Audioengine A1

* Audioengine A1 ($200) - Also top of my price point, but on paper seemed like a good choice and more available than the Jam S801PM. * Micca PB42X ($120) - I was happy with these before, so technically there's nothing wrong with replacing them, and definitely the more budget of the options here.

But the A1 speakers are more compact than all of these other offerings, and more affordable, making them a solid investment for anyone who doesn’t want DSP messing with the dynamics of the mix. The wireless Audioengine A1 is a surprisingly affordable pair of bookshelf speakers that deliver sonic accuracy and detail without digital signal processing. Sign up for Lab Report to get the latest reviews and top product advice delivered right to your inbox

If you can take your budget up to $199, take a look at the Audioengine A1. Audioengine has been in the "audiophile" computer desktop speaker game for a long time. I've had a pair of A2s for 10 years, easily, and they're fantastic. The A1s are a little less expensive than the A2s but they have the same build quality, Bluetooth, and have a subwoofer out.

I purchased these alongside the Presonus Eris 3.5" monitors, which are $100 less expensive. My intention for these speakers is to serve as a small desktop pair for my home office. Too much headphones time is bad for your ears, after all. Or at least mine, I've found. I spend all day working at home ...

At $200, you could get some proper speakers like Audioengine A1 which would sound leagues better. Bonus perk that it wouldn't require firmware updates and other useless crap.

I would give these speakers 5 stars b/c I love them, how they sound, how the look (on their additional little stand risers too) _except_ it took me months to sort out the huge lag when playing videos/youtube on my mac OS Catalina 10.15.7. By default when using Bluetooth it was using the AAC codec an...

RT80 is currently $170 from Fluance on Amazon. Open box pair of Audioengine A1 on Crutchfield for about the same. That's a cool system for $350.

It’s a very high quality speaker, and sounds OK out of the box. It sounds significantly better with a tweak of the equalization settings.

It has basically no bass. It’s there - but light. For my office use it’s perfect because it doesn’t vibrate through the walls and bother anybody - at any sound l...

If your priority is size and powered you can take a look at:

* Presonus Eris E3.5

* Mackie CR3-X

* Audioengine A1/A2+

* Kanto YU2

* iLoud Micro Monitors

* Ruark Audio MR1 MK2

* Vanatoo Transparent Zero

Fantastic little speakers. Use them with Tidal, on PC and mobile and sound quality is excellent, but the Bluetooth connection can be a bit iffy sometimes. Image well, and bass quantity/quality is plenty for an average size room, optional sub good for EDM but fine on their own for Rock, Metal, Pop, J...