bhaagensen;356189 Wrote: > The point is that it is a piece of cake to find much better stuff at the > same price. ... > It took me 5 min. to find the following. A pair of Dali 450 (which are > excelent, I have owned a pair), here listed at ~86USD > > http://www.dba.dk/asp/soegning/detail.asp?annonceid=57302491 > > .. > This is orders of magnitutes better than the A5's, there is no > discussing that. > > Edit: OK so these are big floorstandres, but you can easily find > bookshelf format speakers and also a physically smaller amp.
We touched a nerve for bhaagensen. We seemed to have blasphemed by using the word audiophile in vain. A pair of "big floorstanders" for $ 86 is not likely to have rigid cabinets free of audible resonances. If your budget is quite limited, stick with physically small speakers; it is much easier to get an acceptably rigid cabinet when the walls are not large in size. The A5s have very well built cabinets. When you rap them with your knuckles, you don't hear ringing or any flexing in the side walls of the cabinet. That is the sort of thing you pay real money to get in stand mounted monitors. I have 3-way speakers with active crossovers and 6 channels of amplification in my library. They are clearly better than the A5s in most respects but the A5s are still very enjoyable to listen to. ShutterShock, if you like what the A2s provide, you should find the A5s to be even better. If on the other hand, you found the A2s fatally lacking in "clarity, imaging, centering, precision, frequency response, tightness in bass etc.", then you should definitely consider bhaagensen's $ 86 audiophile speakers. "There can be no discussion." If you are willing to spend $ 600 or $ 1000 on speaker + amp (together or separately), you can probably do better than A5s. But not every combination in that price range will be better. Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54559 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
