2. Affordable passive: Wharfedale Diamond 10.2 + SW150 (10.1's not really a bad choice, its just that for a little bit more you can use the 10.2)
Just update the objectives in one post then edit the original post, a least it's easier to refer to certain points already brought up here.
I personally say this is only a great idea if you spend enough time driving, like if you commute between suburb and downtown through rush hour. And you should start with home audio because car audio is a lot closer to pro audio, since you need to basically turn a car into a proper nearfield system where
1. Your speakers aren't in cabinets with proper specs not to mention an increased noise floor even when stationary, making you more dependent on the subwoofer for bass, but...
2. ...the subwoofer is usually behind you
3. You also sit off to one side, which is not how you sit at home, and as it is you'd hear the nearside channel louder and more forward.
In EMMA and IASCA competitions the goal is to overcome those realities and recreate a nearfield listening environment where the vocals are dead center and at around the driver's eye level (not precise since the judges and the owners of the cars aren't all the same height), and the rest of the instruments are properly spaced around that, including bass instruments that need to be heard coming from the front despite the sub's location.
I mounted a Vifa home audio tweeter in my car, and it has to be at a proper angle to help center the vocals. It's cut at 3.2khz, with a -6dB on the preamp with the amplifier gain at 0. Midwoofers in the doors are Focal 165VR.
Improvement upon a pair of Diamond 9.1s, getting 10.1s or 10.2s or a pair of MA BX2s.
Well the idea of the sub is not kicking strong bass at all, it really is just to totally cover the spectrum, I listen to a lot of rap, but mostly lyric based. Think everything from old Easy-E (actually somewhat treble heavy) to 2pacalypse and similar politically motivated rap (vocal heavy) and similar to Snoop Dogg (think R&B) to very bass heavy stuff (The Bones soundtrack for example, mostly not even bass in the guitar/picking/twanging sense, more bass gradients and the like).
I'd like to think that I'm cultured and all, but come on, who doesn't like a little Cadillac with their large rimmed wheels and hydraulic suspension?
Okay thank you, not being versed in the way of decent speakers I've been a little unclear on the difference between active monitors and passive loudspeakers, but what I can tell you is that I have headphones for being right up at my PC, as I'm on Teamspeak a lot playing games with friends it's highly unlikely that music appreciation will be had at such ranges, hence why these would be at the front of a room with a TV - so I could appreciate music in a relaxing not at my desk area, and so I could appreciate it to an extent all over one room and hear it all over the house. Hence my decision.
Is that a sub-woofer under that desk?
Thanks for the purchasing recommendations, will look into it and update the post!
Also living where I do, there's not a day when I leave the house that I don't spend at least an hour in the car, and that's not even with any traffic.
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Looks tricky, and fun.
Here you can read about Monitor Audio BX2
https://www.avforums.com/threads/my-review-monitor-audio-bx2.1437525/
MA BX2 + SW150 would be great, since MA BX2 is very nice with midrange, detail and openness. The sub will solve the lack of warmth.
MA BX2 were a very good deal at £225
They've been awarded "speaker of the year (£200 - £350)" a few years back.
Thank you! I'll look into them!