I currently have a stereo in our LR and a home theater in our FR, but since retiring last summer, I find that I most often listen to music (mostly Classical and Rock) in my home office played on my PC. I currently have a Sound Blaster Live card and a 12 year old pair of Advent Powered Partner 570s. I'll get a better sound card when I buy a new PC in the next year or two. The 570s are not bad but are somewhat lacking in the bass region so I am looking to upgrade my speakers.
I thought a 2.1 speaker system with a subwoofer would improve things and bought a pair of Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers but was disappointed and returned them. They definitely had more bass but did not seem to have a very flat frequency response. Turning down the subwoofer helped but they still gave me a headache.
So looking for suggestions for how to significantly improve my speakers.
1) Should I consider adding a subwoofer to the 570s? Is so, any recommendations for ones to consider?
2) If I wanted to spend say $300 - $500 on new set of speakers, could I get something that would be a significant improvement over the 570s? Folks have raved about the Audioengine 5s, but on paper they don't look much different than the 570s. Any other speakers to consider?
I thought a 2.1 speaker system with a subwoofer would improve things and bought a pair of Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers but was disappointed and returned them. They definitely had more bass but did not seem to have a very flat frequency response. Turning down the subwoofer helped but they still gave me a headache.
So looking for suggestions for how to significantly improve my speakers.
1) Should I consider adding a subwoofer to the 570s? Is so, any recommendations for ones to consider?
2) If I wanted to spend say $300 - $500 on new set of speakers, could I get something that would be a significant improvement over the 570s? Folks have raved about the Audioengine 5s, but on paper they don't look much different than the 570s. Any other speakers to consider?
