Transparent One Encore Plus

Well, there’s also the Vanatoo Transparent Zero Plus (EAC review). If you consider upping your budget, there’s the Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Plus (EAC review). (B-stock units are slightly less.)

Tons of ways to go. Second going to r/BudgetAudiophile as well if you want to keep the cost reasonable, people in here tend to be a bit more on the affluent and/or dedicated side. But assuming you don't want the cheapest crap imaginable and are willing to be in the thousand buck ballpark or so; http

Looks phenomenal 👌 and love almost everything about it. I do wonder one thing, and not just with your setup but most ppls setups. I see so much attention to detail in so many incredible setups like yours, but with audio being almost an afterthought. I totally get having to make sacrifices in certain

Slightly over budget (even as B-stock units), but cherry wood finish Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Plus (EAC review). Of the models you listed, the Kanto ORA would probably be the one to get. (Obviously the larger Kanto ORA4 would otherwise been better speaker, but it is only available in black or

The audio quality on those should be rather good for the money, for a desktop setup. See e.g. Erin’s and Darko’s reviews (if you haven’t already): EAC review, Darko.Audio YT review. Other options could be powered speakers from Vanatoo or active studio monitors from Kali. Though, looks probably aren’

For a desktop I'd get a pair of Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Plus powered speakers. They are under your budget but sound great and produce a surprising amount of base. Good luck!

Spend an extra $200 for a pair of Vanatoo Transparent One Encore Plus speakers instead. Worth it.

The Transparent One Encore is better than anything mentioned here. You're welcome. https://vanatoo.com/shop/speakers/transparent-one-encore-plus/

If you can stretch your budget to $1250, then there are the excellent Genelec 8020D. (The smallest Genelec 8010A (ASR review) are in your budget, but the trade off for less low end reach (etc.) is fairly large against the 8020D.) In your budget, you could also look at other active studio monitors li

It's odd; In Windows 11, in the Properties > Advanced tab of the "SteelSeries Arena 9" 'Default format' is greyed out and is stuck on 16-bit 48kHz so I assume that's the limit. The GG software creates virtual sound cards in Windows that max out at 8-channel 24-bit 96kHz, but that won't 'upscale' the