A "small" quality wired speaker ?

A "small" quality wired speaker ?

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Stan the Bat

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Sunday 18th August 2019
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Does such a thing exist ?

Looking for one for the kitchen which I can plug my flac player into.

Tony1963

4,759 posts

162 months

Sunday 18th August 2019
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Budget always helps.

Stan the Bat

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Sunday 18th August 2019
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Not an issue really. laugh

QuartzDad

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122 months

hyphen

26,262 posts

90 months

Sunday 18th August 2019
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Stan the Bat said:
Not an issue really. laugh
Then extend the kitchen and put in big speakers wink


Or get your own full-time DJ

Stan the Bat

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Sunday 18th August 2019
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Thanks chaps.

JimbobVFR

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144 months

Sunday 18th August 2019
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How small is small?
This is quite nice https://www.naimaudio.com/product/mu-so-1st-genera...


NDA

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225 months

Sunday 18th August 2019
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You could get a Sonos Play 5 - they sound good and have an audio jack in the back for direction connection to your FLAC player.

The advantage with the Sonos is that you could also use it for Spotify etc when not in high fidelity mode.

Stan the Bat

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Sunday 18th August 2019
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JimbobVFR said:
How small is small?
This is quite nice https://www.naimaudio.com/product/mu-so-1st-genera...
That's the whole system isn't it, I only need speakers. Thanks

NDA

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Sunday 18th August 2019
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Stan the Bat said:
JimbobVFR said:
How small is small?
This is quite nice https://www.naimaudio.com/product/mu-so-1st-genera...
That's the whole system isn't it, I only need speakers. Thanks
It's described as a speaker....

Obviously connects to other things too.

JimbobVFR

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144 months

Sunday 18th August 2019
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Stan the Bat said:
That's the whole system isn't it, I only need speakers. Thanks
What sources do you want to plug in to it?

Speaker or speakers plural.

If you've got the space for a pair then the Kef LSX active speakers might be an option

https://petertyson.co.uk/kef-lsx-wireless-bookshel...

Tony1963

4,759 posts

162 months

Monday 19th August 2019
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If you want some real quality with a quite incredible sound from small loudspeakers, these Falcons would be my choice:

https://www.signals.uk.com/product/falcon-ls3-5a/

They really are astonishing.

Itsallicanafford

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Monday 19th August 2019
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VEX

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246 months

Monday 19th August 2019
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The Falcons as amazing, heard them at the importers.

Left field, GoldenEar.
Mainstream - Monitor Audio Gold range, Kef, B&W etc

Stan the Bat

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Monday 19th August 2019
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Thanks chaps, plenty to be looking at here. thumbup

Red 5

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180 months

Monday 19th August 2019
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A wired speaker means it will be plugged into an amp yes?
Passive speakers are passive and normally come in pairs, but their are some exceptions.

‘Wireless speakers’ are ones that plug into the main, have amps inside and receive wired, or wireless music inputs.

However, you mention flac player plug in, which would suggest a Hi-FI / Zone player with built in amp and mains power supply built in.

Please explain what you mean?

C&C

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221 months

Tuesday 20th August 2019
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If you just want a pair of small high quality passive speakers (need an amp), then you can do much worse than the Neat Iotas

ETA - check the actual dimensions - they are tiny, but deliver great sound. Only weak point is if you're after significant bass (there are some physical limits to low bass and the size of the speaker). Could always add a sub though....

FWIW, I'm using a pair of these with a REL 7i sub driven by an integrated valve amp with Nottingham Acoustics Ace Spacedeck turntable and they sound really good.

Edited by C&C on Tuesday 20th August 01:53

mikeiow

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130 months

Tuesday 20th August 2019
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NDA said:
You could get a Sonos Play 5 - they sound good and have an audio jack in the back for direction connection to your FLAC player.

The advantage with the Sonos is that you could also use it for Spotify etc when not in high fidelity mode.
This is a good shout. The 5 sounds pretty decent...our kitchen has 2x Play 1 speakers, which are also great but have no audio jack.
We find it great for our needs having a few dotted about. Probably used for radio 50% of the time, but nice to be able to easily group them for when wandering from one wing to the other rofl (or just downstairs for a cuppa)

If you have a Richer Sounds nearby, perhaps pay them a visit for a listen....

Red 5

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180 months

Tuesday 20th August 2019
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Stan the Bat said:
Does such a thing exist ?

Looking for one for the kitchen which I can plug my flac player into.
Please elaborate, as you ask for small singal ‘wired speaker’, state you need inputs, but discount an amplified ‘speaker’ system with inputs.

Currently confused but want to help.

Power Junkie

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225 months

Tuesday 20th August 2019
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