kunnalthapa
Contributor
Ah, i thought that was a deliberate move. However, I was actually wondering why would you buy that if you want to place the speakers under the monitor. Grommet style will definitely save quite a bit of space. Here's a video about grommet mount from artikel, should help.If you wouldnt have pointed out , i wouldnt have noticed. Anyway its arriving tomorrow , will return it and order the other one(cancelled and ordered the one you recommended).. the stand part will hinder the speaker placement surely
As far as i noticed, M601DB uses same t5 sub. The difference is in the speakers. They would have been a great deal at 15K actually. But at 20K, i guess investing a bit more on 1280DB+T5 seems a better choice especially for long term.I didn't recommend those as they are just not that popular, plus at the price point of close to 20k it's a bit much considering it was going for 15 a while back. Some reviews even mention the s350db being better than the m601db in terms of sound (mids and highs) but the s350db is again out of stock and costed more at 25k. Then there was this one person on reddit who ordered the s350db, was extremely disappointed in it's performance and bought the obage ht144 which he liked far better for lesser than the edifier price . If it's not that well reviewed then I mostly don't suggest it.
Overall there's not that many differences from what I've seen with active speakers below 30k. There are the edifier s series but people are often disappointed in the sound they get for the cost. Afaik Swan m300 mk3 or the swan s2000 MK3 above 35/40k are far better than some passive+amp setups at that same price but I haven't delved that much into it. There are the Swans Hivi M50 as well but that is a bit old now (first time it was released was way back in 2011) and the connectivity options are limited. And the newer mk3 versions are not in stock in India. Majority of new hivi swan products are actually not being sold in India. I feel a combination of either the edifier mr4/ r1700bts/1855dbs along with the t5 8inch driver subwoofer is probably the best you can get rn in India that is at a budget and is active.
I really miss those old day when we could get a really nice 2.1 from brands like Logitech, creative, genius, altec lansing etc. for a good price that didn't suck. I don't see that anymore. All i see are bookshelf or soundbars.
Also, what are your thoughts about obage, looks like an indian brand? Are they really that good? Coz by the looks of it, they look as cheap & local as any 2-3K generic speakers. They also use very cheap bluetooth module that has like usb, sd card reader combo. But, then i see very positive reviews for the sound and are priced competitively. Some people say obage is even better then these boutique brands like edifier, mackie etc. Are they actually worth?