Nothing of much value to add here but I’ll say this — living in urban apartments all the cabling has to go. In seeking simple but high quality setups I’ve been through KEF LS50W (least impressive to my ear)... Edifier S3000 Pro (quite surprising if paired with a good interface like RME with Mac Mini as source; the whole chi-fi bad rep is misplaced)... and recently HEDD Type 07 and Genelec 8341A SAM. I haven’t heard ATC as it’s hard to find with dealers here. But of all of the above I can say with my own hearing that Genelec is by far the standard bearer.
If I was suggesting a starter active system for someone, then it’d start with Edifier S3000 at the economical end and maybe Buchardt A500 in the getting-pricier category. If one could swing for Genelecs, one would never look back.
If I was suggesting a starter active system for someone, then it’d start with Edifier S3000 at the economical end and maybe Buchardt A500 in the getting-pricier category. If one could swing for Genelecs, one would never look back.