Recent content by stuartybass

I bought a pair of Studiodock 3i's for exactly your purpose and love them. £120 or so online. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samson-SAM-SD3I-StudioDock-3i/dp/B0014HO9QY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339261456&sr=8-1

Hi Haleem. I've found it difficult to find much comment on B&O in audio terms, which I think is probably because of their cost new, but as you say the second hand market makes them more reasonable. I was interested that you had also listened to other active speakers. Could you expand a bit on...

When I've been browsing around active setups, I've found the variety of inputs quite confusing, particularly in the context of pro-audio vs domestic, where technical know-how is presumed. There are the small number of domestic setups that are easy to understand, such as the AVIs with their...

Another aspect of actives which keeps cropping up is how to audition these speakers. For the pro-audio type, a few people have made useful posts about venturing into ....... pro-audio shops For the domestic type, the manufacturers tend to be small with few dealers. Of course the new Dynaudios...

Talking of B&O, does anyone have any experience of using Beolab 6000s, purely for audio? I've had trouble finding many reviews, I guess because they are often thought of as over-priced and/or a niche market and therefore difficult to compare to conventional hifi, but you can pick up pairs for...

An excellent idea for a thread - no really! There's no real merit in discussing active vs passive, which is a waste of everyone's time, but discussion of 'pro-audio' speakers in a domestic environment is helpful, because there is fairly recent interest in this application. Also, there are some...

Some encouragement from me too for you to write a review for the rest of us please!

Or what about these: http://www.audiopro.com/products/living-lv3 There are hardly any reviews yet and I've no idea where they can be heard, but a similar proposition.

What about the Audioengine A5+ ? A halfway house between the Studiodocks and the AVI speakers?

Thank you. I'll make a confession to audiophiles, but many years ago, before I started ripping my CDs, I did a genuinely blind test with different bitrated tracks burned to CDs on my current system and compared them to the original CD. I couldn't distinguish any difference beyond 192 kbps...

For the last few years I've been mainly listening to music via iTunes/Desktop PC/Studiodock 3i's. With the advent of Airplay, I wanted to start listening via my old hifi in another room, which consists of an NAD C320 amp and Kef Cresta 2 speakers. I've connected an Airport Express via a Fiio D3...

Thanks Lee.

I'm thinking of taking the plunge and buying a Sonos system, but despite reading the forums, I'm still a bit unclear about accessing the BBC iPlayer on it. My main question is: can you access the "listen again" feature via Sonos? Thanks for any comments. Stuart

Thanks for your suggestions. I came across these, which are available in 200mm and 300mm heights, so I may go for them. http://www.apollohifi.co.uk/Speaker/Speaker.html

Hello all. I recently bought a pair of Samson Studiodock monitors, for using as desktop speakers mainly for listening to music from iTunes on my PC. I'm very pleased with the sound, but I reckon it would be better if I could get the tweeters to my ear-level, which would mean raising them up by...