I have a pair of powered Klipsch bookshelf speakers, and while I don’t have any complaints about them, I’m thinking about getting an amplifier and switching to passive speakers, just for a more “purely analog” setup. The speakers I have right now have modern features like a remote and bluetooth, and I don’t think I’ll miss the remote and I never use bluetooth.
What do you use? I’m not an audiophile by any means, so I’ll probably see what affordable, used amp and speakers I can find at a record store or thrift shop, but I’d love to hear your recommendations, too.
Solid advice but it’s not really applicable to me in all honesty. My headphone listening station consists of an SL-1200mk3, a schiit jotunheim with internal phono card, and XLR balanced out Sennheiser HD800S. I also have a splitter hooked up to a sub if I really want to feel the bass on music that relies on it.
I don’t listen to music with other people generally, and if I do it’s not in a critical listening sense so my PC speakers or the downstairs thrift store technics floor speakers are good enough. I also don’t ever want to upgrade, and given my tastes that means I need to set aside a significant amount of money at the start.