If you have the room on your desk, absolutely get the JBL LSR305 and spend another $100 on IsoAcoustics stands.  I saw a *pair* of the JBLs for sale on Amazon yesterday for $220.  It's unlikely you would ever need a sub with them for desktop or near-desk use.  You will need a DAC with a volume...

No, that will not be an upgrade.  It might be a difference, but I would not call it an upgrade.  If you want a noticeable upgrade from the A5+, you're probably looking at one of the powered Dynaudio models like the X14A or the Focal Be6 Solo, but these cost five times as much or more...

The price is $289.  Don't even think about it.  Just do it.   

If you figure $350 for the TD-11 and another $350 for a standalone hp amp and interconnects, then that's adding up fast.  Surely a one-box solution can be had that will deliver at least equivalent digital conversion and meaningfully better headphone performance for less than $700. How about the...

Thanks so much!  I look forward to trying this out.  My concern is excessive battery drainage, but I'll see how it goes.  I'm probably worrying needlessly.  

How fast does the D1 drain your phone battery?  I want to do the same thing with my Samsung S5 and my Audioengine D1.

Has anyone successfully run an Audioengine D1 dac/headamp off of a Samsung Galaxy S5 phone?  If so, what cables and adapters work?  

It's five months later, so you either have the 305s by now, or decided against them.   I own the A2 and the 305s.  Sometimes, I think the A2 is a tad more transparent in the mids with a deeper soundstage.  To my ears, that difference is more than overcome with the pristine, tuneful...

In my experience on my somewhat flimsy desk, no.  They were essential for image height, but they still needed the yoga blocks for further isolation and proper image height.  On sturdier surfaces like a granite countertop, the Audioengine stands were enough, or even no stands at all.  Start with...

Here's a further tweak that makes a difference with the Audioengine stands and foam yoga blocks: lay a pencil down under each of the front and back edge of the Audioengine stands between the stands and the foam blocks.  This step finally achieved total mechanical isolation between the A2 and the...

If you are of average height or taller, buy the official stands, but also buy two foam yoga blocks for about $5 each.  Sit the official stands on the large faces of the blocks and you will keep the "boom" out of the desktop and get the stereo image up to a more pleasing height.  Midrange will be...

My left A2 has a very minor imperfection around the tweeter bezel, but I had never even noticed it until I read your post.  I've had mine almost two years, so that tells you how minor it is.  See if you can get an adjustment from Audioengine if that's where you bought the speakers.  They have...

Agree.  I have searched far and wide for a solution that costs less than the speakers themselves to no avail.  The A2 speakers never sounded so good as when I placed them directly on my friend's granite counter top all the way to the front edge.  I fantasize about a pair of made-to-measure...

Do you know what we lovers of worthy music and fine audio like best, analog'd?  We like variety.  Sometimes the tube does it, sometimes the transistors do.  Sometimes we like orthodynamic drivers, sometimes piston drivers, or open back, or closed back.  I listen to music via my td-11 with...

The tube out will drive my 32 ohm Grados to great effect IF I am listening to easy-going music, like a solo instrument without much bass (flute, violin, etc.) or maybe a vocalist and a guitar, but that's about it.  On the other 95% of the music I listen to, it falls apart. You know, it might be...