At the risk of repetition, just to add my 2cents worth over the past decade plus I‘ve owned a range of ClassD amps from low powered Tripath Kingrex T20, Sure 4@100w (yeah, with a stiff tail-wind😉), Topping TP30, Hypex UCD, and ICEpower 200AS. As Matt notes substantial improvement to the sonics of this class of amps has been achieved over the past few years, but it’s still a matter of implementation; just scroll through the numerous reviews by Randy at cheapaudioman - even the same device can vary significantly depending on other factors - sound familiar?
I guess it’s also a matter of application and expectation; in my own case desktop meant something that sounded better than a $100 pair of powered “computer“ speaker, great for casual YouTube viewing but certainly not for critical monitoring/mastering of audio-video mixing that some folks do. I quite liked the combination of the TP30 (better sounding DAC than whatever was on my former office PC‘S soundcard) and Fostex FF85WK.
Any of the current 5 -6 cm class of Mark Audio full range drivers would also bear consideration - none of which require huge cabinets.
Horses for courses.
I need a pair of high efficiency speakers.... this is beginning to open my eyes to even more.
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This might interest the OP.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/ikea-variera-speakers.334240/
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/ikea-variera-speakers.334240/
They work great for me, I'm tall and sit high, center of drivers are right at ear levelKinda big for the desktop!
Thanx for the quick review,
If you want we could probably work up a woofT that would fill needs as a stand and as bass support.
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I just bought a used 27" from a friend who was moving to another provence. He had 3 on his desktop.
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