New Speakers for Movies/Music/Gaming

[Wariogiant]

Hey guys, it's my birthday today and I received some money to buy some speakers for my laptop. I have around 50-75$ and was wondering if anyone could recommend some good quality speakers for music/movies/gaming.

Thanks!

 

[Wariogiant]

What about these?: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ol...oduct&id=1172277277943

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

By getting passive speakers like those, you'd need to get an amplifier / receiver as well.

There are small amplifiers you could use (I'm using one with my Office System... pictured under the monitors there).

You could get something like that for ~$40-ish or a used receiver from craigslist for possibly very cheap.

It will be tough to get a couple decent speakers and power for them on that total budget though.

Something a little more straightforward and maybe better results would be to get some studio monitors. There are some available for under $100, but I don't know enough about them to give a particular recommendation.

The other option is just a pair of computer speakers. What's your primary concern here? Loudness? Sound quality? Size limitations? Bass?

 

[Wariogiant]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
By getting passive speakers like those, you'd need to get an amplifier / receiver as well.

There are small amplifiers you could use (I'm using one with my Office System... pictured under the monitors there).

You could get something like that for ~$40-ish or a used receiver from craigslist for possibly very cheap.

It will be tough to get a couple decent speakers and power for them on that total budget though.

Something a little more straightforward and maybe better results would be to get some studio monitors. There are some available for under $100, but I don't know enough about them to give a particular recommendation.

The other option is just a pair of computer speakers. What's your primary concern here? Loudness? Sound quality? Size limitations? Bass?

My primary concern is sound quality. Size and loudness don't really matter too much.

 

[Thump553]

Are headphones a reasonable alternative? In your price range you can buy a heck of lot better quality headphones than speakers.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Probably irrelevant suggestion:

Do you have a nice pair of headphones? It's pretty easy to get a pair of headphones that sound really good in that pricerange. It's certainly a different functionality than speakers though.

 

[Wariogiant]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Probably irrelevant suggestion:

Do you have a nice pair of headphones? It's pretty easy to get a pair of headphones that sound really good in that pricerange. It's certainly a different functionality than speakers though.

No I don't have a good pair of headphones actually, mine broke a while ago. I guess headphones would be a more reasonable alternative given my budget. So what headphones would you guys recommend?

Btw, I would use the headphones for music, movies, gaming, and listening to my ipod.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Headfi.org is a great place for headphone info. (Watch your budget though...)

Here's a recent thread with some starting information
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2324756&enterthread=y