Recommend an upgrade

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 03:42

mattyfez said:
But they are big speakers. not desk top speakers. lol;

The warfrdale 12.x are kinda perfect.

Dimensions WxHxD (mm)

150 x 265 x 228

I'm still running old skool creative T20's as pc speakers, for gaming, for what it's worth. Brilliant speakers for gaming and music.

But I do have an audio out to a 20 year old kenwood AV amp, with tannoy speakers for my TV when I want to go wild.

H x D x W

ILouds MTM are 264mm/10.39" x 160mm/6.3" x 130mm/5.12"

Yamaha HS8 are 390mm/15.4" x 334mm/13.1" x 250mm/9.8"

Creative gigaworks t40 series ii are 313mm/12.32" x 143mm/5.63" x 88mm/3.46"

The iLouds are desktop speakers/studio monitors ...

mattyfez · 5 Nov 2022 at 03:50

Purgatory said:
What you mean ? Want to explain a little more ?

They are huge, it's not something you'd want on your desktop. lol!

What is that? a 22" screen? hahah

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 03:54

mattyfez said:
They are huge, it's not someting you'd want on your desktop.

They are not... Look at the images above.. You must have one tiny desk if you think the iLouds are huge, they are not a lot bigger than the T40's

mattyfez · 5 Nov 2022 at 03:55

whatevs.

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 03:57

mattyfez said:
whatevs.

LOL the T40's are even taller than the iLouds :cry:

mattyfez · 5 Nov 2022 at 04:04

Purgatory said:
LOL the T40's are even taller than the iLouds

my speaker rec was wharfdale 12.0, I have have no idea what an 'I-louds' is? is that a facebook/donald trump thing?

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 04:05

mattyfez said:
whatevs.

They do a tiny version for your desk size too they are called IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor Speakers..

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 04:05

mattyfez said:
my speaker rec was wharfdale 12.0, I have have no idea what an 'I-louds' is? is that a facebook/donald ttump thing?

Welcome to pro audio studio gear :cry:

mattyfez · 5 Nov 2022 at 04:06

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mattyfez · 5 Nov 2022 at 04:11

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. :cry:

hornetstinger · 5 Nov 2022 at 10:36

Those iloud are tiny.

Also tiny speakers = not great

SteveX · 5 Nov 2022 at 15:02

Thanks for the replies folks.
I will look at the various suggestions mentioned:
Prodip Pro 5s
Lepy amp plus Diamond 9s
Tangent amp plus diamond 12s
Ik iLoud mtm speakers

I have Mission mx1s and Tannoy F1s in other rooms with Keff Egg 5.1s for the lounge so have a reasonable idea on the sound I can expect from bookshelf stuff.
Was kinda hoping there were other decent options!
Not keen on soundbars tbh, but thanks for the suggestion.
Current pc has a decent sound card, likely to get a new one early next year and will either have a card or go to an external dac.

Cheers all

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 17:58

hornetstinger said:
Those iloud are tiny.

Also tiny speakers = not great

These are not your regular tiny speakers, read some reviews and if you have a chance to try them out do it, they will surprise you as they did me.

hornetstinger · 5 Nov 2022 at 18:12

Purgatory said:
These are not your regular tiny speakers, read some reviews and if you have a chance to try them out do it, they will surprise you as they did me.

You can't defy the law of physics. With speakers that small you'll need a subwoofer to bring up the low end

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 18:38

hornetstinger said:
You can't defy the law of physics. With speakers that small you'll need a subwoofer to bring up the low end

Try them ... first.. and you will be surprised. I was same .. and why I didn't buy them when they came out and was like yes the reviews and peoples comments are either fake or they never heard good speakers.

I'll tell you one thing day I heard them I was like never again judge audio gear that way.. Some very clever tech in them. Seriously try them and return them or find somewhere that has them to test, but I bet you one thing if you buy to try, you will keep them as I did.

hornetstinger · 5 Nov 2022 at 18:51

Purgatory said:
Try them ... first.. and you will be surprised. I was same .. and why I didn't buy them when they came out and was like yes the reviews and peoples comments are either fake or they never heard good speakers.

I'll tell you one thing day I heard them I was like never again judge audio gear that way.. Some very clever tech in them. Seriously try them and return them or find somewhere that has them to test, but I bet you one thing if you buy to try, you will keep them as I did.

I have high end speakers with a much wider frequency response than those. A sub is still required.

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 21:17

hornetstinger said:
I have high end speakers with a much wider frequency response than those. A sub is still required.

What high end speakers and gear do you have?

hornetstinger · 5 Nov 2022 at 21:20

Purgatory said:
What high end speakers and gear do you have?

KEF reference floorstanders.

Those iloud speakers will require a subwoofer, since they're active I'd use the pc soundcard to filter out bass direct it to a sub.

Purgatory · 5 Nov 2022 at 21:28

hornetstinger said:
KEF reference floorstanders.

Those iloud speakers will require a subwoofer, since they're active I'd use the pc soundcard to filter out bass direct it to a sub.

They don't need a sub they are near field monitors not dance club speakers and they produce more bass and sub bass than you can imagine for their size.. Now back to what do you have? Got some model numbers of the gear you have and some photos.? Like to see what audio gear you own and what you are judging against. Because some of my audio gear will make 99% of home consumer audio look like toys.. Unless you own some focal utopia speakers?

I'm a bigger audio nerd than a pc nerd when it comes to gear. So be ready..

hornetstinger · 5 Nov 2022 at 21:36

Purgatory said:
They don't need a sub they are near field monitors not dance club speakers and they produce more bass and sub bass than you can imagine for their size.. Now back to what do you have? Got some model numbers of the gear you have and some photos.? Like to see what audio gear you own and what you are judging against. Because some of my audio gear will make 99% of home consumer audio look like toys.. Unless you own some focal utopia speakers?

I'm a bigger audio nerd than a pc nerd when it comes to gear. So be ready..

I already told you, Kef Reference.

Those iloud MTB go down to 50hz. That's not bad but still missing a fair amount, for movies especially.