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Mallard612

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  1. Hey guys thank you for the great responses and insight. I honestly forgot about this post as I've been super busy the last few months. When I posted this, I was working in Germany but my wife got a promotion which moved us across the US and now I got a new job and will be moving again in a week. This time its moving across Boston to Cambridge so its much easier. The aesthetics is what keeps drawing my back to the KEF x300a but I'm concerned about the lack of bass. If I even had the option to add a sub at a later time, I think I would pull the trigger already. I'm living in an apartment so I can't have any true deep bass but I'd like to be able to listen to some club or dance music without wanting more. Which brings me back to the LS50 due to the better bass response and overall quality. I'm also curious if anyone has any suggestions for speaker stands that would look good with a zinc desk (http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod2280019&categoryId=cat1850047) or even speaker stands in general that would work well in an open apartment? While I do have a one bedroom, we will be treating our living room/dining/kitchen area almost like a studio. So my desk will be a separate part of the living space and will be very visible. So minimalist, clean and good looks are very important to keeping a happy wife (how's that saying go again? Happy wife, happy life? enough said). I also have two smallish dogs (boston and a pug) who like to play and might run into the stands so sturdy, functional and stylish are all important. Also, does anyone have any really good suggestions for cable management within a desk area and containing computer related cords as well as audio? I also have a large array of computer tech so I might be getting a small server cabinet for my switches and cords but containing everything on the desk and the speaker stands becomes more of the issue. So any suggestions are greatly appreciated. The integrated systems are very appealing due to the simplicity and reduction in choices and costs. However, I think I'm really leaning the LS50 due to the ability to add on later if I want. So many choices! Thanks again everyone.
  2. Hello computer audiophile, I'm looking for some help. I have always considered myself to be an "audiophile" and have auditioned many speakers and components from the low end to extremely high end over the years. However, I have never owned my own place or had a room large enough to dedicate to floor standing speakers so I turned to headphones/IEM's. I enjoy good low bass response but nothing too boomy. I thoroughly enjoy my Beyers DT880's and Triple Hi-Fi's but have always looked for more low end response. I own many of the best "bass" IEM's but I always turn back to my Beyers or Triple Hi-Fi's as the mids and highs don't exist or sound awful. I want the smile you get when an explosion occurs while still having clear and crisp mids and highs. How does this get me to computer audiophile? Well I am building out my new office, which includes creating a new gigabit network based on FIOS to accommodate gaming (PS3/PS4, Xbox, computer) as well as typical office related needs and MANY MANY mobile devices (this is very much another discussion on network build). This will also include a HTPC used to stream music and movies throughout the apartment (mostly on the main computer, tablets and eventually the living room TV. Thinking the Ouya might be my friend in this department:) ). Because of my desire to have and enjoy the best music possible, I started looking into desktop speakers, which lead me to near field monitors, which lead me here. And this has led me to asking for your assistance. I have the unfortunate desire to have the BEST product that delivers the BEST value. I have narrowed down my parameters based on reviews to the KEF X300A as well as the LS50. There is a big difference in price and overall build design for each set of speakers. I don't know that money spent on the LS50 would be better split to say buy the X300A and get a set of floor standing speakers for the TV instead. This is where I truly need your help. Based on my preferences for sound where should I look? I have seen active monitor suggestions for Emotiva, Focal, Dynaudio, Audioengine, KEF, Paradigm, M-Audio, and a few others. What I haven't seen are full system setups used to make these systems happen. I want to be able to do an analysis on the value achieved with a particular setup for my office (where I spend the majority of my time) or splitting the funds between the office and living room (living room would be no more than a 2.1 setup). If I had to put a full price tag on a setup, it would be around $2,500 - $3,000 for the main components. How would you setup the LS50's purely as a desktop speaker? This could also mean getting the LS50's (Stands needed as well) but the components would need to scale to accommodate my needs. If you had to start from scratch, would you dump everything into a desktop system? Or spend less for something like the KEF X300A and get something else for the living room connected on the same network? I don't have any particular reason of using the KEF monitors other than design and reviews. I have read and looked at a bunch of suggestions but some are just ugly. So I really want something that holds it's own as a furniture/conversation piece as well being functional (I can spend a few grand on artwork for the walls or I can spend the same to buy artwork that happens to produce amazing sounds. Sounds like a win win to me). So if Focal or B&W is a better option, please point me in that direction. The living room btw is a nice to have while the desktop setup is the root and I will absolutely be purchasing a setup. I realize, no one is going to tell me, this is the perfect setup for what I'm looking for but guidelines to point me would be greatly appreciated. So the questions I'm looking to have answered are what speakers I should look at, system components (amps, receivers, cables, etc) desktop computer stands, bookshelf computer stands, any considerations or advance learned from a previous builds, floor standing models and some thoughts on how to split my money to achieve the greatest results to my ears. Thank you in advance, Matt
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