Compact desktop speaker with tight and punchy bass

gasolin

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I have a Nad D3020 a set of Boston a26 and Dali F 12 E subwoofer

It's very good, i can listen for hours with absoutly no fattigue, especially the top is good, better the when i use my dali zensor 1 with my nad amp.

I just have one problem with this combination (nad and boston), the bass, theres a considerable lack of deeb bass, it's okay with edm but with pop,rock music like the classics like, dire straits, u2,phil collins,pink floyd, abba you name it, theres often a considerable lack of bass at mabye 80hz and down, i do use some isoacoustics stand for my boston so the bass is as good as the limiteds of my room allows it to be.

After a few weeks i had to have a subwoofer, turning it on i finally have the bass i miss when i use my bostons without a subwoofer (pop rock music dosn't sound like techno, just the way they are recorded) .

I would like to know if there is some cheap compact desktop speakers (size like dali zensor 1,boston a26,monitor audio bx 2) that have a much more tight and punchy bass then my bostons, without sounding like cerwin vegas or cheap pa speakers.

I don't think i would upgrade atm to a pair of speakers with not subwoofer, just curious if such speakers with a tight and punchy bass exist, i had a pair of krk rookit 5 g3 they had a lot more bass and at the same time it sounded deep(didn't miss a subwoofer).

I sold them because i had chanel balance problem at low levels and crackling noise using the t c electronic volume control, a bit white noise from the speakers and the krk has a artificial soft sound, the upper midrange lower treble was just unaturally soft, it resulted in a sound that needed more power in that area.

I do how ever think if my main speakers have better bass it would sound better and be more easy to integrate, then a big subwoofer into a part of my living room that's not perfect for a big subwoofer (i don't use it so all music sounds like techno)

I might miss or want a dry,thight and punchy bass more then a soft deep bass with not so much punch,atack,slamm (shure the bass from my subwoofer can be loud but more slow and boomy then dry,tight and punchy).
 

davedotco

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The most accurate desktop monitors I have seen in some time are the Equator D5.

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No seriously deep bass but about as good as you will get from a 5 inch driver. It is active of course, so you will have to rethink your setup.

I really can not think of a passive speaker that will get close given your requirements.
 

gasolin

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They are active and if i bought new more punchier "active" speakers i would also have to buy a sound card or dac that i can use to adjust the volume with.

How about thes speakers http://www.whathifi.com/wharfedale/diamond-220/review
 

gasolin

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BigH said:
gasolin said:
They are active and if i bought new more punchier speakers i would also have to buy a sound card or dac that i can use to adjust the volume with.

How about thes speakers http://www.whathifi.com/wharfedale/diamond-220/review

Soundcards are cheap. You can get a reasonable Asus one for about £20, probably less if you look around.

Then theres no point in upgrading soundcard if it's only a 20£ cheap one, it's best to have a constant high output from a pc and then between the pc and active speakers adjust the sound level with a dac/souncard or a volume *** (my volume *** from tc electronic is just not that good), i also like my Nad D3020 so i don't se any reason to sell it and upgrade to active speakers
 

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