Dwight Silverman
Poll: If you have a PC or Mac you use at a desk (either laptop or desktop computer), how do you experience audio? (If "other" please leave a reply)
Desktop computer speakers
48.6%
Speakers in the computer
18.6%
Speakers in the monitor
8.6%
Headphones/earbuds
24.3%
Poll ended at .
Jul 16, 2024 at 1:02pmMona for Mac
Show threadReneDamkotJul 16, 2024
@dsilverman Couple of old Wharfdale diamonds and a Pioneer amplifier.
Show threadBA PrincetonJul 16, 2024
@dsilverman From the headphone jack to an amplifier to stereo speakers.
Show threadAulia MasnaJul 16, 2024
@dsilverman I have this probably weird habit where I don’t consume anything with audio on the Mac, I do it from the phone even when I’m working on the Mac. If there’s a link to, say, an online video that I need to watch I would send it to the phone that I have propped up on a stand next to the Mac or the iPad I have open on the desk.
Show threadIan RobinsonJul 16, 2024
@dsilverman I have a HomePod Stereo Pair for playing Music from Apple Music on my Mac, but for system sounds and YouTube audio, I use the Speakers in the LG UltraFine 4K monitor. They are fine for that audio.
Show threadDwight SilvermanJul 16, 2024
@ianRobinson I found using HomePod minis as a stereo pair to be NOT a great experience - laggy and dropouts on my M1 MacBook Pro. Which what sent me in search of desktop speakers when my Klipsch ProMedia 2.1s died a premature death.
Show threadIan RobinsonJul 16, 2024
@dsilverman I’m using a pair of original big HomePods. I only use them from Apple Music. Any dropouts are the same as the standalone HomePod Stereo Pair I have.
Show threadKeith KastorffJul 16, 2024
@dsilverman I use the built-in monitor speakers, headphones/earbuds, and AirPlay to a stereo pair of original HomePod speakers. I use a Keyboard Maestro macro to switch to the HomePods since AirPlay won't “stick”.
Show threadDoug BaileyJul 16, 2024
@dsilverman Mostly headphones plugged into computer speakers
Show threadJustin Teague Jul 17, 2024
@dsilverman I can’t recommend highly enough the Audio Engine studio monitors for me. Picked them up years ago due to a great review from The Wirecutter (pre-NYT) and haven’t had a single issue.
Show threadDwight SilvermanJul 17, 2024
@arcadellama I requested a set from this company for review, AudioEngine turned me down.
Show threadJustin Teague Jul 17, 2024

@dsilverman What is Amazon’s return policy these days?

(KIDDING!)

Show threadDwight SilvermanJul 17, 2024
@arcadellama Not kidding: I know reviewers who do this.