Berkeley
Junior Member
For my home "office" I have a nifty little system with the AU 2900 (17W side) and some no-name two way speakers. I should open them up and see what is inside but I think the woofer is a KEF driver which is probably why I picked them up sometime in the last century. Music source is a server with most of my CD collection on it. I also have but am not currently using a cool Dual TT, NAD C 521BEE CD player (apparently one of worst sounding players they made) and a very old Assemblage DAC.
Pretty happy with the set up using the loudness switch on the AU 2900 (satisfying base) except that everything sounds about the same. Brighter than the sun CDs sound fine but are unplayable on my main system. Assemblage DAC in the system or out of the system, not much of a difference. I think I can live with this since it's playing when I am trying t concentrate on work but obviously I can improve things.
I've been doing some research, lots of good recommendations on the internet but who knows for sure?
Is the 3900 a step up? Any recommendations for better bookshelf speakers?
I want to keep things small, no monster sized components due to space limitations. I don't even have room for speaker stands!
I know what you'll ask "what is your budget". I don't know, let's say $1,000.00. I'd like it to be less but I could be tempted to spend more. Probably used would be the best bang for my buck.
Pretty happy with the set up using the loudness switch on the AU 2900 (satisfying base) except that everything sounds about the same. Brighter than the sun CDs sound fine but are unplayable on my main system. Assemblage DAC in the system or out of the system, not much of a difference. I think I can live with this since it's playing when I am trying t concentrate on work but obviously I can improve things.
I've been doing some research, lots of good recommendations on the internet but who knows for sure?
Is the 3900 a step up? Any recommendations for better bookshelf speakers?
I want to keep things small, no monster sized components due to space limitations. I don't even have room for speaker stands!
I know what you'll ask "what is your budget". I don't know, let's say $1,000.00. I'd like it to be less but I could be tempted to spend more. Probably used would be the best bang for my buck.