balashome said:gmano - thats a superb rig that you have got there! Can you tell me why you use the HTPC instead of a CD/DVD player? What are the advantages/disadvantages there? Especially if one can grab hold of a DVD player that can read portable hard drives?
gmano said:Thank you.
Why HTPC instead of CD/DVD?
Answer is I can not play HD DVD/Blue Ray rips in any DVD player.
DVD player's functionality is limited, HTPC's is not. It can play any format I throw at HTPC.
HTPC also saved me from buying a low end dedicated CD player, In the audio side. Also I can play FLACs,MP3s, whatever in HTPC, not just CDs as in CD Player.
The A5's are primarily designed as studio monitors and that's exactly what I'm using them for
bottle said:you sure about this ? just checking because the website lists them only as bookshelves and not monitors
Had a 10 min chat with Ashutosh also over the phone when buying them he and confirmed the same. I was very keen to buy the M-Audio BX5a's but he convinced me that the A5's would sound better overall.Studio monitor speakers are used by producers and engineers in recording and production studios. They are designed with a theoretical flat frequency response which allows the engineer to create a final mix in such a way that the recorded music will sound good on most other speakers. Although Audioengine speakers are not designed to be up-close "nearfield" studio monitors, we do carry over much of the same higher-end technology, components, and design philosophy for Audioengine speakers.
Audioengine A5 Speakers
That's a very generalised statement and I wouldn't buy such statements. It depends specifically on the speakers in question and each amplification system has its own merits and limitations. If we start getting into that, we'll need another thread and have to invite Sangrambalashome said:Also what do you think about claims that Active Speakers are better than Passive Speakers (all other things being equal)?
Chaos said:I'd add monitor audio to your list. My favorites in that range.
Studio Monitors sound very dry and clinical and typically are meant for a nearfield setup. Not the best for a home setup.
Chaos said:^^Why don't you request gmano to go with you... since he's already got it for that price, I guess he should have no issues getting another pair. PSBs are great speakers as well. If you can't manage the monitor audios, get the PSBs. A person is buying my old Jamo E855 speakers and he seemed to be very very happy with his earlier PSB Image towers.
If you were in bangalore, I'd have straightaway suggested the Usher S520 but unfortunately you are not.
Why dont you go visit audiopeople in person and try to see if you can wrangle a good deal on the monitor audios. BR2 is really nice (maybe mano can give you a demo at his place) I picked up a monitor audio b1 (the generation before BR series) for 12.5k myself.balashome said:Monitor Audio was in that list originally. But the Bronze BR2 got very expensive. I dont know how SuperCzar managed to get the AudioPeople guy to give him the BR2s at 16500 but the guy at the shop is talking about giving the BR1 to me at 17000. Now that would mean that the BR2s would be somewhere near 19000 and that would shoot the cost beyond 40000 which I dont want to happen.
bottle said:Why dont you go visit audiopeople in person and try to see if you can wrangle a good deal on the monitor audios. BR2 is really nice (maybe mano can give you a demo at his place) I picked up a monitor audio b1 (the generation before BR series) for 12.5k myself.
that proacoustics is also along the road where audiopeople is right ? what do they deal with. i remember one dealer there which closed down and it could be pro acoustics. what do they deal with. when i went they had boston, marantz and a few others
bottle said:Dealers / Mordaunt Short
try talking to this guy and see if he has them
the audio people website is also listing mordaunt, you can check there too