i tried my j-pop on nad and cambridge audio, the rhythm seem to be a bit mess up when compare to marantz.
tat is personal taste though.

i said tis before, whn buying a 2.1 speaker, don't expect much from the satellites as most of the money actually went to the subwoofer

wow, so many gears u hav there almost like a shop

to get the surround effect right, speaker positioning is important. for 5.1 pc speaker that is nearfield, i did say the speaker setup is gonna look very messy. and some of those higher budget movies have 7.1, and u still need to down mix them to 5.1

and 1 more thing, since DAC is important no matter playing game, watching movie or listening to music, u have to choose it to match wif ur preference as well. if for playing game, creative is doing better with those extra features and having surround support but when coming down to music and movie, it's not doing so well. for listening to music, a stereo DAC like the UD100 is better but don't have those fancy features and don't support surround. for watching movies, there is no better than having an av receiver that support DTS, none of the DAC support DTS iirc... so u will hav to decode the dts on ur pc and sent as pcm. the best decoder i found so far is from ArcSoft. u can always go to my blog if u hav interest to know more...

well, tat's a bad idea... whn i said go for hybrid, i recommend to get a stereo amp instead of recommending u get a sub for those active 2.0 speaker... tat's because the matching and the sound quality will be a little let down... it's ok to get an active 2.0 or 2.1 speaker. but getting a sub for active 2.0 even like Audioengine A5+ with their own matching sub, the sound quality dun really get through me... but well, it's up to ur ear to do the testing...

for ur case now, since s330 n mk2 is both active, the cheapest and easiest way is to get a y splitter like http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005IXK6WQ if ur DAC is using 3.5mm type wire. then connect both speaker to it. thn throw the satellite of S330 away. thn on the mk2 all the time. and jz on the s330 whn u wan the sub.

the positioning vary according to ur height, room condition and other factor. u need to adjust urself by repeating the position and listen for urself

but for pc speaker tat is nearfield mean tat their listening range is best around 0.5m to 1m will really feel messy with those speaker surrounding u

yup, use the sub of s330 wif the mk2.

since second hand hav to really depend on the availability. and i dun get wat u mean by "can i jz use the DAC should be fine?"

gud to see tat u finally came to a decision after so long anyway do tell me how u feel after u set the sub with the mk2
and try to do speaker positioning and isolation. with the right setup, it totally bring ur speaker next to another level at very low budget.
tis is wat once an experienced audiophile told me, most of the user can only bring out 30% of their speaker potential. because most user are jz too ignorant of stuff like DAC, position & isolation.

for rm400, C3 hav my vote as well. a gud soundcard/DAC is jz to make things better. it's the same for all speaker.
but C3 do hav a flaw. with its external amp having low power, if u put the volume to low level, the bass wont reach u.

tested bose b4 and their SQ is quite bad for me. then google around and see why bose is so highly regard. then found tis answer:
Bose main design is to let u hear the sound coming from everywhere. So it's totally different sound from normal hifi sound

if under RM100, go for Edifier M1360. U won't find deep bass or solid bass cause tat subwoofer is kinda weak. But the overall presentation is nice at mid volume. But if u turn the volume to MAX, thn everything is falling apart.

If u want something that hav deep bass and can use for years, get something around RM200.

for klipsch promedia 2.1, the old model which sold for RM500 last time do had good SQ but with some issue of faulty at asia.

for the new model tat had their price raised, i went and test them, and are really disappointing

wow, if u said like tat, mean u feel even more disappointing with the new promedia 2.1 thn me
cause last time when i went and test the new promedia the best price i can get is RM7XX. but u compare it to a Rm500 logitech
u make even harsher comment

woody casing amp, nice stuffs, nice looks and light weight at least it will be easy to move around than my stupid steel casing amp tat weight 20kg++

yup, the new promedia 2.1 definitely not worth the money imo. soundsticks is better, but u should really go and try out all these for urself. i always jz went and try all those pc speaker whn i m free or on the weekend. it's at least easier to try out compare to hifi gear

This post has been edited by Emiya Shirou: Jun 20 2013, 10:48 AM