Calling all audiophiles🔈🔉🔊

I need help.

Im wanting to get a portable speaker to use in my home and at work - so i can groove while im doing stuff.

Anyone got any recommendations?

Im currently down this rabbit hole of bang and olufsen, minirig, and maybe even jbl.
Klipsch is in there but....oh i dunno.

Honestly - its all very confusing.

Im not a bass junkie, even tho i like low frequency stuff. I love clear sound.
Any distortion of the high end and it literally makes my head hurt and i feel queasy.

Any help would be appreciated 🤗

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OldBrit · 61-69, M

My son has a jbl one he's had some time that is really good to my ears - side note I'm registered deaf BTW 😂😂

Of course true audiophiles would now be going on about it's a pointless discussion if you're using MP3 below at least 192k/bits and which codec used to encode it etc etc.

I still generally buy my cds and then rip them myself into mp3 at 256. If the artist offers FLAC I normally buy that but storage is a problem, they are huge. I route my PCs via RCA cables to hifi amps and speakers. I use VLC generally for playback, Audacity for any manipulation or reencoding to mp3 or WAV etc. Yes I also still use WAV but normally for material I have recorded myself and am editing or mastering on Audacity.

This is however all a pointless discussion if you're using Bluetooth to connect to the speaker. Bluetooth itself then uses different codecs to compress the transmission. I once sat trying to explain to a friend his using FLAC via Bluetooth to a speaker was essentially pointless as it compresses lower than an mp3 at 192k/bits.

So. If you're still awake by now I'm really saying go with what is reasonable costwise there's little point on wide frequency ranges etc if using Bluetooth. I don't really use Bluetooth at all myself. All audio is routed via copper cable or fibre optic in my set ups so at least I hear what I hear at the compression / codec compromise I've chosen for storage considerations.

OogieBoogie · F

@OldBrit oh i already know im compromising by going digital. (miss my old hifi something terrible 😥)
Ideallly id like wifi connect instead of bluetooth, but yeah - compromises, compromises.

I wanna choose the best expression of the already sacrificed signal im gonna use - only because of convenience of portability and simplicity.

I know it wont be ideal. But i also know that theres gotta be a system put there that'll produce some sort of clear sound accross frequencies with minimal distort on volume.

Most are often real heavy on the high end bass, (it seems to be the 'in' sound), and im not a fan of it.

Jbl is pretty good. They are owned by Harman Kardon, and thats mostly where im at now.

Its driving me crazy😂