I use a pair of A5s with my Transporter and find them absolutely brilliant. Replaces a whole audio setup for me, I just feed the XLR outputs of the Transporter into the A5s.
It's by far the best I've had (OK, that doesn't mean too much) in terms of clarity and transparency. That said: there are a few things to consider. - Neither the Transporter nor the A5s alter the sound significantly, they are both very neutral systems. Now while people generally make a lot of fuss about not distorting signals etc. it's not necessarily what everybody prefers, some people prefer a "warmer" sound that is more forgiving to the source material... - Which is the next point: You will hear the quality of your source material. I can clearly tell mp3 from lossless at least for recordings that don't compress sound too much (might not be a big difference for the latest studio recording of last year's Pop Idol winners but a lot of difference on about any live recording). So you'll probably throw away you low-bitrate mp3s. - I only use the A5s. This is lacking a bit of bass yet I use them in a rather small room, ~25m2, and found the combination with the sub too aggressive. I should add that I'm generally a bit allergic against subwoofer setups, I find it very, very hard to get the crossover done right. But I'd recommend to test the setup and to only use the sub for larger rooms. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75947 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
