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For $150 Edifier speakers are probably worth looking at.
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qirex posted:For $150 Edifier speakers are probably worth looking at. I've got the R1700BT. Nice set, and it comes with Bluetooth as well. Bought em on sale before the Canadian dollar poo poo the bed.
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Sep 4, 2025 21:15
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Yeah I’ve been happy with mine too. My fave feature will always be the aux port that blends with the primary input as opposed to need to switch back and forth. I know some similar bookshelf speakers like this have phono inputs too, mine is just regular RCA and 5.56mm I believe.
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Sep 5, 2025 00:13
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Huh, I thought we scoffed at Edifiers. I have an old pair without bluetooth, I'll be giving this pair as a gift, the bluetooth is a good feature too.
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Sep 5, 2025 05:46
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It's a little over your budget but parts-express has this powered speaker: https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-Classic-B65A-Powered-Bookshelf-Speaker-Pair-Black-300-260?quantity=1 I have the passive version of these speakers and I like them a lot.
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Sep 5, 2025 18:49
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Do we have an AR glasses thread? I'd like to go on long walks but would like to be able to watch videos without having to hold my phone or lookdown without looking silly. I see devices such as maybe the Rokid Max AR or the RayNeo Air series, but it's unclear to me if these are what I want, because I don't think I want the display to be directly in front of me, I just want something small in like the corner of my vision or at least adjustable?
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Sep 23, 2025 16:32
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Raenir Salazar posted:Do we have an AR glasses thread? I'd like to go on long walks but would like to be able to watch videos without having to hold my phone or lookdown without looking silly. I have Viture Ones. Seems like all of them use the same display modules and general setup, so I feel confident saying you don’t want to take a walk in them. They’re awesome on a plane. I can watch a movie on a big screen without distractions, but I still have my peripheral vision to see the flight attendant asking for orders, or eat a meal. I love them in bed. I take out my contacts, adjust the diopters to my prescription and watch on the ceiling. I do not like them for walking around the house. Even in passthrough mode with the screen small in the corner, you’re always looking through the prism mirrors and it fucks up your perspective. I definitely wouldn’t walk down stairs in them.
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Sep 23, 2025 18:36
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Not sure where you're walking, but this level of distraction seems like it would work better on a treadmill where you could just use a TV or a full screen AR setup without worry. To be more helpful, there's a VR thread in games that might have more posters able to provide input: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3901021
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Sep 23, 2025 21:30
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aparmenideanmonad posted:Not sure where you're walking, but this level of distraction seems like it would work better on a treadmill where you could just use a TV or a full screen AR setup without worry. Thanks I think I misread or misclicked, didn't realize this was specifically the Audio Questions thread  But yeah I do have a treadmill and TV setup, but it's different from actually being outdoors I've noticed, being actually outside seems to activate different parts of my back muscles and stuff plus I live at like the bottom of a mountain and its easy to get some elevation while walking around while my treadmill doesn't have the ability to change elevation on the fly. But yeah I'll try posting in there.
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Sep 24, 2025 14:57
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I've been interested in picking up a multitrack audio interface and a mixer for both light game streaming and dinking around with synths and have always liked the idea of having them both be the same device, but for the longest time the only mixer I could find that could appear as multiple independent stereo interfaces over USB was the Soundcraft Signature MTK which is enormous, somewhat old, and apparently has a flawed power supply design doomed to repeated failure. Now the Zoom Livetrak L6max seems to be a perfect fit but I'm seeing a lot of people complaining about how its sample rate is locked to 48kHz. I know that'll mean there's some interpolation when playing 44.1kHz audio like CDs or older games with lower rates, but how much am I actually going to care about that in reality? I do not care at all about 96kHz or higher audio formats, I could never hear the difference back in the day when I bought some DVD-Audio discs.
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Oct 16, 2025 21:32
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The only difference will be the content between 22kHz-24kHz, which in normal audio is close to nothing and at inaudible levels. You can null a file with the resampled version and there will be a faint whimper on the meters, but it'll all be below audible levels by several orders of magnitude. A human, not an average one, but any human, will not be able to discern the difference.
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wolrah posted:I've been interested in picking up a multitrack audio interface and a mixer for both light game streaming and dinking around with synths and have always liked the idea of having them both be the same device, but for the longest time the only mixer I could find that could appear as multiple independent stereo interfaces over USB was the Soundcraft Signature MTK which is enormous, somewhat old, and apparently has a flawed power supply design doomed to repeated failure. Now the Zoom Livetrak L6max seems to be a perfect fit but I'm seeing a lot of people complaining about how its sample rate is locked to 48kHz. Tascam Model series?
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Scott Baculum posted:Tascam Model series? The Soundcraft 12 MTK appears to the host as seven different stereo inputs and six stereo outputs. At the time I posted that I thought the L6max split the difference by appearing as a single 14 channel input and two stereo outputs but now that I read the manual again I'm not as sure about that as I was. I am mostly interested in having something that can appear as at least two separate audio devices so I can easily route game audio to one channel pair and voice chat to a different one when streaming. I haven't seen anything other than the Soundcraft
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Oct 17, 2025 04:05
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My cousin is looking for a set of bookshelf speakers with Bluetooth. Any decent option out there for not a whole stack of cash?
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Oct 17, 2025 06:43
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Olympic Mathlete posted:My cousin is looking for a set of bookshelf speakers with Bluetooth. Any decent option out there for not a whole stack of cash? yes
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Olympic Mathlete posted:My cousin is looking for a set of bookshelf speakers with Bluetooth. Any decent option out there for not a whole stack of cash? I've got a set of Edifiers that have been pretty nice (R1700bt). Just wait for a sale though.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:My cousin is looking for a set of bookshelf speakers with Bluetooth. Any decent option out there for not a whole stack of cash? What's your budget?
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Solid question. This is his first foray into speakers and will be bought as a gift for him so low end of the market, probably ~$150 I have a set of M-Audio monitors I've been using for years and am happy with and I see they do a set with BT.
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Oct 18, 2025 11:12
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one of my edifier stereo speakers I have for my desktop does a sort of.. I don't know what to call it, maybe a whine sound at certain frequencies, usually when someone is talking since i notice it more often while watching youtube videos. It sounds like something hitting a peak and then winding down If i flip over the speaker it stops so I could just have it flipped all the time I guess
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Oct 18, 2025 15:15
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I can definitely second the Edifier recommendation. I have the non-powered version of these and they work great: https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-Classic-B65A-Powered-Bookshelf-Speaker-Pair-Oak-300-261?quantity=1 Slightly above your budget though.
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Oct 19, 2025 00:20
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mariooncrack posted:I can definitely second the Edifier recommendation. I have the non-powered version of these and they work great: I'm in the UK anyway so availability of branding may vary, I jus wanted to see if there was a general consensus. I did take a quick look at the Edifiers, there's a few options. 1080, 1280, 1380, 1700, MR3 and MR60 which are varying money up to 160. MR3s and MR60s look pretty slick.
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Quick question: I have a Revel Performa 3 sub that a friend gifted me. Out of nowhere, it’s not working and there is nothing but a QuickStart guide available. The LED is red when turned on. Unplugging the RCA from either end offers no hum I’ve checked the fuse, tried different RCA’s, power cord, and double checked the receiver setup. Is the plate amp dead? Am I missing anything to test?
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Looking for portable Bluetooth speaker recommendations at the sub $100 range, stereo preferred. Mostly for fairly quiet listening in a small room indoors that occasionally gets turned up. I was thinking of going with the Wirecutter recommendation of Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4, but that's single speaker mono only. Or maybe I can be argued into the notion that a speaker that small can't do great stereo separation anyway and one good speaker is better than two less good ones. I don't have golden ears, but I can't not notice crappy sound.
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I think just the lack of physical distance between the channels with one speaker means you won’t really get a good stereo image anyway. I don’t have a ton of experience with these other than having to listen to my neighbors blast crappy autotune pop but if you can stretch your budget a bit something like this would be good option for a non-portable one. I think JBL is generally a safe choice as well.
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Thanks for the input. I think I can live with mono. The price is firm, though, I'm on a budget. Size budget, too, footprint no larger than a small bookshelf speaker. Plug-in or battery-powered, doesn't matter, though I'd slightly prefer a plug-in so I don't end up with an e-waste brick over time.* Maybe it doesn't matter all that much at the sub-$100 price point what I get, they're all going to be fairly mediocre (which is ok by me, I just don't want flashy junk). *I pessimistically assume the power requirement is such that when the battery dies, it won't be able to run on a charger. edit: At the moment, looking at these, and I assume they're all generally going to do ok:
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I've heard two jbl bluetooth speakers and in both cases I was kinda impressed with what came out of it, even the two packs of cigarettes sized ones. In general they're also pretty good with spare parts availability, although I don't know about batteries specifically.
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doctorfrog posted:Looking for portable Bluetooth speaker recommendations at the sub $100 range, stereo preferred. Mostly for fairly quiet listening in a small room indoors that occasionally gets turned up. I have a blue Anker speaker that I paid like $25 or $30 for back in 2018 and it’s been more than adequate to play music and podcasts and whatnot in labs, bathrooms, kitchens, outside, etc. Nice and portable too, fits comfortably in a backpack bottle pocket, etc. Still kicking, haven’t timed out the battery but it seems fine enough. Materials/rubber coating are holding up well. It’s currently living on the bathroom counter for “morning routine audio” duty and I charge it like once every two weeks/when it runs out of juice. I’ve always been vaguely meaning to replace it with something more permanent/that can connect to a WiFi-based system like Wiim or AirPlay or whatever, but it does the job, it resists water well, and it’s not a pain in the rear end to switch on and connect to, so I’ve just kept using it, which is about as good of an endorsement as I can give a seven year old Bluetooth speaker, especially one that I bought as a stopgap/budget buy Scott Baculum fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Nov 6, 2025 |
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I appreciate the further input. I'm jumping on the Fender x Teufel ROCKSTER GO 2. It's stereo, isn't as gaudy as a JBL, has a little bit of the bookshelf speaker look (it's home use only), and has good reviews on its sound. Hits my price/size point.
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I find a chrome logo gaudier than a featureless black cylinder but you do you. I'm sure it'll sound fine.
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Yeah, I'm sorta hoping I can find a way to cover it up, but it's not a deal breaker. The JBL has a full on light show screensaver on the back of it (though you can turn it off), and I personally find their oversized logo to be more gaudy, the sort of thing I'd want to peel off if possible. But yeah, tertiary preference, classy poo poo requires more dollars than I got atm.
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So I've been using 3 audio devices with my laptop: 1. Steelseries Arctis Nova 1 (I don't use the built-in mic) 2. Maono AU-PM360TR (this is the mic I use) 3. Edifier G2000 (speakers) The headset and mic are connected to the laptop through a 3.5mm jack (I use a 2 female-1 male splitter), while the speakers are connected via Bluetooth. The Bluetooth connection is pretty stable but the audio goes noticeably out of sync when I try to play video. Any ideas? I've been thinking of connecting the speakers to a USB splitter (since I'm short on ports), would that solve my issue? I used to plug in a previous pair of speakers (also Edifier) via USB but I was getting some frequent Windows 11 crashing issues so I switched to Bluetooth instead. I feel like it's a Win11 thing as I used to have a similar configuration that worked fine with my previous laptop, which was on Win10. (Sorry if this is confusing!)
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Lily Catts posted:So I've been using 3 audio devices with my laptop: Generally plugging the speakers into a usb port should not have that problem. Plugging them into a usb hub should also be fine, as long as it's a hub and not some oddball split cable that came with another poorly designed device. I'm assuming the speakers get their power from somewhere else, so that shouldn't be a problem either. I don't know what was up with the crashing, that's obviously not acceptable, let's hope that was specific to the other hardware.
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A usb audio interface is probably what you’re looking for, something like a Focusrite Scarlett or MOTU M2 would take care of all that, headphones, mic and line out for the speakers
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qirex posted:A usb audio interface is probably what you’re looking for, something like a Focusrite Scarlett or MOTU M2 would take care of all that, headphones, mic and line out for the speakers
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doctorfrog posted:I appreciate the further input. I'm jumping on the Fender x Teufel ROCKSTER GO 2. It's stereo, isn't as gaudy as a JBL, has a little bit of the bookshelf speaker look (it's home use only), and has good reviews on its sound. Hits my price/size point. Update: It's good. Sound kinda brings me back to my dad's bookshelf stereo system back in the 80's (laudatory). And at the range at which I listen to it, the stereo separation is decent, but of course it has to be positioned right in front of you, otherwise it doesn't really matter. Downside is it's kinda funny looking with the halfhearted forced perspective 'squashed octagon' appearance and large, centrally placed logo, though surrounded by my books and geegaws it more or less blends in. It's no frills, no mic, no light show, no ****ing apps. It's just a speaker. Dang happy with it. doctorfrog fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Nov 10, 2025 |
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Flipperwaldt posted:Generally plugging the speakers into a usb port should not have that problem. Plugging them into a usb hub should also be fine, as long as it's a hub and not some oddball split cable that came with another poorly designed device. I'm assuming the speakers get their power from somewhere else, so that shouldn't be a problem either. I don't know what was up with the crashing, that's obviously not acceptable, let's hope that was specific to the other hardware. Sorry for the late reply, my previous pair was powered by USB, while my new speakers have their own dedicated plug. So I guess that should reduce problems.
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Any recommendations for a kareoke system? We already have a decent speaker/theatre system in the house so rather than fork out for another speaker I'm looking for something with microphones that can plug into that. We've also got an Xbox so alternatively maybe there's some kind of game that might work but I have no idea when it comes to this stuff. Thanks!
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bee posted:Any recommendations for a kareoke system? We already have a decent speaker/theatre system in the house so rather than fork out for another speaker I'm looking for something with microphones that can plug into that. We've also got an Xbox so alternatively maybe there's some kind of game that might work but I have no idea when it comes to this stuff. Thanks! Are you in the Apple ecosystem? The latest Apple TV has a sing along mode and you can use an iPhone as a microphone. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sing-along-with-apple-music-iphe16e0f316/ios
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bee posted:Any recommendations for a kareoke system? We already have a decent speaker/theatre system in the house so rather than fork out for another speaker I'm looking for something with microphones that can plug into that. We've also got an Xbox so alternatively maybe there's some kind of game that might work but I have no idea when it comes to this stuff. Thanks! What audio receiver model number do you have right now? Depending on if it has zone 2 pre-outs, you could get a pretty inexpensive solution
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