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...

So I've had my A5's for about two years now. As anyone who owns these knows, they are voiced somewhat warm, and the bass tends to be a bit muddy. I've raised them off the desk with a pair of speaker stands, but that only helps so much. I'm connected directly to my macbook pro, no dac (though it...

So I just got a new pair of audioengine a5's. I like them a lot, but the hiss from my unibody macbook pro as a source is annoying. When the speakers aren't connected to a source, they're dead quiet no matter how high I turn up the master volume. When I connect them to my macbook pro (via the...