davidro
Lunatic Member
I've always had a near-field, desktop rig at my office cell.
This developed from a pair of generic speakers taken from an old Sony or Denon all-in-one combo to now 2 pairs of mini monitors and 2 amps to swap around. There's also a little DAC with a volume control.
I've swapped a few speaker cables, aftermarket power cords, brand interconnects and banana plugs. IME, it is easier telling the sonic difference between the cables in this near-field set up. Probably because you hear the direct sound more this way.
There's just so much to talk about this particular setup. What makes this kind of setup unique is because:
There may be more reasons that I can't recall right now.
Who else is into this?
This developed from a pair of generic speakers taken from an old Sony or Denon all-in-one combo to now 2 pairs of mini monitors and 2 amps to swap around. There's also a little DAC with a volume control.
I've swapped a few speaker cables, aftermarket power cords, brand interconnects and banana plugs. IME, it is easier telling the sonic difference between the cables in this near-field set up. Probably because you hear the direct sound more this way.
There's just so much to talk about this particular setup. What makes this kind of setup unique is because:
- It is less affected by room acoustics than other bigger sized setups.
- The volume is usually not too loud.
- Speaker choice is typically limited to mini-monitors. Yes them mini-monitors are meant to be heard like this circa BBC LS3/5a.
- Unless you want to upset your colleagues, you just forget about suubwoofers and hence Distributed Bass.
There may be more reasons that I can't recall right now.
Who else is into this?