Im looking to buy or build travel speakers.
I like coaxial or full range best but I am considering genelec 8010, tannoy autograph mini drivers with folded horn cabinets I might build and make into active monitors. Bi-amped.
I like the sound of tannoy hpd385s
I also like full range speakers.
Anyone have any advice as to what to do?
Buy the drivers for 250 and build them or are there already perfect travel speakers out there that will sound better for £500 or less
Thanks,
Philip
I like coaxial or full range best but I am considering genelec 8010, tannoy autograph mini drivers with folded horn cabinets I might build and make into active monitors. Bi-amped.
I like the sound of tannoy hpd385s
I also like full range speakers.
Anyone have any advice as to what to do?
Buy the drivers for 250 and build them or are there already perfect travel speakers out there that will sound better for £500 or less
Thanks,
Philip
I can't feel the music in my bones, especially knees and wrists. Too cerebral for me. Thanks though!
Hi,
So you already have amp and sources you travel with ? Do you often move or stay a while in a place before to move ? What the size you can travel with ? Do they travel by plane, in a back-pack, a tiny house, or what ?
My first reflex will to go with cheap little monitor pro 2 ways, active or not according your need. If weight matters, consider tinny embedded class D amp and speakers that can be powered by a smartphone, anyway you never will have chest effect with a travel loudspeaker due to the laws of Physic. a standalone 2" to 3" FR is certainly what you need.
Anyway we need to know more as the question drives towards a blind canyon !
So you already have amp and sources you travel with ? Do you often move or stay a while in a place before to move ? What the size you can travel with ? Do they travel by plane, in a back-pack, a tiny house, or what ?
My first reflex will to go with cheap little monitor pro 2 ways, active or not according your need. If weight matters, consider tinny embedded class D amp and speakers that can be powered by a smartphone, anyway you never will have chest effect with a travel loudspeaker due to the laws of Physic. a standalone 2" to 3" FR is certainly what you need.
Anyway we need to know more as the question drives towards a blind canyon !
A pair of tiny active near field monitors. Something around the size of genelec 8020s or less that I can fit in my luggage.
I don't want Bluetooth or DSP involved. They can plug into the wall and need to accept XLR or phono or aes input. I would like to have batteries built in but that's not necessary unless I could save enough weight and space from having no trafo and less rectifier and filtration where the batteries could fit.
I don't want Bluetooth or DSP involved. They can plug into the wall and need to accept XLR or phono or aes input. I would like to have batteries built in but that's not necessary unless I could save enough weight and space from having no trafo and less rectifier and filtration where the batteries could fit.
Yes I have the source. No Bluetooth or wireless, I want them to use cables from the source.
I liked JBL Go3 when heard it ! Selfpowered, easy to load, tiny and sounds suprisingly good for the price.
Or consider active : smps is less weighty than batteries. If living in the jungle without wall plug, then tons of little smart enough portable speakers those days.
Or consider active : smps is less weighty than batteries. If living in the jungle without wall plug, then tons of little smart enough portable speakers those days.
I put a pair of the µMar-Ken6 with a small/separate 3118 Class D amplifier and it all fits in a 4” thick Halibuttun briefcase.
(now with the metal cone A6.2)
dave
(now with the metal cone A6.2)
dave
No DSP please! Those run at 48khz!!! I would like to be able to plug a record player into them. Let's say frequencies above 20khz cause intermodulation... Those are periodic. Smooth changes varying in unique ways ae best mapped in the highest resolution possible IMHO.
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@ op: Are you going to use them to produce music/podcasts etc on a laptop in a hotel? Then the Genelec 8010/20 is a good option. They are rugged, monitor well and small. Works at 1-2m distance up to perhaps 100dB peaks but beware they are quite harsh sounding (fatigue). For any other use Id look for something else. If you are looking for something to enjoy music on at 3-5m and you want some bass and size I would not chose the Genelecs. For that I think the new Tannoy Gold 5 might be worth a look, they will sound warmer and more pleasing than Genelec. Problem is that they are not rugged (no grills or anything) and perhaps too big? If you are looking for a party box (loud bass) then Id chose something else again. Define purpose first. There are Yamaha and JBL monitors that everyone seems to love but its portability in my mind require a grill which very few studio monitors have so you may want to look at small PA instead for rugged.
I also think the Genelec 8010/20 are your best bet, it's not fully what you want, but with the limitations you state it's hard to do, certainly diy. Maybe a good coaxial can do similar things, but it will be bigger and more expensive, and probally also less reliable than those Genelecs.