[AriaMinaei]

Speaking of smart speakers, I'm moving to a new flat and I'm looking for some good old dumb speaker setup. The smartest that I'd let it get would be a Bleutooth dongle.

As a recovering Audiophile, I'm gonna stay away from r/audiophile lest they temp me to sell my kidney to afford that extra 5% in "acoustic fidelity." Seriously, I'm happy with the 95%.

Now, how do I go about putting together that sound system? Or in Audiophile terms, what is the DT 770 Pro of home stereo setups?

[Jhsto]

Where I'm from everyone is using Genelec speakers.

[criddell]

In my home office I have a little Onkyo (CR-N575) desktop receiver and it sounds okay at best. I keep wondering if replacing the default speakers would make much of a difference? I'm doubtful because the amp itself isn't great.

I clearly don't know much about amplifiers, but the specs say "RMS output power: 20W+20W (1 kHz, 10% THD 6 ohm)" which is terrible, right?

https://www.intl.onkyo.com/downloads/manuals/pdf/cs-n575d_ma...

[jeffbee]

20W per channel at 10% distortion is pretty bad. The $350 powered speaker mentioned elsewhere in this subthread claims < 0.05% amplifier THD at 100W total power, and total distortion including the speaker of < 0.5% at 85dB SPL, which is an uncomfortably loud output.

[criddell]

On another line of the spec sheet I linked to, they say:

> 12W+12W (1kHz, 0.9%, T.H.D 6ohnm)

Which isn’t terrible. I have no idea how to read these spec sheets.

[jeffbee]

Difficult to answer the question without knowing the OP's budget, but I agree on the Genelec line. $700 for a pair of their smallest powered speakers, and they sound great. What you are getting from these little speakers would have been considered quite exotic a few decades ago: individually-driven speakers with active crossovers and equalizers. For a couple thousand dollars you can put together a system that would have cost more than a house 25 years ago.

[byproxy]

A pair of cheap(ish) active studio monitors will probably give you the best price:performance ratio: https://www.sweetwater.com/c405--Active_Monitors

I can vouch for the JBL 305Ps sounding pretty damn good. If you aren’t keen on spending that amount, though, the Presonus Eris line looks decent, as well.

[drcongo]

Studio monitors are maybe a bit specific - ie: flat response and VERY directional.

[astrange]

Used KEF Q150 if you mean full sized speakers. Or these: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-surround-sou...

> Or in Audiophile terms, what is the DT 770 Pro of home stereo setups?

You want speakers with a weird treble hump and sibilance?

[Terretta]

Denon HEOS wireless AVR with Definitive Tech ProMonitor wired L,R,Center and pair of wireless surrounds.

Or Sonos ARC with sub and their version of surrounds.

Or ATV4 + HomePods OG or these, then anything hooked to an eARC tv plays through these once TV+ATV4K set to eARC mode.

[lommelun]

Probably something active like the Q Acoustics M20, Triangle AIO Twin, JBL 305P, or Kali Audio In-5 (though the last two are monitors so you’d need a dac/preamp of some sort).

[xd1936]

Just got a pair of Kali LP-6 last month for my desk setup and they're incredible for the price

[densh]

Klipsch The Fives ticks a lot of boxes in terms of ease of connectivity and sound quality.

[danbee]

I love my AudioEngine A5's

[robotresearcher]

I like my HD6s too. Onboard amp, two analog inputs plus optical and BT. Sound good to me.