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Marco Arment

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Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

I would say, if you don't mind the size, the Q150s, which are actually not made anymore, but you can probably still find them, are by far my favorite desktop speakers I've ever had.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

They're just massive, but they sound amazing.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

They really could use a subwoofer, though.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

And the KC62 does work really well.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

It's really good.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

It's a shame it's so expensive, but it does work really well.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

But really, any desktop subwoofer would be fine for most people.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

It does.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

And I did for, you know, I did the Sonos thing you were saying.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

I tried it with, you know, I had mentioned I had bought a pair of Era 300s for a different role in the house, and I just hadn't installed them for a few months, and I kind of borrowed them from my office for a few months.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

And a pair of Era 300s with a Sonos sub

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

is also an incredible sounding setup and costs less than this.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

The main problem I had with it was you mentioned briefly the like brief turn on delay and the latency.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

The latency is bad enough that you really don't want to use Sonos speakers as desktop speakers for anything where real time sound alignment matters.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

Things like watching videos or playing games.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

I find it really annoying.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

Oh, they were amazing.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

I was so happy with those.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

But yeah, ultimately, that weird startup delay.

Accidental Tech Podcast
680: A Lot of Holes in That Cheese

I hate when speakers auto-sleep after a while.