I read and see review that R1700BT give a very good quality sounds for it's size and price. I see people compare MB42x level to R1280, and R1700 is a step up than R1280. Considering it used to be almost USD200 price range, now can get it for less than RM400, that's about the same price with R1280DB. Even Amazon still selling it as USD150, so it's a very good bargain for quality bookshelf speaker.

MX3 is quite a low performance from Topping. You might want to reconsider on getting this DAC.
https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/in...3-dac-amp.7312/

Topping DX3 Pro is still one of the best desktop DAC they produced.

R1700BT is one of the good speaker Edifier have created, both sound and aesthetic. You can check out this channel playlist, it have R1700BT compared to plenty of other speakers. It also have plenty of other speakers tested too.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvAQ...YcyuMZRiMsIsWQS

If space is not an issue and you like to output the sound very loud, you might want to consider R200DB. Bigger diaphragm can go louder.
DAC or DAC+AMP like MX3? DAC and AMP I don't really know, there's like thousands of them and with different configurations of DAC, headphone output, AMP, headphone AMP, etc. But I do know that most hardware that use AK449* or ES9038 DAC chip sounds great. I just got myself on 11.11 a Topping NX4 for my headphone which is using ES9038 and it's low, mid and high sounds much more balanced than my handphone DAC. FiiO also makes good DAC/AMP. Maybe you can see this page on some of the DAC/AMP they have reviewed:
Master Index of Measurement Comparison Charts

I also considered R2800 last time when I want to buy desktop speaker. But luckily my head can think straight, R2800 is too big as a desktop speaker.
Have you tested S880DB? I still wondering how much I'm missing because going for R1700BT instead.


Amp also can cause the buzzing sound. Strangely, if I off my speaker with remote it will have buzzing sound, tho it's hard to notice. If turn off from rear switch or speaker is turn on then there's no buzzing sound.

Then maybe not much different to justify the double price.

Last time you say you miss the big speaker sound from R2800, so you get this Sony speaker?
Before this you using 2 ways speaker with 4 or 5 inch woofer? How much different compare to it?
I also were thinking to change my R1700BT to something bigger but not sure how much better will the sound be.

Wow that long, I thought you got it after R2800

Ya, 2.1 not that suitable for music. Bigger speaker always better especially for something like orchestra, small speaker sound thin.

Most 2.1 have small speaker (not the subwoofer) so the sound not that impressive. The bass separation to subwoofer also some not done properly which can feel it come from different place.

Some not good speaker tune also won't get good sound since the speaker or enclosure itself is the problem.
I was thinking of finding 8" woofer bookshelf speaker but not much choice.

That looks good. Except for the price.
Can get planar or ribbon tweeter already

Isn't presonus eris e5xt is active speaker?
Topping mx3 is an amplifier with built-in DAC
It only have powered output, don't have RCA output.
MX3 is use with passive speaker.

To make it simple, you can either go for:
DAC with/plus AMP and pair with passive speaker
or
DAC and pair with active speaker

Edifier speaker have good highs and mids, but r1700bt lacking some in deep bass. If use for desktop environment where you just about 1 meter away from speaker and you're not bass head then it is still good. But since you can go higher budget I suggest you get something with bigger bass driver, 5" to 6". Bigger bass driver from Edifier is S1000DB or S2000 Pro within your budget, you will not feel dissatisfied with both speaker. Or S360DB if you need space.

There's a lot of other brands too. If got opportunity is best to have a listen to the speaker first. If not then read review/opinion or see video as much as possible to know what are the speaker strength and weakness.

The speaker that you plan to get, where you going to use it? Desktop or living room?

Read 101 or beginner guide for what is DAC and AMP. That should give you plenty of info you need.
Active speaker basically is speaker with built-in AMP in it. Some even have DAC built in the speaker.

Hahaha I know that because last time I considering to get MX3

You can't optimize it for use as desktop and also living room. Desktop is on table where you also sit beside the table, such as computer table or writing table and speaker is just about a meter from you or less than that. Living room is you sitting at least 3 meters or away from the speaker. You can only optimize listening for one of it.

DAC explanation

AMP explanation

While you at it, might want to read What is frequency response, this is on speaker on how it reproduce sound.

To put it simply, there's 3 things that you need to understand:
DAC
AMP
SPEAKER (passive / active)

DAC is something that convert digital signal into analog signal. AMP is amplifying the signal to as loud as the hardware allow. Speaker receive the signal and create sound wave that human can hear. Got 2 type of speaker, passive speaker and active speaker. passive speaker means it only receive the 2 positive and negative wires into the speaker, no power plug. active means it have power plug, it can have RCA, 3.5mm, optical, spdif, usb, or any other type of connection and in any combination.

Example is your laptop have all 3 above. If your laptop is playing sound then it is using it's internal DAC to convert digital sound to analog sound, then using it's internal AMP it amplify the signal that send to the laptop's speaker.

If your laptop is connected to an active speaker then it is using laptop's internal DAC to convert into analog signal then send to active speaker. Active speaker have built-in AMP in it, which amplify the signal before feed into the speaker's driver.

Some active speaker also have built-in DAC. Using example above, your laptop send the digital sound to the speaker through USB or optical connection, which the speaker's DAC convert into analog sound, then amplify it and feed the speaker's driver.

You can have plenty of scenarios how you want to get the sound.
Source (PC/laptop/handphone) using it's internal DAC to active speaker
Source to active speaker that have built-in DAC
Source to external DAC then to active speaker
Source to external AMP then to passive speaker
Source to external DAC then to external AMP then to speaker
Source to external DAC with built in AMP then to speaker
Or plenty more combination.

If you can understand all that I wrote without any confusion then you are ready to buy the speaker and other hardware.

The bolded parts, it's up to you if you want to go until that depth for it's i/o, interfaces, classes. The main thing is only the 3 things I mention earlier.
Features is something that you can't overlook, because it depends what is your need. Such as for me I must have volume knob on my DAC as that's what I need, digital button or remote don't have the same feel. Some maybe have AMP with free optical port so he must get DAC with optical output. Some must have bluetooth function. Some must have hardware with display.
So it really depends what features you need.

If you want cheap you can even split the RCA cable so that it can go left and right speaker then volume is controlled on your source device.
UM2 also can work. Most important is check what's the comment on the product that you wan to get.

The cheapest way to connect to both presonus speaker is get 3.5mm to RCA cable, split between it's middle so that each RCA can connect to each speaker.

MX3 is for use with passive speaker. If you want to use this AMP+DAC then get a passive speaker.

I think you misunderstand on the whole volume sync thing, volume sync will only be an issue if you try to change the volume at the rear of speakers. If you change on your source such as PC/laptop then there's no sync issue.

Features for convenience (bt, remote etc) can be added later when you really feel the need for it. That time one of the way is you can add DAC that have the features you need.

Big difference from E5 XT to R1700BT

If you want it to have good enough sound for now then it is adequate. Next time when you want to have better sound then only spends for better speaker.

R1700BT bass sounds thin especially more if listen from a distance such as in living room.
Take a listen to this. R2000DB have 5" driver while R1700BT is just 4". Listen from 3 minutes 50 seconds.


Personally I think R1700BT is good for classical, Jazz, R&B music where the emphasis more on mids and highs.
You want good bass then need bigger driver or those with subs.

I got R1700BT and it's really lacking bass, more so when sit far away. 100hz below almost can't hear anything.

Depends what's your expectation from the speaker.
If compare to TV internal speaker, then it is much better
If always listen to mids and highs, such as violin and guitar, then it is great
If want to listen the low rumbling or low beats then it is not satisfactory.