Nearfield speakers, or how do I get the better sound from A5+?
 

Nearfield speakers, or how do I get the better sound from A5+?

I like my A5 speakers from Audioengine. I don't love them.
Other than a dragonfly red they I haven't done anything to improve them. Dragonfly red made quite the difference, but I'm still getting a little fatigue. (nothing like my paradigm though)

Are there other audiophile "nearfield" desktop speakers I should look at?
Would cables make a giant leap? Or do I need a different DAC?
What have you done with your A5 speakers? Or have you moved on from them?

KEF LS50 Wireless.

Great imaging from the UniQ

The DSP handles desk placement.

And that digital crossover, quad DAC and quad amps is impressive. I can’t find anything for the small premium over the passive version that can outperform it. In fact I reckon you’d need 3x that premium to get a streamer DAC amp solution to better it.

And it’s Roon compatible.

I found the dragonflies work great. Very smooth sounding Dac especially for the price. Unfortunately the nature of a desktop setup is that they're not going to sound that good until you actually get them off the desk, that's why I went with the setup I currently have bookshelf speakers on stands next to the desk. I've had audioengine speakers, while they're good speakers, I wouldn't waste any money on cabling the they aren't really good enough for it to make a difference, especially on a desktop. Plus only one speaker would be affected when you replace the speaker wire. I would definitely consider something like an LS50, also check out some of the new model KEF speakers and look into the dynaudio powered stuff some of it sounded great when I listened to it.

LS50 is wireless, and the tweeter is aluminum? Is the tweeter fatiguing? Over the years I've developed a sensitivity to aluminum sounds.

And wireless? Do you connect your wirelessly or wired connections?
I don't like aluminum or wireless, but since you guys recommend it I'll be putting it on my list to check out for sure.

Check out dynaudios wireless stuff. Tweeters are soft dome.

The wireless is a feature but it is best connected via Ethernet.

I got further away from my PC and at 5 ft I can't hear the distortion and it's much easier on the ears. I may need stands.