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Need new pc speakers

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Posted on October 18, 2004 at 18:45:18
Frazzy


 
I do a lot of gaming and my current Cambridge soundworks dtt2500 bit the dust last night. What is a great new speaker system and have you heard it play? I dont live within 200 miles of a best buy or soundtrack or whatever store to go audition one. I would have to mail order it.

 

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Re: Need new pc speakers, posted on October 18, 2004 at 20:57:06
Lynn
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Location: Southwest
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 I have not purchased computer speakers for a while, but I ran across this:

http://www.vonschweikert.com/fps_speaker.html

Although I have not heard these, this company has a good reputation and offers a free trial. I have been tempted to try them myself even though I am not currently in the market for a smaller speaker set.

Lynn

 

Re: Need new pc speakers, posted on October 19, 2004 at 14:24:42
ketchup
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Location: Pennsylvania
Joined: February 29, 2004
 has anyone heard these? i wonder how they compare to those on the von schweikert page

http://www.anandtech.com/multimedia/showdoc.aspx?i=1108&p=3

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=1011

 

Maybe your best choice is NOT pc speakers ..., posted on October 24, 2004 at 07:24:22
hinduclient
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 I've abondoned powered speakers in favor of a reciever / mid-fi speakers. It sounds a LOT better than my former Cambridge Soundworks speakers: more power, more clarity, PLUS the reciever allows a real CD player and FM radio into the mix. The system also pushes headphones way better than a PC.

Turtle Beach 20 bit card & Toshiba 3950 >> Yamaha 595 receiver >> Polk rt25i speakers

The Polks were $200 on sale.

 

Look no further ..., posted on October 25, 2004 at 11:50:11
dwill123
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Location: Philadelphia
Joined: September 7, 2003
 You didn't mention your budget but these are well worth a look. Looking to take the place of the Logitech THX Certified Z-680 5.1 Speaker 500Watt System, the Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Digital Speaker System w/Digital Hardware Decoder , could be the best bet on the market right now. Notice that the url's are newegg.com so you can mail order. Good luck.


 

Re: Maybe your best choice is NOT pc speakers ..., posted on November 3, 2004 at 21:07:43
bhjazz
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Joined: July 23, 2002
 This would get my vote also. If you can handle eBay, some good deals would be available. Heck, you might even find an old tubed receiver to smooth out that pc sound.

For me, I lucked out a few years ago and bout some Jamo CS-5 speakers. They have a four channel amplifier (!), a 5 1/4 and a 1" tweeter. I could not believe the sound. Alas, they are no longer made. I keep searching for more of them somewhere....

Try the receiver/speaker combo. I suspect they woudl do you well.

 

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