Been a long time since I have posted here on head-fi. I am grateful for the help recieved from members here on my purchase choices in terms of headphone gear, portable gear and even my speaker rig.
I am in a situation where I want to setup a second speaker rig. My main speaker rig is at home in my parents house, it being too big for where i am staying now for work purposes. Hence I have been planning on using my computer as a source (M-Audio audiophile 2496 soundcard), run it into my hafler pre and use the pre to control some powered speakers and a sub. I have $500 to spend on this setup and was thinking of pairing the LX4s with a sub I have seen on amazon for $150, The Mirage Nanosub. Since my room is a small room, I dont see the need for a big very powerful sub so an 8 inch sub is more than sufficient. also I would like to have the other speakers on my desktop so they need to be pretty small. I am looking at the powered combo to eliminate the need for an external amplifier again because space is a premium. I also have a Paradigm X30 crossover that I bought and dont use, so this is a perfect opportunity to use it to control te sub.
My main purpose for these would be for just listening to music, but I also do some recordings every once in a while so I would use them for monitoring as well, so there needs to be some accuracy as well. I dont want to go the T-Amp route cause of the low power and an extra component that I dont need.
My signal path would be: 2496 > Hafler DH100 > Paradigm X30 > to sub and speakers, which to me makes the most sense.
I can consider other subs and monitors as well, but they need to be neat and cost under $500 total.
I did a search for the LX4 and didnt come up with much, but they seemed to be well rated for what they are and I think adding the sub may be what the doctor ordered?
My main rig is in my sig and the rig I am using hooked up to my computer right now are some Boston Acoustics BA635 2.1 speakers from years back that I got from my brother. They sound ok, but I crave for more accuracy, more power, more bass, more midrange, less coloration....... in otherwords a big upgrade.
I could just get the promedia 2.1s but I don't know if that would be such a huge sonic upgrade from the Bostons. The unfortunate thing for me is that I cant listen so I cant just go to the store and hear the speakers cuz none are sold herein SVG, so I have to go by some hearsay and by some shrewd decision making.
Hope you guys can help.
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I am in a situation where I want to setup a second speaker rig. My main speaker rig is at home in my parents house, it being too big for where i am staying now for work purposes. Hence I have been planning on using my computer as a source (M-Audio audiophile 2496 soundcard), run it into my hafler pre and use the pre to control some powered speakers and a sub. I have $500 to spend on this setup and was thinking of pairing the LX4s with a sub I have seen on amazon for $150, The Mirage Nanosub. Since my room is a small room, I dont see the need for a big very powerful sub so an 8 inch sub is more than sufficient. also I would like to have the other speakers on my desktop so they need to be pretty small. I am looking at the powered combo to eliminate the need for an external amplifier again because space is a premium. I also have a Paradigm X30 crossover that I bought and dont use, so this is a perfect opportunity to use it to control te sub.
My main purpose for these would be for just listening to music, but I also do some recordings every once in a while so I would use them for monitoring as well, so there needs to be some accuracy as well. I dont want to go the T-Amp route cause of the low power and an extra component that I dont need.
My signal path would be: 2496 > Hafler DH100 > Paradigm X30 > to sub and speakers, which to me makes the most sense.
I can consider other subs and monitors as well, but they need to be neat and cost under $500 total.
I did a search for the LX4 and didnt come up with much, but they seemed to be well rated for what they are and I think adding the sub may be what the doctor ordered?
My main rig is in my sig and the rig I am using hooked up to my computer right now are some Boston Acoustics BA635 2.1 speakers from years back that I got from my brother. They sound ok, but I crave for more accuracy, more power, more bass, more midrange, less coloration....... in otherwords a big upgrade.
I could just get the promedia 2.1s but I don't know if that would be such a huge sonic upgrade from the Bostons. The unfortunate thing for me is that I cant listen so I cant just go to the store and hear the speakers cuz none are sold herein SVG, so I have to go by some hearsay and by some shrewd decision making.
Hope you guys can help.
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