Okay, so you are, basically, wondering about pairing together speakers and amplifiers - good question! Let me start with the short and quick answer that may annoy you – 95% of consumer-grade/home speakers out there will work and perform admirably with 95% of consumer-grade amplifiers out there and you probably don’t need to worry excessively about it, particularly if you’re spending less than $500 on your equipment.
Will “X” amplifier work with “Y” set of speakers? Or, alternatively, I have “Y” speakers… what amplifier do I need? What is the difference between an active speaker and an active studio monitor? what is the absolute cheapest/bare bones system that you recommend?ĭo I need really high bitrate/lossless audio? Will it make a difference? Why do you almost always recommend a passive system over an active setup? What are passive versus active speakers? What are the pros/cons of each? Will "X" amplifier work with "Y" set of speakers? Or, alternatively, I have "X" speakers - what amplifier do I need to buy?
If you have any questions about the terms being used here, or need definitions for them, I've put together a glossary of sorts at the end that you may want to skim over first. At some point in the future, there will be a more formal wiki. Our users are quite happy to answer your questions and inquires, but we have our own busy lives and it will help us get you an answer much more quickly and efficiently if you follow the advice offered by u/ctfrommn!įinally, the intent of this is to simply be, more or less, a quick and dirty guide - advanced users may also have differing answers to some of these questions, but this contains the answers that are the general consensus of this subreddit.
#The wirecutter budget sub how to
However, if you don’t know very much, consider reading the remainder of this guide to understand the basics and get answers to frequently asked questions – your question may already be answered! If you’ve already read through this guide, and your question isn’t answered, please consider checking out ctfrommn’s PSA/guide on how to ask for advice here. Don’t be afraid to ask your questions the only stupid question is the one that is isn’t asked!
#The wirecutter budget sub portable
You have a whole community of people here who are happy to answer your questions and help you out if you’re ready to grow out of boom-boxes, portable Bluetooth speakers, and common, all-in-one, PC audio solutions. They measured the subs' output levels at several frequencies that mostly covers what I want to know about a sub's objective performance.Welcome to the BudgetAudiophile Subreddit! I thought they did a good enough job with measurements for this subwoofer roundup. That's something few if any publications do. That said, I really appreciate that they do blind listening comparisons for speakers, with a panel of listeners. In general I agree! My ideal speaker review would probably be something like 2/3 measurements and 1/3 impressions. It was nice in the sense that it actually did just add a little bit of low end to compliment bookshelf speakers without sounding boomy, ever, but I guess it tells you something that I didn't even attempt to fix it when it stopped working. The best thing you could say about that sub is that you typically never realized it was even there. I had a Pioneer SW-8 and port noise was not an issue that I ever noticed, but maybe that was just due to my placement or something.
Keep perpetuating the anti-science, guys. Also, we don't really understand most of them so it's just easier to ignore them". Let me translate: "We have these precise and unbiased objective measurements which tell us a large portion of what we care about, but it's not absolutely everything about the product therefore it's not important. "We typically don’t rely on audio measurements at The Wirecutter because they so often fail to tell the whole story of why one product is better or worse than another" Many others on AVS for example have complained about the port noise on the Pioneer SW-8 Mk2 (Edit: and the Polk subs in particular, IIRC), not to mention its pathetically low output capabilities (or lack thereof).Īs a side note, while the methodology seems good, I have to facepalm at this: I also don't see anything mentioned about port noise. Even between these two, the Dayton has a 5dB advantage which by the way is a HUGE output advantage. To me, this shows only the Dayton and Monoprice as the real contenders, the output for everything else below 31Hz drops like a rock. Glad to see the Monoprice 9723 is a solid contender in this budget space, and the cabinet looks nice to boot.
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