Audioengine HD3

I was looking for small speakers for a small room and these are amazing. Great build quality and they project an fantastic soundstage. The lows are ok. If you need more base, then I recommend a sub but I'm happy with them without a sub.

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Bought these for my home gym. I wanted something small that would still fill the room with sound. I didn't want to spend a fortune, but I also didn't want crap. These definitely fit the bill and I am really enjoying my workouts a little more these days. Bass isn't great but I didn't expect it to be from these smaller speakers.

Pros: Great sound for such a Small size. Crystal clear and no distortion.

Cons: Would definitely benefit from a separate bass module.

Really work seamlessly. And for someone who just turned 90 , that is a genuine plus. The sound is true, at least for the 40s and 50s jazz and big band music I listen to. Everyone these days seems to spend more time judging on how well the speakers work with music that isn't particularly musical.

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Build quality, ease of use, good desktop form factor, and appearance are all excellent. Sound quality not so much. Perhaps playing them louder would help. It's an improvement over standard speakers. Unfortunately, better sounding speakers like Emotiva or Adam) are also about 50% wider and 25% wider making them too large for my desktop.

Pros: Build quality ease of use good desktop form factor appearance

Cons: Sound Quality

Excellent sound. Especially clear in the upper midrange. Plenty loud for a small room. I use them as a bluetooth stereo and have them on 36" stands. They look a little funny because they are small, but sound great. Especially nice with vocal music. But also sound good with other genres like rock. I generally use them with the bass cut switch activated. It changes the sound signature quite a bit if you allow the bass frequency to pass through. If you want bass, get a sub. I do sacrifice the low end, but I am living in an apartment so that works for me. If you are looking for the deep bass notes of electronic music etc, you will miss them with out a sub. However, it is so easy to pick out instrumental parts. During casual listening I often catch myself hearing parts I normally wouldn't notice. The addition of a remote would have been nice. They pair very quickly and never drop. Great product, a little expensive.

Pros: Clear sound, good connectivity, good volume for size. Incredible compact package competes with other great bookshelf speakers. Space savers dream.

Cons: Light on bass. Low frequency switch colors sound when you DO NOT cut the bass out. Better with switch activated.

This is a premature 4 but it should really be premature 5 because they really are quite nice. I couldn't deal anymore. I have a decent size music library, Apple Music and Sirius but only a lap top, phone and junky blue tooth speaker. Now it sounds like I have an old school 80's house set up. At first I didn't know where the money I spent went to but I started playing around with them and they are very versatile and above all they sound awesome. I bought them as a small living room set up and I was wondering if I should have got the HD6 instead but these are more than enough. If I lived in an apartment I could see neighbors complaining. The bass is sufficient for desktop set-ups, but for my purposes my next purchase will be the S8 sub. I'm also going to get the DS1 stands because they will vibrate. There are other cost efficient ways to sound deaden them and keep them stable but the stands do look clean. Take it from a cheap skate, spend the money you'll be stoked.

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These are good little computer speakers for nearfield listening. The pair I ordered looked great, like small walnut blocks of art sitting on my desk. The soundstage, however, is small. Great from a nearfield position, but not the best if you get up from your desk and move around the room, even with a subwoofer attached. I liked them, but ended up returning them. Decided to try the NAD D 3020 amp with a pair of bookshelf speakers I had. Same amount of money, but a much larger soundstage with the bookshelf speakers (Boston Acoustics A25s). Sound easily fills the whole room. The bigger sound stage and greater versatility of the amp/ bookshelf combo (I can always upgrade the speakers later) was a no brainer for me.

Pros: Small, Beautiful, 3 year warranty

Cons: Small soundstage. Good for nearfield listening only in my opinion. Subwoofer is not muted when using the headphone jack.

Great sounding speakers! Very easy to set up and use. The quality of the build is excellent as is the sound. I use them in a room that is 25'x11' and the sound fills the room. Connected to a subwoofer which is shared with another receiver and it is more than enough to satisfy your listening experience.

Pros: Great sound from small speakers!

Cons: The port on the speaker is for a mini USB and not the regular size. Not a huge problem though.

These are great. USB, Bluetooth, and multiple audio inputs, all active. I have two computers hooked to them, one via USB and the other via line in, and I occasionally can send something from my phone, no switching or confusion. And they sounds good.

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Color is great . Speakers are good . However I wish speakers can connect to other Bluetooth without disconnecting the previous one.

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These are amazing speakers for being so small. The bass is more than adequate and the mids and highs are great. I steam CDs to them with an iPod Touch and have no problems. They are used in a bedroom on Definitive Technology Prostand 1000 stands. While these stands are made for other specific speakers, these mount easily on the larger of the plates supplied with the stands, and the furnished mounting screws are a perfect fit in the threaded socket on the bottom of each speaker. Quick and easy with very good stability. Placed along a wall they provide a small and out of the way footprint, fully controlled by the iPod kept at beside. When the Bluetooth connection is cut off via the iPod the speakers soon go to a low power standby mode. They are quite versatile and can be set up to work in a variety of other ways with furnished interconnects, all of good quality.

Pros: Great Sound. A Bluetooth source is all you need. Can be easily moved around. Very well made.

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Long story short, the Audioengine HD 3 is quality product. The soundstage is amazing considering the size if the speakers. The speakers are so easy to connect to Bluetooth and they look great. For me it's all about the sound and the HD 3 delivers. I am using as a pair of mini bookshelf speakers and am very pleased with the overall performance. Would highly recommend.

Pros: Exceptional sound, easy to connect to Bluetooth, easy to use, look great

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Outstanding desktop speakers. The quality of sound is excellent and accurate with any music type- I listen to jazz, rock, classical and even punk. The base is pretty formidable on these small guys (and they are small, which is what you want for a desk; they sound much bigger). I attached a small subwoofer and set the frequency to pick up only when a large amount of bass needs generated, and they can completely fill my midsize room, home office. They are so loud and powerful, however, that they may be overwhelming for an office setting or a more crowded home (I can hear a small amount of bass thump a few rooms away). Bluetooth works terrific. While I'm sure some super critics may criticize the data transfer of bluetooth, I don't notice the difference and, in fact, have heard clarity of the instruments not noticeable in my audiophile speakers and music cache. My ideal setup is to have my MacBook blue toothed in with Amazon Unlimited, and an Echo plugged in. Can keep music going all day long and still have the freedom of a laptop computer. Fit and finish was exceptional- great attention to detail. Highly recommend.

Pros: Small size Terrific and accurate sound Decent bass Bluetooth with options to plug traditional components in

Cons: May actually be too big of sound for small room/shared office No remote control, so need to be near speakers to control volume

I am a proud owner of the Audioengine HD3 (Walnut) speakers. It started because I am tired of listening to portable bluetooth speakers like the Bose Mini. True they're convenient and good for what they are, but I think they lack the depth, sound quality and detailed imaging. I missed the great sound of the stereo systems of yesteryear. I wanted something that sounds awesome, provides detailed imaging, is modest in size, and simple to setup. Audioengine to the rescue. Until I received these speakers, I had never owned or listened to Audioengine speakers before. I picked these speakers based on online reviews. The HD3's are small and solid. I rank the build quality as exceptional. Setup took 5 minutes. Don't let their diminutive size fool you. They sound much, much bigger. Their audio quality is incredible. They have a warm, and very crisp, clean sound. Imaging is outstanding and they do get surprisingly loud for such a small package. No distortion even at the highest volume levels. I like to listen to Classical music, Jazz, and 60s Psychedelic Rock and the HD3's handled every instrument and note cleanly and accurately. The speakers by themselves are not for bassheads. They do provide excellent bass for their size, but you will need to connect a powered subwoofer to get those really deep notes. Overall, I am very impressed. They have exceeded my expectations and are well worth the price. Give them a try. I think you'll be pleasantly amazed.

Pros: Amazing Crisp, Clean Sound. Detailed Imaging, Small size, Simple setup, Flexible connectivity, Exceptional Build Quality

Cons: Baseheads will need a powered subwoofer. No optical audio input. No Remote Control

I must admit this is the first review I have ever written. I love classical music and motion picture soundtracks. My computer is hooked up to my home theater sound system but for simple listening like instructional videos online my wife just wanted small desk top speakers she can turn on, so I bought the HD3 speakers. After hooking them up I turned them on and What A Sound! The full rich spacious sound that came out of these speakers blew me off my chair. I did not expect that sound quality to come out of these small speakers. As always Crutchfield's service was wonderful.

Pros: If you primarily listen to desk top speakers at your computer desk just add the subwoofer for extreme bottom end and who needs a full blown stereo system in your office.

Cons: none