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Hi everyone,
I stumbled upon this forum while looking for reviews for two specific speakers and saw there was a good deal of advising going on so I was wondering if someone could help me with my choice of speakers. Here's the setup that I will have the speakers hooked up to:
Interface: M-Audio Audiophile 2496 (on PCI)
Amplification: Samson SERVO 300 (power rated 100W/channel at 4 Ohms and 150W/channel at 8 Ohms). Note that full power isn't necessary for me. I can deal with 100W at 8 ohms speakers and never go further than 2/3rd of the amp's power.
Applications: I want to do practically anything that requires sound that is : gaming, watching, listening but more importantly composing and recording music. I am only interested in Stereo applications and passive speakers (I see a lot of reviews based on surround systems however, music is still mainly a two-channels story and my sound card doesn't do surround anyways). Finally, having sensitive ears, I am looking for a bit more depth that the average system.
Setup: Monitors and listener form an Equilateral triangle. I am not a loud listener, I like to pump up the volume occasionaly but I am much more critical at lower levels.
Budget: Up to around 400$.
So far I have kept two sets of monitors in mind which seemed to satisfy the specifications above: the Axiom M2 V2 and the Polk Audio TSi 200. I have read in several reviews that the Axiom M2 V2 lacks in the low end and is better used with a subwoofer. Unfortunately, I am definitely looking for a setup without subwoofer (mainly so I don't to take out all the bass when mixing because it is being over-amplifier by a too efficient subwoofer but also because I find even frequency distribution difficult to achieve when filling the room with so much bass) so it leaves only the Polk Audio TSi 200 for which I cannot find proper review.
Does anyone have a good suggestion for me, a review of the TSi 200 or knowns a good website that reviews these speakers?
I stumbled upon this forum while looking for reviews for two specific speakers and saw there was a good deal of advising going on so I was wondering if someone could help me with my choice of speakers. Here's the setup that I will have the speakers hooked up to:
Interface: M-Audio Audiophile 2496 (on PCI)
Amplification: Samson SERVO 300 (power rated 100W/channel at 4 Ohms and 150W/channel at 8 Ohms). Note that full power isn't necessary for me. I can deal with 100W at 8 ohms speakers and never go further than 2/3rd of the amp's power.
Applications: I want to do practically anything that requires sound that is : gaming, watching, listening but more importantly composing and recording music. I am only interested in Stereo applications and passive speakers (I see a lot of reviews based on surround systems however, music is still mainly a two-channels story and my sound card doesn't do surround anyways). Finally, having sensitive ears, I am looking for a bit more depth that the average system.
Setup: Monitors and listener form an Equilateral triangle. I am not a loud listener, I like to pump up the volume occasionaly but I am much more critical at lower levels.
Budget: Up to around 400$.
So far I have kept two sets of monitors in mind which seemed to satisfy the specifications above: the Axiom M2 V2 and the Polk Audio TSi 200. I have read in several reviews that the Axiom M2 V2 lacks in the low end and is better used with a subwoofer. Unfortunately, I am definitely looking for a setup without subwoofer (mainly so I don't to take out all the bass when mixing because it is being over-amplifier by a too efficient subwoofer but also because I find even frequency distribution difficult to achieve when filling the room with so much bass) so it leaves only the Polk Audio TSi 200 for which I cannot find proper review.
Does anyone have a good suggestion for me, a review of the TSi 200 or knowns a good website that reviews these speakers?