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The NS3 Audio Active speakers How does the NS3 sound? Depending on the placement – we have listened both on a desk and on a tripod – it sounds surprisingly complete. Of course you won’t get a earth quake like bass, but it’s certainly not bald or (too) thin. However, we do recommend that this NS3 is not placed on a freestanding tripod. The Steljes needs some help from a table and a back wall to build up some curves.
When we have installed the Steljes Audio NS3 on our workstation – we play via an Audioquest Dragonfly RED – it turns out to be a wonderful music partner. And in our case also an excellent editing partner. We hear enough detail to edit vocals in Adobe Audition. We don’t really dare eq’en – we keep on doing that with the Focal Elear – but maybe that’s a matter of getting used to. The fact is that the NS3 is transparent enough and doesn’t have a lot of colour in itself. The only thing we’re missing is some mid/low and body. And that’s important in sound processing. But we deviate… the NS3 is not a studio monitor. And we shouldn’t take that into account.
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We’ll watch some more Youtube, play some music on ROON… and tapping our pieces in the meantime. At the end of the day the Steljes turn out to be a loyal partner in the working day. This small desktop speaker has fiercely averted a critical audience that is mainly spoiled (and spoiled) by high-end equipment that costs a multiple of the 279 euros that you lose when you buy these bunch of Audio NS3.