Small passive speakers + amp (costing £550-£700) OR active dynaudio mc15?

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[Reposted here as think this part is more relevant to this forum.. sorry for tech issues earlier!]

Can anyone recommend small passive speakers + amp that would give the active Dynaudio MC15's a good fight for the money?!

I.e. total budget of no more than £700, and ideally closer to £550. Only considering new equipment. It's to be partnered with a computer + DAC setup.

I'm most concerned with clarity, esp. vocals & being able to distinguish different instruments. Powerful bass is not crucial.

So far I've auditioned...

- B&W 686, Dali Lektor 1, Epos m5i, Kef IQ10, Quad 11L2 & the powered Aktimates

- Budget Cambridge Audio, Rotel & Marantz amps,

...all of which sounded good in their own ways but not as good to me as the active Dynaudios. For me, Kef's came closest.

Any other passive speaker + amp combos, or should I just forget my concerns about the practicalities (such as volume control + plugging in >1 input) & price of the active Dynaudio MC15s and get them?!

Any thoughts much appreciated..

 

[Anonymous]

i think you broke the internet!

 

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry! I'll try and delete this, then re-post.

 

[Messiah]

I find that (the OP) happens if you have copied the text in. Did you type that direct onto the forum or paste it from something like Word??

 

[Anonymous]

I copied and pasted it from Word. But now it won't let me delete my post.. sorry about this

 

[Messiah]

Just save the original Word file as plain text and then edit the original post and copy the info in from the plain text document.

 

[Anonymous]

Cheers!

 

[jaxwired]

fast eddie:i think you broke the internet!

LMAO.

 

[jaxwired]

Messiah:Just save the original Word file as plain text and then edit the original post and copy the info in from the plain text document.

I don't use word for posting, but on the rare occassion, I find it quicker to paste into notepad, then clip it from that window. This will eliminate all special formatting. You won't have to save the file and re-open it... This also works great if you cut from an HTML window (another web site) and it pastes a bunch of garbage into the post.

 

[Anonymous]

cheers, lesson learned the hard way!