Thanks for your answer, ProtegeManiac ! Well, where I live there´s only Edifier dealers. So, I don´t have much choice...

Well,  I want to buy new speakers, for music listening, and use nearfield, The best option I have are the Edifier R2000BT, mainly because of the 5" woofer, however  where I live I can´t hear them before buying.  My son has the  Audioengine A2,  that are my reference in audio quality. So, I would...

Those are a bit out of my budget, but don't you think I'll notice the lack in bass? I'm not a EDM basshead, but I like to feel and hear the bass. ----       My very particular experience with the Audioengine a2:   I have a set (2.1) of the Edifier M3400, not available now, since 2010. ...

SABRE USB DAC +1 !

I have the Audioengine a2 speakers.  Don´t spect any bass similar to your Altec-Lansing 6,5´´ subwoofer´s.  Other frequencies runs quite well ! 

I´ve the Audioengine A2 speakers,  and they are far from being bassy...as many others small monitors, I´m afraid.

I´ve never heard to Juli@, unfortunatly, but if you want to avoid onboard noise, go USB. I´ve bought a cheap SABRE 24/96 DAC_DigiT, something about US$40,and I´m happy with it. Good luck !

Please excuse my ignorance, but I have not understood the lack of a toslink output in microRendu...

Don´t forget to mute everything, but your speakers, and set 100% level  in Sound/ Control Panel. It will not harm your audio, at least.

The Logitech has a subwoofer,  the M-Audio, not.  That´s the main difference.

My hardware specs for music-player laptop:     - FANLESS   -UNPLUGGED   -SSD only   -DAC with at least 50 cm cable   -AUDIO on board, and etc, disabled in bios   -No more USB devices   Mine is an Asus netbook S200E-CT167H    

Does anybody know how much it costs  ?   http://www.edifier.com/int/en/speakers/e235-luna-e-2.1-bluetooth-wireless-subwoofer   I think it would be better without the wireless stuff, though...

Well, Asio, Asio4all, WASAPI, etc, run in exclusive mode, so you can not have more than one instance at a time. (If I understood your question)

No one has this subwoofer ?

Hi, Is the Yamaha YST-SW012BL subwoofer a good match for these monitors ? Although he is far from cheap where I live, I would be willing to buy it if it fixes the lack of bass I feel in the A2. (I don´t have more options where I live)  ...

I have a pair of  A2,  and I feel the need of a subwoofer. Nice sound, otherwise !

Forgive my noobness, but with any of these apps I could play music from my Moto E (Android),  to  my car radio, via a USB cable ? Thanks in advance !

Streaming from  http://stream-uk1.radioparadise.com/aac-320, soundstage is  larger than what I get with WMP, in Win 8.1. Thanks for the heads up !

Does it support streaming (like Foobar) ?

+1 !

Don´t think so,  as an optical dac,  D3 is not recognized by OS.

  Thanks for your fast response !  I will follow your advice.

Hi, Fork ! First of all, thank you for the amazing job you are doing with Jaguar. Secondly, I apologize for being totally noob when it comes to Linux, but I wonder if it's possible to add support to  Atheros ethernet , or even wifi, in Jaguar, so I could enjoy streaming music in my laptop ...

Afaik, what matters in onboard audio is the implementation, more than the chip itself, since the HDaudio standard was made to overcome human hearing.  So, in motherboards with shielded sound features  there must be no difference in perceived sound quality from dedicated audio, even the top ones.

  It seems there´s a workaround:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnb9PT2s-hY