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I had heard good reviews of good desktop speakers, that don't take up a lot of space, from here and elsewhere and settled on Audioengine HD3. So I placed an order from my local Amazon store (and as usual had to pay a premium for it). I'm connecting it to my PC for music and gaming using a DAC/Amp thingy - the iFi Zen V2. A week later it arrived, except it didn't. What I got instead was a pair of the Audioengine A5+ "Classic". They're larger than the HD3 and don't come with a headphone jack but my wife told me to try them out first before returning it (I mean, I got more expensive speakers for a lesser price after all). Plugged them in and they sound pretty good. Haven't used a set of speakers in over a decade because I've just been using headphones for music, movies, and gaming. There's no wireless connectivity or Bluetooth and while I would like those features, I think it's also fine if I do without. Forward 2 days later and all of a sudden there's some sort of whiney / pitched noise coming from the tweeters, even when there's no audio source. Read around and apparently it seems to happen. So I got in touch with Audioengine and with a quick reply, which is surprising, they tell me to either return it via Amazon or get in touch with the local distributor to start the warranty process. This was yesterday. So today I turned them on and now it seems fine? There's no white noise-like... noise coming from the tweeters. I'm going to give these A5's another few days of testing, etc. before returning them. So, question - if these current speakers don't work out, what else would you all recommend? I'm constrained by my local Amazon store and so far with a budget of around USD $400 (converted). Based on other recommendations in this thread I've narrowed it down to are: - Kanto YU4 - Edifier R1280Db - The actual HD3 (I think this would be a downgrade now) What would you all recommend?
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