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ok so forget it. since i won't have time for any listening outings anytime soon i just pulled the trigger on a new set of PSB Alpha B1's on ebay ($249, free shipping). with all the internet & magazine raves, plus being on Stereophile's Recommended Components list for years, i just have to try...

You don't say. Ok. I don't have a very broad range of speaker experience, but I've never heard any Klipsch. Any of the chain stores carry good ones or do ya think I need to go to a decent audio showroom?

Building a budget bedroom system and need speakers as small as possible that still sound great. My main system is 2.1 with Studio 20 V3's, so I am already a huge Paradigm fan. I have a line on a cheap set of Atom v3's locally, but if the Atom v6 is significantly better then I'll just hold out...

well, that explains why the best match i could get was with Yamaha's Bass set at either +8 or +10, with Treble at +0. thanks, that was illuminating.

aw,crap. so i got the used set of A2's, hooked up the two passives to the Yamaha and . . . i'm sorta let down. sounds better than the P4's, but still not the wow that i get from running the A2's as a powered set. using the same source (Zune player) i did some a/b'ing comparing this passive A2...

UPDATE #2: fuggit. i have a new plan. i have been auditioning everything i have in my bedroom all morning, including a spare set of Audioengine A2's that i was gonna sell to help pay for the new speakers. i just love the A2's so much and honestly the amount of low end is fine for a bedroom...

UPDATE: so i received both components (Audioengione P4 speakers and the Yamaha CRX322 bookshelf receiver), and my initial impression: i hate it. no good at all. i made the bad assumption that the P4's would sound just like the Audioengine powered speakers (like my wondrous A2's), but they're...

I do love that smell, yesiree. :) Thanks again, all.

Well I got lazy and just bought an open box Yamaha CRX332 via Amazon for $200. I'm sure I coulda found something decent at a thrift or pawn shop but oh well. It's a bit longer than I would like but the price is right, so it's just gonna have to hang over the edge of my dresser a bit. Also...

Yeah, not opposed to that at all. Might just do that, thanks. Would like to get a few good model numbers to eBay with too. I've had a lot of good luck with NOS stuff on eBay lately, thus my special request for older mode recommendations.

Oh, ok. Amazon says the wrong dimensions (14x13x7). Maybe that's the shipping box. Cool. Oh wait, just realized it doesn't have a tuner. Listening to NPR is the majority of what I need this for. Oh well. Thanks anyway.

yeah, that's the issue: they all have speakers already. i'd love to be able to just buy one of these mini receivers separately. i'm also looking at used listings for these kinds of things. maybe if i find one cheap enough i could consider the speakers disposable. and yes, those Parasound units...

I'm wanting to upgrade the compact stereo in my bedroom, which is currently the Boston Acoustics Duo-i Plus mega clock radio. The only things I need it to have are an AM/FM tuner, MP3 player input (3.5mm or RCA) and basic eq control (T&B, say). And I need it to be very small to fit atop my...

interesting. those never came up in my search. they look amazing. any chance you can compare them to any of the other major players mentioned above? again, i am very happy with the M-80's and will definitely be keeping them for a good long while, but i suppose someday i'd be interested in a nice...

yeah, that's what i was thinking too. i am really no expert at all, but as a fellow Studio 20 V3 owner (lover) i can imagine it would be pretty tough to find a set that ever-so-slightly tweaks one end of the spectrum without changing everything else. so i'm tempted to suggest you might be better...

well i haven't done any more testing, and won't until i make/buy a reliable measuring mic. but i have done some more ear tweaking and things are really sounding quite natural now. the biggest problem i think i had was that the level was too high. still not sure i have the crossover right and...

no, i was just giving my opinion fwiw. like i said my wife likes them and, more to the point, doesn't feel like hunting anymore. i'm not really interested in IEM's for myself, and am very happy with my V-Moda M80's (see my other thread).

No, my headphone budget is way overdrawn as it is. My wife and I both have a set we like so we're done for a while. But why do you ask?

just a quick report on the RE-400's. my wife likes them and wants to keep them. i think she was wowed by the detail that you get in general once you graduate from the cheap AT&T store buds she had been using. "it sounds like Ce-Lo is right here in the room!", is how she put it. she's not...

ok forget that last post, lol. after a little while longer i started to get bothered by the recessed mids. many vocal frequencies were just not up front enough and guitars & other mid range instruments were just a little too hollowed out. so i did a bunch more reading and didn't come up with...