Audio-Technica (A-T) has just launched a new set of powered bookshelf speakers that pair perfectly with the company’s new affordable, entry-level turntables. The AT-SP3X feature wired and wireless connections, and are priced at $199. You can buy them starting July 31 Buy at Amazon or directly from Audio-Technica.
Editor’s note: an earlier version of this article claimed that the AT-SP3X contain a preamp. This has been corrected.
If your turntable has a built-in phono preamp like Audio-Technica’s AT-LP70X turntable series, you’ll be able to plug it directly into the AT-SP3X’s RCA inputs.
Other analog sources can be connected to the speakers’ stereo RCA jacks, but there’s also a Bluetooth connection with Multipoint support for streaming music from smartphones or computers. If you want to create a wired connection from your computer to the SP3X, you’ll need either a 3.5mm-to-RCA patch cord for your computer’s headphone output, or, for a higher-quality audio signal, you could add an external USB-based DAC/amp and run the patch cord from the DAC to the speakers.
Each speaker uses a 3-inch woofer and a 1.1-inch tweeter that A-T says have been specifically tuned by a built-in DSP to produce powerful, well-balanced sound for music, movies, and more. Combined power is rated at 30 watts.
Operation is very straightforward — around the side of the primary speaker is a power button with LED indicator and volume control knob.
The speakers come with an AC adapter with three swappable international plug adapters and a 6.6-foot length of speaker cable for connecting the left and right speakers.
What you don’t get with the AT-SP3X are the angled speaker stands shown in the included images. Audio-Technica doesn’t sell the stands and has no information on where they can be purchased.
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