Suggest speakers for a desktop!
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So in my recent move the subwoofer on my cheap set of logitech desktop speakers died. This is my home gaming system, and I hate wearing headphones. I'll tolerate having a headset with a mic for voice chat occasionally, but do a lot of work on it without headphones on and listening to music.
Suggestions for speakers that don't suck and aren't stupidly expensive? I have outputs for the whole range from SPDIF (optical) to separated outputs for each channel.
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@benjamin-hall said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
speakers that don't suck and aren't stupidly expensive
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@masonwheeler Please elaborate, if you will. What's the price threshold of "doesn't suck" in your experience? I don't need super-fancy-blow-down-the-walls, but having bass reproduction would be nice.
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I've got Creative T20 stereo speakers on my desktop at home and they're pretty good.
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@hungrier Thanks. I'll consider those.
Other suggestions would be wonderful.
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@masonwheeler said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
@benjamin-hall said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
speakers that don't suck and aren't stupidly expensive
E_EMPTY_RESULT_SET10 seconds on Amazon finds me plenty of decent 2.1 speaker sets for £50 or less.
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@benjamin-hall That was mostly facetious.
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@masonwheeler ah. I guess my default setting of "take everything serious" failed me.
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@benjamin-hall said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
my default setting of "take everything serious"
Around here?!?
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@masonwheeler I have filters in place for most categories, but I guess I need to add some for this category as well. I'm used to the help categories being at least somewhat serious.
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@masonwheeler To be fair to @Benjamin-Hall, this is a help section, and as such, is intended for help, not facetiousness.
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@benjamin-hall Scott Hanselman is one of the best speakers of all time, but nowadays a bit on the web-y side.
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@kt_ le sigh
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@benjamin-hall said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
@kt_ le sigh
I have a monitor that doesn't have built in speakers on my laptop dock station. i use these with it:
‌https://www.amazon.com/They_re_Not_Great_But_They_Don_t_Suck_Either_And_They_Are_Cheap/dp/B00EZ9XKCM
they get the jorb done.
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@accalia said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
‌https://www.amazon.com/They_re_Not_Great_But_They_Don_t_Suck_Either_And_They_Are_Cheap/dp/B00EZ9XKCM
they get the jorb done.Only 10 watts, no subwoofer.
25 watts and a subwoofer for only $11 more
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I have a Logitech set like this:
Logitech Z323 2.1 Speaker System with 360 Sound
Shop Z323 Speakers. Features dual driver speaker, down firing subwoofer, direct controls, ported satellite speakers, 3.5mm aux, RCA inputs, and headphone jack
Except the state-of-the-art in like 2004 or so. I'm not a huge audiophile, so I'll probably keep them until they stop working.
EDIT: if I want 7.1, for example in a stealth FPS game, I have a USB headset for that.
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@timebandit said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
Only 10 watts, no subwoofer.
i didn't say they were perfect, but they're 25$, have "loud enough" sound that if you're not a metalhead should get you jiving to the groove just fine.
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@blakeyrat I ended up with that system's big brother for one main reason--it was on sale. And I figured I should actually use all the ports on my machine =)
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@benjamin-hall That's actually a really good sale. Too bad I don't have any place to put the rear speakers.
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@benjamin-hall said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
And I figured I should actually use all the ports on my machine
and annoy your neighbors at the same time
Status: I was playing COD at full blast when cops knocked on my door and said to put my guns down
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@timebandit said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
@benjamin-hall said in Suggest speakers for a desktop!:
And I figured I should actually use all the ports on my machine
and annoy your neighbors at the same time
Status: I was playing COD at full blast when cops knocked on my door and said to put my guns down=)
I actually run pretty soft on music. Ears can't handle super loud noises, which is why I teach high school...Oh, wait.
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