I have $250 to spend on 2.0 computer speakers. Help me spend it. - Page 16 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

coredump · 08-29-2008, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted by wacomme

Coredump,

The stands are nice. I also like the headphone stands. Did you make these too? Also, are you passing your sound through a DAC? If so, what are you using? Does it improve the sound? Thanks.

Michael

Hey I've been a way for a while. I bought those banana (headphone) stands off Amazon for about $16 a piece. I run the A2s through a Zero DAC and I think it is a very big improvement over the X-Fi. With the X-Fi there wasn't any seperation and things sounded kind of muddy.

Lucas7x · 08-29-2008, 05:57 PM

Someone in this thread had mentioned the m-audio av40's and they look like a nice upgrade from my aging klipsch promedias 4.1. Would the AV40s sound better than what I have now? I'm also open to other similar size/price speakers but I would like something that I can purchase locally. There's a Guitar Center nearby.

Lucas7x · 08-29-2008, 11:28 PM

I took the plunge and picked up a pair of M-Audio AV40's...

Wow!!! I am @#$% impressed with these. These babies are leaps and bounds better sounding than the old klipsch promedias. The bass sounds perfect to me on these: clean and punchy. I never liked the loud/boomy bass that I got from the promedias.
Anyway, I picked up these babies for $160 (/w tax) at guitar center.

Oh one more thing: I have these babies connected to my EMU 0202 USB.