Can someone help me pick out my first speakers?

Personally, I disliked the Klipsch RP600M so much. To me the Klipsch sounded thin and lifeless. The heightened treble fakes detail, I say this because the dry-sounding mids constantly remind you that you’re listening to speakers. I don’t think they’re a good speaker to start with. They don’t sound smooth or natural enough to make acoustic music and indie sound pleasant. Don’t get the Klipsch unless you only listen to female pop stars and hip hop. Trust me, you’ll want to upgrade the Klipsch as soon as you get them. And before you know it, you’ll spend $2k on a pair of Buchardts. The RP600M made me spend 2k on fullrange transmission line speakers because I was craving lush mids.

In the entry-level it’s not crucial to get the most resolving-sound. The opposite is true because you want a pair of speakers which will work well with any amplifier and any music (especially badly recorded music).

So what do I recommend?

Q Acoustics 3010. They’re simply perfect for the money:

- Smooth and natural sound. Great for all music, especially badly recorded music.

- Great design. Not an ugly black box with cheap vinyl wrap peeling off the corners (aka Klipsch RP600M)

- Works with any amplifier under the sun. A second-hand Yamaha, Denon/Marantz amp under $100 pairs perfectly.

- Cheap

@pehrafano  Come back and check out your thread. Good advise provided. 

+1 Pioneer Andrew Jones

Had the Pioneer SP-FS52 for years before building my high-end system.  Andrew Jones is a speaker design guru with a long history of proven track record at various companies.

I am not tech-savvy at all, and I'm really sorry if this is the wrong place to post it, but I'm looking for a pair of small decent home speakers for music in the $300 range. 

I've heard people on reddit discourage people from buying Beats and Bose but that's the extent of my knowledge! Can someone recommend a pair of speakers to me? Or direct me to the correct subreddit if I'm not in the right place?

Thank you!

I got this,..

your budget is tricky, it’s a grey zone. There are some big quality swings between a 100 and 600 bucks. You would be sent back and fourth at Best Buy between the Magnolia and the soundbars guy.

Elac is a good suggestion and benchmark to compare other speakers to.

You can get high end PC speakers for $300 if that’s your source.

Yes, Beats and Bose and even B&O are not discussed here, for a good reason.