Best Speakers for $75~$125?

[MiniThug]

I am building a couple of systems for friends and need to know what the best speakers I can pick up for about 75 to 125 are. It makes no difference to them whether they are 5 piece or 3. They are just looking for the best possible sound quality for the price (mainly for music). Any ideas? I have the Klipsch Promedias myself but they claim they are out of their price range.

 

[Jeff H]

MiniThug, for $99 list price check out the Boston Acoustics BA790's. Great sound, and loud, if you want that. Digital input from a capable sound card, plus analog too. You can get them at a number of places: check out PriceWatch for internet dealers, Best Buy and CompUSA for retail.

 

[MiniThug]

Any other opinions?

 

[hans007]

i've got the fps2000s, i got them for free, but i've heard they are around $100 now, and are pretty nice. I might go for the altec ada880s for $100 though if i was spending money.

 

[Tonec]

ACS48s are pretty cheap these days and don't take up too much space

 

[divinemartyr]

There are about 2-3 speaker packages in this price range, and even one below your price range, which sound great. If you really want the best sound possible, pick up a set of BA4800's. These will cost you about $139 but it's $15 out of your price range, and worth every extra $15.

If you really don't want to go over your budget, I recommend one of two speaker systems. Altec Lansing ACS56's sound really good and will cost you about $80-90 or so. This is a 4.1 channel setup and sound GREAT. Also, the ACS54's, which are the downgraded model from the ACS56's also sound really awesome. You can get them at Directron for $45 plus shipping. This is absolutely the best value for the money. I bought a set for about $80 and I was willing to pay $100 once I heard them. These speakers also sound great, but obviously the ACS56's have the upper hand with a larger subwoofer.

DO NOT buy any speakers from Creative. Even their high end speakers sound like trash. The FPS1000/2000's sound especially horrible and I do not recommend them AT ALL.

Also, the BA790's recommended do not sound anywhere comparable to the BA4800's, the 4800's are far superior.

dm

 

[dalfollo]

for 129 you can get the very good Monsoon MM-700 flat panel speakers (2/1 with volume puck) delivered from wwwoutpost.com i have them and they sound wonderful...

i almost got the ALC48s mentioned above around ~80...check cnet.com for reviews and you'll find both have great ratings...the altecs are bone white...i just wanted something black...and with better sound

 

[Marty]

Maybe slightly out of your price range, but you can get the CAmbridge Soundworks Microworks for $130. These speakers used to be over $250, but are going cheap now because they are discontinued. This product is from before Creative Labs took over, and sounds great to me.

Visit www.hifi.com

Marty

 

[vexter]

altec lansing sells a couple of models for under $80 leaving more money for a good sound card witch is every bit as important to good sound. Built in mobo sound is always inferior to a good sound card in terms of sound quality alone not to mention the overall system performance gained by releiving the cpu of its sound reproduction duties.

 

[GTaudiophile]

I'll second both the ACS48s and BA790s.

 

[Sniper82]

get the Altec ACS56s they rule for the price

 

[TheNemesis]

i got my ACS48 for $50 shipped from Compugeeks, and they ROCK for the prcie.

 

[Super6]

Another vote for the Altec Lansing ACS48's.

Super6

 

[fitzhue]

I definitly recommend the altec lansing acs56's
Very good sound quality for the price. With a good soundcard, these will rock. I got mine for about $90 shipped.

 

[Snoop]

Altec Lansing ACS56's are a great deal for only 110.95

 

[Syborg1211]

I own a set of the acs56's. I got them for 87 bucks with a 15 buck coupon at buy.com, but they dont have any coupons out so I guess they will be around 100 by now. I like these speakers a lot but they arent high quality enough for myself. I am really thinking about getting a set of ba4800s or a set of the klipsch promedias. The ba4800s will be the best and as someone said, the little bit of extra money will not be regretted.

 

[XRdirtHead]

acs56....

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Yamaha makes some decent spkr. systems also. There is a rebate for certain Yamaha's too, check at this link.

 

[DaffyDuck]

The Monsoon's sound great for a 2.1 system. I'm considering the 1000's to add to my Altec Lansing 305's.

I have some low-end Creative's and they DO sound cheesy but they have a headphone jack. ;-)

 

[Losty]

i ordered an ACS56 under $60 in january...pretty awesome set of speakers for a low price