The passive LS50 (what I have) is a little too big to be on a desktop. The new active one with DSP (and desktop setting I think) would be better, but then you do not need the Hegel 390.
The isoacustics stand are really a must for desktop speakers.
Looking for a Quality Desktop Solution
Holiday greetings to my fellow audiophiles.
I am hoping you have some suggestions to complete a desktop audio system for my home office. I run Roon in my main two-channel system and have a MRendu as a streaming Roon endpoint I'd like to use as the start for this system. So I need a DAC/Amp and either powered or passive small form near-field monitors since I don't have a ton of space on my desk.
My budget is 3K.
Thanks,
David
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I hadn’t thought about speakers behind me but it would make great sense. I don’t have much room on my smallish desk which already has a laptop and second screen. If I put speakers on my desk, where would I throw my crap? Right now I am considering something like the setup @arafiq shared, but just getting a small footprint integrated with a headphone output and skipping speakers for now. I do have some good phones (Aeon Open and Focal Clear) that would be great to use at my desk. Although I am going to try out the speakers behind me idea to see how that works for the future.
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I highly recommend this headphone amp that’ll beat the snot out of any headphone amp in an integrated — your headphones will thank you for it. I have this driving my Hifiman Arya Stealth ‘phones and it makes them sing. And you can just add a small-footprint amp later and use this as a preamp to drive desktop speakers if you ever decide to go that route. It’s fully balanced BTW. Just one idea. |
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