Active Speakers Magic | Acoustic Energy AE1 Actives Review

[@matytinman]

Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (1987) Vinyl, Ariola, Germany DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR13 -0.86 dB -16.91 dB 3:47 01-A1 First We Take Manhattan DR15 -0.40 dB -17.93 dB 4:42 02-A2 Bird On A Wire DR12 -3.65 dB -20.96 dB 5:40 03-A3 Famous Blue Raincoat DR13 -0.72 dB -18.27 dB 7:51 04-A4 Joan Of Arc DR14 -0.79 dB -16.89 dB 3:22 05-B1 Ain't No Cure For Love DR14 -1.18 dB -19.08 dB 3:44 06-B2 Coming Back To You DR11 -0.51 dB -15.80 dB 3:55 07-B3 Song Of Bernadette DR12 -1.07 dB -16.97 dB 4:53 08-B4 A Singer Must Die DR12 -1.19 dB -18.95 dB 3:44 09-B5 Came So Far For Beauty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 9 Official DR value: DR13

[@analogholic_reviews]

Thanks for sharing

[@doifeellucky]

Good insight as always. Any chance you can review the AE500? I’d be interested to hear how they compare to these and the others from AE you’ve reviewed. Thanks.

[@analogholic_reviews]

Thanks.🙏. I hope to review the AE 500 soon!

[@russellparker4568]

I had these for a short while. Considering the price they are able to kick out some seriously impressive sound with much more bass than you would expect.

[@richardattridge3182]

Great overview of these amazing speakers. I have a pair in white, and use them with a Naim NSC 222 pre amp dac music streamer, through the XLR connections , with excellent results. Well worth the money.

[@theshoemaker1]

Hello! How to directly connect them to a modern TV or notebook without additional devices?

[@themarksmanABP]

How would you compare these with the 109 mkii?

[@Musixlover100]

The album rejoice from allen/masekela is very good, thank you for the hint.

[@analogholic_reviews]

Also, check out Hope by Hugh Maskela.

[@upitshak]

Hi, thanks for this review. Will they preform well with tv dialogue and movies?

[@analogholic_reviews]

Yes… vocals / spoken words were transparent.

[@upitshak]

​@@analogholic_reviews how are they vs ae500? I'm debating between them also because of the easy connection via hdmi- tv to av amp

[@analogholic_reviews]

@@upitshak I have not heard the AE500 as yet. I hope to in the near future.

[@jamesmansion2572]

Surely 'similar price' is inappropriate here - the power amps are built in and you need to consider their performance against speaker and power amp combinations.

[@analogholic_reviews]

You have a point

[@agnelroshandsilva3929]

@analogholic_reviews Hi Rohit. Great Review. The AE 1 actives are wonderful speakers. If You were impressed with the bass on the AE 1 then try an listen to the Edifier S3000 pro or S3000 MKii. The Edifier can produce a really tight deep bass of around 35 Hz in room and are splendid as far as expansive soundstage, imaging, espressive mids and treble extension are concerned. What could have been better was the tonality. The Dynamic DSP setting is especially impressive. The Edifiers are written off by Many cause they aren't really considered "audiophile" , but at 1/3 of the cost of the AE 1, the are unbelievable VFM.

[@analogholic_reviews]

Thanks 🙏 for sharing. Yes, at 1/3 the price you cannot expect full active analog crossovers and toroidal transformers in the built in amplifiers. DSPs are good for bass extension tho and cost effective, and like you mention, the trade off could be in tonality. Nonetheless, will check out the Edifiers!

[@majicogarcia8417]

The edifiers are 1/3rd the cost of the AE1 and also about 1/3rd of the sound quality

[@theshoemaker1]

Hello! Do these speakers have any hissing sound/noise like Canton speakers on this youtube video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5fLanSkmdx8m9k