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<blockquote data-quote="Carl Klinkenborg" data-source="post: 214033" data-attributes="member: 12770"><p>Hi Lean,</p><p></p><p>Regrettably any low-cost speaker with a built-in amplifier like this has had its manufacturing costs absolutely slashed to the bone with everything compromised including, as you have found out, the sound quality. No eight inch speaker is ever going to produce room-filling bass, and cheap HF compression drivers always seem to sound like a bucket of gravel, sadly. Basic class D amps do not necessarily sound awful, and are, anyway, orders of magnitude better in terms of sound quality than equally cheap speakers! I'm sorry to appear so negative, but this represents a prime example of getting what you pay for, and to offer any general recommendations for prospective replacements we really need to know your absolute top budget, plus what physical size of speakers you are willing to cart around...</p><p></p><p>Again, apologies for the doom and gloom but there's no real way of sugar coating it - I see there are tone controls at the rear, so I guess you have played with these to their limits, but this will have little effect on the actual sound quality, merely the tonal balance. The piano is an extremely difficult instrument to reproduce convincingly and I fear your expectations might exceed your budget.</p><p></p><p>Best regards and stay safe, Carl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carl Klinkenborg, post: 214033, member: 12770"] Hi Lean, Regrettably any low-cost speaker with a built-in amplifier like this has had its manufacturing costs absolutely slashed to the bone with everything compromised including, as you have found out, the sound quality. No eight inch speaker is ever going to produce room-filling bass, and cheap HF compression drivers always seem to sound like a bucket of gravel, sadly. Basic class D amps do not necessarily sound awful, and are, anyway, orders of magnitude better in terms of sound quality than equally cheap speakers! I'm sorry to appear so negative, but this represents a prime example of getting what you pay for, and to offer any general recommendations for prospective replacements we really need to know your absolute top budget, plus what physical size of speakers you are willing to cart around... Again, apologies for the doom and gloom but there's no real way of sugar coating it - I see there are tone controls at the rear, so I guess you have played with these to their limits, but this will have little effect on the actual sound quality, merely the tonal balance. The piano is an extremely difficult instrument to reproduce convincingly and I fear your expectations might exceed your budget. Best regards and stay safe, Carl. [/QUOTE]
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