Bump. Did you ever resolve this issue or figure out what was causing it?

Reviving this thread. Anyone else have an experience paring the d1 with airmotiv 4 speakers?

Quote: Can you link to the info on the stealth line? Isn't it just an 8inch monitor? Or are there other models in the line?

Here are my subjective impressions having owned both speakers (though not compared at the same time side by side). These were sent in a PM to another head-fi user:   I've owned both the audio engine A5's and the Airmotiv 4's. They sound very different. I would actually buy both of them and...

Quote: thanks so much!

Anyone else out there tried this combo? Would love to hear about your impressions.

Quote: Good to hear. I just wasn't sure in your previous pos whether or not you could discern any improvement using the airmotiv's w/out the D1 and with the D1. How would you describe the improvement, if possible?

The DACmini sounds nice, but it's waaaay out of my price range. From what you're saying, it sounds like I might not get much benefit from the D1. Hard to say at this point. But thanks for your input ljsegil

I'm considering pairing my Airmotiv 4's with an Audioengine D1 dac. I use the airmotivs with my macbook pro for lossless audio listening and some 320k mp3 listening. The speakers sit on my desk nearfield (2ft). I know the D1 is highly regarded, but at least one review has described the sound...

I'm considering pairing my Airmotiv 4's with an Audioengine D1 dac. I use the airmotivs with my macbook pro for lossless audio listening and some 320k mp3 listening. The speakers sit on my desk nearfield (2ft). I know the D1 is highly regarded, but at least one review has described the sound...

  Quote:   Was this issue ever resolved? Was it a bug?

  Quote: Just wanted to echo that my airmotiv 4's do hiss a bit. If I turn the gain all the way up past 3/4, the hissing gets a bit louder such that you can hear them from 2ft away. However, if I turn up the volume on my mac (source) and turn the airmotiv's gain down to 1/2, I barely...

Quote: I'm 99% sure the hiss is from the amplifier itself, as you describe. So it sounds like there is no issue with lowering the gain on the amp and raising the source volume? I plan to do just that in the future.

My house does have awful wiring. So that may be the issue, but I've only really heard bad hiss with active speakers in my setups. I doubt my issue is the cabling as I'm using coaxial cables for interconnects, and they already have higher shielding than regular analog interconnects. Quote...

I've owned these speakers for about two weeks now. They really do open up after some use. I'd say the tweeter and bass definition/extension on these are excellent. Compared to my audio engine A5's, I prefer the lushness and beautiful reproduction of guitars and singers' voices of the airmotiv...