speaker recommendations for DSD+ use

[EarHoles]

Looking at getting a communications speaker for monitoring using DSD+ .
Whats everyone using speaker wise?

Tempted to get something like : https://www.amazon.com/Rectangular-...ns+speaker&dpPl=1&dpID=31j9dOfOktL&ref=plSrch

Love to get some ideas to improve quality

 

[Benkasey]

Are you using a computer or scanner/com equipment? I use a computer with Altec speakers. The problem is that the digital audio from DSD is very "flat". I'm not able to run it through a graphic equalizer because of VCABLE and my Totalrecorder audio driver. Anyway, if I were you I'd buy a stereo speaker system with selectable bass/treble so you can tune the audio to something intelligible. You want a left/right speaker setup so that your two-channel decoded DSD will play each channel through a different speaker.

 

[M105]

The same company that produces VB Cable also has a product called Voicemeeter that includes equalizer functions as well as a few other neat mixer capabilities. I use it and adjust the mid range and higher frequencies up while attenuating the lower ones. For my ears it improves the intelligibility of the audio using DSD+. It is, like VB Cable, donateware.
VB-Audio VoiceMeeter

 

[TheButcher]

Get an old CB / RT with internal speaker inside and wire up the internal speaker in it to a small amp with some wires poking out the side. Or inject the line level audio from your sound card up to it, feeding the volume pot. Will sound pretty good, actually.

Or build a small box.

Look out for hands-free kits for mobile phones. I bet those speakers will sound pretty good for voice as well.

I tried to use a "dialogue" speaker from a home theatre, but the speaker was full response from 80 hertz or so up to 20 khz. It sounded rumbly and hissy. We need to use a mid-range speaker setup, designed for speech...


My LCD TV sounds ok for DSD+ / SDR though.

 

[TheButcher]

ps. No need for an eq. if setup is designed for speech... But it will work good if you apply high-pass at say, 300Hz and low-pass at say 3KHz.

This is actually called a "band-pass" voice filter...