Please help me find a Hir-res speakers and sub

gentle

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I've been looking around with no luck.
What I'm expecting is I want have a taste for listening music in high resolution (I use Apple Music for Lossless) with a bass punch and some times for loud listening.

So basically looking for a high power studio monitor with a sub woofer.

My budget is under 10 to 15k for everything.
I'm ready to be educated about what to expect in this budget. (I know my hopes are way higher than my budget).
Looking forward to buying it in the next month first week.
 

Edifier R1280DB Powered Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers​


Amazon about 11k
is a good basic setup for Bluetooth monitor speakers with an optical in port also

This would work for a Bluetooth setup
Hi res over bluetooth is not guaranteed

Will depend on codec your source broadcasts on and codec your receiver can receive
Apple uses AAC
Qualcomm chips have Aptx
Sony has LDAC
And so on there are some more

Do some research before buying
 
Lookout for polk audio signa s2 deals. It's not certified hi res, but it sounds quite good for music when connected over bluetooth. And the subwoofer dishes out plenty of bass (way more than its size would suggest).
 
BluDev said:

Edifier R1280DB Powered Bluetooth Bookshelf Speakers​


Amazon about 11k
is a good basic setup for Bluetooth monitor speakers with an optical in port also

This would work for a Bluetooth setup
Hi res over bluetooth is not guaranteed

Will depend on codec your source broadcasts on and codec your receiver can receive
Apple uses AAC
Qualcomm chips have Aptx
Sony has LDAC
And so on there are some more

Do some research before buying
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These are great speakers.. But they lack the sub woofer mentioned by OP.

I have owned Edifier R2000DB for last 2 years.. They are rock solid. They also lack a dedicated sub woofer...
I do think that the budget is lacking for studio monitors + sub woofer
 
A suggestion i would have is go for Edifier R1280DBs (12,284 on amazon right now) over the Edifier R1280DB (10,661 on amazon rn)
R1280DBs has a dedicated Subwoofer Line out which you can then connect a subwoofer to.
BluDev said:
Exactly
I would rather skip the woofer in his requested budget
And stick to good enough bookshelves
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I would also agree on this
 
Well I'll be using the speakers 60% of the time with aux and other times with bluetooth (I'm aware I won't be getting lossless audio with that, I'm ok with that)
I was going through all the suggestions, Here's what I think...
1. R1280DB - Looks promising and in budget but the only concern is 42w output (don't know whats RMS but I think it's the power output), I'm looking for something with high power output where I think the bass will also be great.
2. Polk Audio Signa S2 - Uh.. it's too expensive and I don't know why but I cannot accept the soundbar types speakers.. Also noice suggestions I havn’t heard about this one before.
3. R1280DBs - goes the same, low power, and I don't think I'll be buying separate sub, I think it'll be expensive to buy one.

My current preference is the Edifier R1855DB but it's more on the expensive side.
This has high power output and bluetooth as well.

What should I do??
 
I dislike Polk Audio Signa S2 for the same reasons.. I also dont like these soundbar speakers... The Aesthetics is just not there... Bookshelf ones look so much better.

Anyway I think your choice is fine. Go with Edifier R1855DB. 70 Watts is more than enough.
I have not been able to go over 60% volume on R2000DB (120 W) since that itself is so loud. 70 W should be adequate.
Regarding Bass : It is very meh.. kind of flat. Don't expect much. If you increase the volume a lot, you get the feeling of a little bass.

I think the prices are way too high now. On all the speakers..
For example, I bought my R2000DB for 17k. Screenshot attached. It's 28k on amazon and 26k on flipkart now. Makes no sense.
So use some price history site to see the previous prices and wait for some sale.

I have also attached the 2022 prices i noted down on an excel sheet using amazon prime sale 2022 (July 2022). Flipkart had cheaper prices than amazon at that time, so i bought mine from flipkart.
R1855DB was going for 13,500. Now it's almost 19,500 for the same. I strongly suggest to wait for some price drop (and some credit card offers).
 

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My bad. I thought the OP wanted speakers for home theatre that was also good for music. If listening to music is the only objective, I agree 2.0 /2.1 speakers make the most sense.

gentle said:
So basically looking for a high power studio monitor with a sub woofer.
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You could also look at the JBL 104 bt. Seems you can snag one for a great price (8.5k) on amazon rn.
 
If we are pushing the 20k boundary

How about a mini stereo amp with a pair of passive speakers?

You will surely get more watts output and maybe a better DAC in the amp
 
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