Hi! I'm a longtime audiophile and while my PC and my stereo is in the same room, I'd like to listen to a number of foreign radio stations via WinMedia10. I like the ease with which to find stations from all over, while I'm on my PC.
I've never had great PC speakers since most audiophile consider anything but their "main" system to be not good enough
Yet, i'm at the point now that i'd like pretty good sound sitting here, even though my stereo is maybe 20 feet away. By the way, there's no way I can be sitting at my main stereo's sweetspot while on my desktop PC.
People have mentioned that the Logitec top of the line for around $399 is good (it has that controller). I'm wondering if the good folks here have advice for some truly excellent speakers for my PC. What I'm looking for is ease of connection (standard PC audio card plugs), good quality control (don't need more things to break, too much hassle), excellent sound.
What I don't need, though I understand that these things come in a "package" nowadays, is a large number of speakers for multi-channel effects. I do not (yet) game. I don't watch movies on my PC (my audio system has finally gone multichannel and is well integrated w/my tv). It is sort of a hassle for me to have so many little speakers on my desk, taking up space, and those speakers being improperly placed (only the front two are properly placed for stereo effect, the other side/rear speakers have no place to go but on my desktop due to the way my desk is situated), those other speakers aren't of much use. I do understand that it's sort of the current thing that they sell these "PC speaker 'systems' out of one box" so that you open up one big box, and it contains like 5-7 speakers incl the subwoofer, so it may not be a choice to want to buy fewer speakers, they simply might come as a "system" and i'll have to make do with so many small speakers sitting on my desk.
Looking forward to your advice. Thanks in advance.
I've never had great PC speakers since most audiophile consider anything but their "main" system to be not good enough
Yet, i'm at the point now that i'd like pretty good sound sitting here, even though my stereo is maybe 20 feet away. By the way, there's no way I can be sitting at my main stereo's sweetspot while on my desktop PC.People have mentioned that the Logitec top of the line for around $399 is good (it has that controller). I'm wondering if the good folks here have advice for some truly excellent speakers for my PC. What I'm looking for is ease of connection (standard PC audio card plugs), good quality control (don't need more things to break, too much hassle), excellent sound.
What I don't need, though I understand that these things come in a "package" nowadays, is a large number of speakers for multi-channel effects. I do not (yet) game. I don't watch movies on my PC (my audio system has finally gone multichannel and is well integrated w/my tv). It is sort of a hassle for me to have so many little speakers on my desk, taking up space, and those speakers being improperly placed (only the front two are properly placed for stereo effect, the other side/rear speakers have no place to go but on my desktop due to the way my desk is situated), those other speakers aren't of much use. I do understand that it's sort of the current thing that they sell these "PC speaker 'systems' out of one box" so that you open up one big box, and it contains like 5-7 speakers incl the subwoofer, so it may not be a choice to want to buy fewer speakers, they simply might come as a "system" and i'll have to make do with so many small speakers sitting on my desk.
Looking forward to your advice. Thanks in advance.
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