Nine

They do less. Let's use klipsch speakers as an example. I have a pair of klipsch kg 5.5 speakers from the 90s. They're amazing speakers. They are also just speakers. Amps, dacs, streamers, wifi, and Bluetooth are all in separate devices. The new Klipsch number series - the fives, the sevens, and the

I mean, the speakers are a good enough match your LP60X, so if you're not going to change the TT, I wouldn't bother with the speakers. They're perfectly fine, entry-level powered speakers. They aren't great, but certainly miles ahead of anything that is in a suitcase player. That said, this is my "s

I guess my concern was longevity of active style speakers (although most of that is poor reviews of built-in amps on Klipsch the Nines). I had kind of thought studio style equipment would be overkill for personal use only and very little "mixing"? I am sure it is just marketing talk, but many of the

“Same thing happened to my Nines. First time, a quick Klipsch firmware update brought them back from the dead—worked like a charm for ten blissful months. Now they’re silent again: every LED lit, Bluetooth paired, but zero sound. No new firmware left to resurrect them; they’re breathing, just not sp

The Nines sound great but I would genuinely warn you against Klipsch's powered speakers (especially the 'The' line) as they have very weird recurrent firmware problems and tend to die and/or require a factory reset on an annual basis. You'd be better off investing in good passives (Klipsch RP-600M I