So not in a hurry to purchase, but contemplating upgrading my desktop sound system once I finally finish building out my home office.
I'm not an audiophile, but would like to be
.
Current setup:
Boston Acoustics VR-M50 bookshelf speakers
• (spare set of VR-MX speakers that I may or may not use in the home theater, so potentially an extra set).
2x Velodyne Mini-vee subs
• (bought 2nd one for home theater, but may use it in the office instead)
Currently using Sabaj A4 class D amp, primarily fed via BT from my phone and computer.
I'm overall very happy with the amp, but thinking I'd like to upgrade it for a couple of reasons:
a) the display is next to impossible to read from anything further than 6 inches, and without a physical volume knob, a bit tricky to use without it sitting right next to me.
b) I'd like to add my turntable to the mix once the office is finished, so looking at options with a phono input.
The VR-m50's are rated as 89db sensitivity, so I don't need a massively powerful amp. They're nice and smooth, probably the best bookshelf speakers I've ever heard, so hoping to find an amp that is a good match for them. The Sabaj is supposedly rated at 80wpc, but I expect that's optimistic. In any case, in a roughly 10x10 office, it can easily drive me out of the room in terms of volume. What I'm after is accuracy and clarity above everything else. Music tastes run the gamut from Drum'n'Bass to classical to rock/pop.
Looking at used amps along the lines of a Rotel RA-01, or Onkyo A-9010. Something with a built-in DAC would be nice, but not a requirement, I can work with standard RCA inputs. Likewise, dedicated sub/pre-amp outputs would be nice, but my sub has speaker-level inputs as well, so just makes my wiring job a little easier with pre-outs. Not in a hurry, so just trying to identify good candidates to start watching for on ebay/etc. Aiming for something generally in the $200 range used, with some flexibility, I've seen the Rotel and Onkyo locally in that range which is what first made me think about upgrading.
Any other recommendations/suggestions?
I'm not an audiophile, but would like to be
. Current setup:
Boston Acoustics VR-M50 bookshelf speakers
• (spare set of VR-MX speakers that I may or may not use in the home theater, so potentially an extra set).
2x Velodyne Mini-vee subs
• (bought 2nd one for home theater, but may use it in the office instead)
Currently using Sabaj A4 class D amp, primarily fed via BT from my phone and computer.
I'm overall very happy with the amp, but thinking I'd like to upgrade it for a couple of reasons:
a) the display is next to impossible to read from anything further than 6 inches, and without a physical volume knob, a bit tricky to use without it sitting right next to me.
b) I'd like to add my turntable to the mix once the office is finished, so looking at options with a phono input.
The VR-m50's are rated as 89db sensitivity, so I don't need a massively powerful amp. They're nice and smooth, probably the best bookshelf speakers I've ever heard, so hoping to find an amp that is a good match for them. The Sabaj is supposedly rated at 80wpc, but I expect that's optimistic. In any case, in a roughly 10x10 office, it can easily drive me out of the room in terms of volume. What I'm after is accuracy and clarity above everything else. Music tastes run the gamut from Drum'n'Bass to classical to rock/pop.
Looking at used amps along the lines of a Rotel RA-01, or Onkyo A-9010. Something with a built-in DAC would be nice, but not a requirement, I can work with standard RCA inputs. Likewise, dedicated sub/pre-amp outputs would be nice, but my sub has speaker-level inputs as well, so just makes my wiring job a little easier with pre-outs. Not in a hurry, so just trying to identify good candidates to start watching for on ebay/etc. Aiming for something generally in the $200 range used, with some flexibility, I've seen the Rotel and Onkyo locally in that range which is what first made me think about upgrading.
Any other recommendations/suggestions?
