Dac, Amp and Speaker Recommendation s

[Ex0Thermic]

Hi i'm looking at replacing my dying philips SPA2310 2.1 speakers with something a bit nicer.

I've been looking at the SMSL Q5 Pro dac amp for about £88 on ebay uk

and the Roth OLI RA1 speakers for about £80 on amazon uk

 

I want to know if anyone here can tell me if anything is wrong with this pairing or if you know off anything better for the money ?
I have a budget off £200 for everything including cable and plugs.
 

[Dackzy]

8 minutes ago, GeekThief said:

Hi i'm looking at replacing my dying philips SPA2310 2.1 speakers with something a bit nicer.

I've been looking at the SMSL Q5 Pro dac amp for about £88 on ebay uk

and the Roth OLI RA1 speakers for about £80 on amazon uk

 

I want to know if anyone here can tell me if anything is wrong with this pairing or if you know off anything better for the money ?
I have a budget off £200 for everything including cable and plugs.
 

well the mids and highs are a bit harsh.

get two JBL 305 http://www.amazon.co.uk/JBL-LSR305-Active-Studio-Monitor/dp/B00DUKP37C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455377327&sr=8-1&keywords=jbl+305 and forget that amp

[Dackzy]

 

See this video and then choose which speaker that sounds like something you would like

[Ex0Thermic]

4 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

well the mids and highs are a bit harsh.

get two JBL 305 http://www.amazon.co.uk/JBL-LSR305-Active-Studio-Monitor/dp/B00DUKP37C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455377327&sr=8-1&keywords=jbl+305 and forget that amp

ok so thats £202 for the speakers I still need a dac and cables ?

 

In that video the only speakers that look ok are the Audioengine A2+B as they has a usb input

for £190

 

Probably should have stated this but the main reason for wanting a dac is the usb and optical inputs

my onboard audio doesn't work 100% in windows 10 or linux. and the optical would be handy for other devices later on (like ps4/blueray player)

[Dackzy]

The jbl will sound much better, but yeah you will need a dac with xlr speaker out put.

[SSL]

5 hours ago, Dackzy said:

The jbl will sound much better, but yeah you will need a dac with xlr speaker out put.

Not at all, the OP can use TRS to XLR cables, and I believe the JBL has single-ended inputs as well.

[Dackzy]

Just now, SSL said:

Not at all, the OP can use TRS to XLR cables, and I believe the JBL has single-ended inputs as well.

Huh I did not know the JBL had single ended inputs.

[SSL]

5 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Huh I did not know the JBL had single ended inputs.

I guess it doesn't. It does have a TRS input, though.

[Dackzy]

1 minute ago, SSL said:

I guess it doesn't. It does have a TRS input, though.

Ohh yeah I missed that...

[EndlessOyster]

10 hours ago, GeekThief said:

Hi i'm looking at replacing my dying philips SPA2310 2.1 speakers with something a bit nicer.

I've been looking at the SMSL Q5 Pro dac amp for about £88 on ebay uk

and the Roth OLI RA1 speakers for about £80 on amazon uk

 

I want to know if anyone here can tell me if anything is wrong with this pairing or if you know off anything better for the money ?
I have a budget off £200 for everything including cable and plugs.
 

Back to original point, the amp is a little under powered for the speakers by about 10 to 20 Watts but should be fine 

[Ex0Thermic]

8 hours ago, EndlessOyster said:

Back to original point, the amp is a little under powered for the speakers by about 10 to 20 Watts but should be fine 

would you recommend different speaker or maybe a better amp ?
I picked the speaker as they got an ok review and are not going to take up all my desk space.

and the dac because it has all the inputs I need (plus a remote is handy).

 

I've had a quick look on ebay and can get a separate dac and amp for about the same price

if you think these would better ??

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Muse-Digital-Sound-Card-USB-to-Coaxial-Optical-Analog-Headphone-USB-DAC-Decoder-/181430280644?hash=item2a3e1661c4:g:PmgAAOSw-W5UyIAm

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320W-MP3-Digital-Power-Amplifier-with-USB-and-RCA-Dual-Input-for-Music-Song-A917-/131478556348?hash=item1e9cbb8ebc:g:aK4AAOSwHjNV7fjy

[EndlessOyster]

1 minute ago, GeekThief said:

would you recommend different speaker or maybe a better amp ?
I picked the speaker as they got an ok review and are not going to take up all my desk space.

and the dac because it has all the inputs I need (plus a remote is handy).

 

I've had a quick look on ebay and can get a separate dac and amp for about the same price

if you think these would better ??

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Muse-Digital-Sound-Card-USB-to-Coaxial-Optical-Analog-Headphone-USB-DAC-Decoder-/181430280644?hash=item2a3e1661c4:g:PmgAAOSw-W5UyIAm

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320W-MP3-Digital-Power-Amplifier-with-USB-and-RCA-Dual-Input-for-Music-Song-A917-/131478556348?hash=item1e9cbb8ebc:g:aK4AAOSwHjNV7fjy

 I would go the two wihich you already chose the ones off ebay look a little cheap and nasty

[Ex0Thermic]

cool thanks

I'm going to buy them at the end off the month.
can't wait to have working stereo again

[Ex0Thermic]

I got my new dac and bits turn up today so thought i would share a pic with your guys
I had to get different speakers in the end so got some nicer (and more expensive) q acoustics 3010 speakers.