pablolie;356621 Wrote: > > boom blablabla /boom > I haven't heard the boom and can only go by what others, including you, are saying.
> > ".. I paid 170 EURO for the set. And at that price I think that it > would be, at least difficult, to find a match (active or passive w. > amp). Sound quality wise I'd recommend them for all kinds of background > music. .. So in the end I'm keeping mine based on a combination of > price, planned usage, sound quality. .. " > > Oh, that was you in > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35170 > > In that "review" I state that they are not even comparable to entry level stereo systems NAD, Denon, B&W etc. which is exactly the kind of stuff that the A5 price will get you on the 2. hand marked. In fact I "classify" them as computer speakers-like stuff, and use wording like "mediocre", "not up to par", "mess up" etc. In fact everything I said in that post, almost word by word, is exactly what I've been trying to get thru in this thread. The only thing that's changed is that I have now heard the Fostex 0.4 and they sound better. This proves that its possible to do better; even if you don't believe in getting used gear sold by, in many cases, people just like ourselves. As I stated I paid only 170 euro and kept them based on several parameters, only one of which had to do with sound quality. In other words, a compromise as far as the sound quality parameter is concerned. This would be the kind of compromise I spoke of in my first post in this thread. > > You even went as far as providing a commercial link to a pair of A5s as > a tip in the past: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34810 > ... and so what? > > Hm. Obviously something sored you on Audioengines. I find your analysis > of the past balanced, by the way - but what you have written in this > thread shows that you are indeed irrationally negatively biased for > whatever reason. Your personal history with whatever brand is your > right, I guess. > If you agree on the stuff I said in that thread, how can you now disagree when I'm saying exactly the same things? I'm not trying to be negative. I'm providing complementary and additional comments to the merits of the A5's. The pros certainly seems well covered, and my posts reflects the cons. That's it. My recommendation on the A5, then and now, is to be interpreted modulo other parameters than sound quality. Anyway, OP I urge you to post if you have questions or opinions that haven't been covered in this thread. -- bhaagensen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54559 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
