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speakers

For computer use I assume?

Different tools for different jobs and price ranges. The higher end logitechs have been reliably good, as have the Klipsch PC line.
 
Go with the Logitech X-530's. There great all around speakers for a incredible price. I own them myself and belivie they are the best speakers ever. I have used many and prefer these the most.
 
It's cheaper than the ones I listed and seem to have more speakers. But what will tell you if a speaker will produce good sounds? And I don't have the room to place speakers all around me. And why are the ones I chose only 31 watts in total?
 
Can you tell me why the ones I listed aren't as good? I don't understand what a good speaker should be like.
 
I have Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers and love 'em. That said, I would recomend that you head over to your local store and "test drive" them. If you find one that sounds good to you, write down the model # and go back home and see if you can find it for significantly cheaper online. Good luck. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: bigboxes
I have Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers and love 'em. That said, I would recomend that you head over to your local store and "test drive" them. If you find one that sounds good to you, write down the model # and go back home and see if you can find it for significantly cheaper online. Good luck. 🙂
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The logitechs doesn't look that good. and does a store let you try all of their speakers? And is 2.1 inferior to 5.1? does all movies come with surround sound? And where will I place the speakers that's supposed to be behind me? on the floor?
 
The speakers you chose may have better watts and stuff and may be more portable but the Logitechs are just great sound all around and the wont disapoint you. I think the ones you have listed will just rip you off. It's kind of like Boss they want your money more than your return. Also not all movies have sorround sound but about 99 percent do.
 
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Originally posted by: bigboxes
I have Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 speakers and love 'em. That said, I would recomend that you head over to your local store and "test drive" them. If you find one that sounds good to you, write down the model # and go back home and see if you can find it for significantly cheaper online. Good luck. 🙂
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The logitechs doesn't look that good. and does a store let you try all of their speakers? And is 2.1 inferior to 5.1? does all movies come with surround sound? And where will I place the speakers that's supposed to be behind me? on the floor?
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Best buy has those speakers to try out but I don't Know about the Klispch's. Trust me just put the 5.1 side to side and it wont take up much space.
 
Why are the ones I listed 31 watts in total? the logitech ones uses much more power. Is more power the better? And I don't know what you mean by "It's kind of like Boss they want your money more than your return." and how do you know from the specifications which speaker system will produce a better sound?
 
what about the Logitech® X-230? It has 2 speakers instead of 4. or what about this one? It's more expensive Logitech® Z-3.
 
Originally posted by: dsj
Why are the ones I listed 31 watts in total? the logitech ones uses much more power. Is more power the better? And I don't know what you mean by "It's kind of like Boss they want your money more than your return." and how do you know from the specifications which speaker system will produce a better sound?
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I have used both that's how I know. I havnt used the ones you listed below the first ones you listed. And what I mean about the they wont your money more than your return is if you pay that much for 2.1 than there probably just over priced in my opinion all 2.1 sound close to performance if not the same to me.
 
Originally posted by: dsj
what about the Logitech® X-230? It has 2 speakers instead of 4. or what about this one? It's more expensive Logitech® Z-3.
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The x-230 is the same exact speakers just 2 insted of 5, there still the same great quality but for only 20$ more go with 5.1.
 
So the Z series aren't superior in quality? And is more power usage good or bad? the ones I have listed only uses 31 watts.
 
Ok, wattage is the power they use, which roughly translates to how loud they will get. A set with higher wattage will generally get louder than a set with lower wattage. The other factors here are the efficiency of the speakers and how loud they can get without distortion. Most of the time you wont be able to find out the efficiency of computer speakers, so more wattage doesn't necessarily mean louder, but it usually does.

So, the other thing with wattage is that it gives you more headroom. It's better to have more power than too little... you don't want your speakers to be as loud as they can get before distortion for a volume you like.

Speakers like the Logitech sets mentioned and the Altec Lansings you linked to should have no problem getting plenty loud for you if you're using them in a small room. The larger the room and farther you are away from your speakers, the more power and efficiency you'll need to get the same volumes.

So, that's some quick info on the wattage end of things.

That's not all you need to know though. A 30 watt set of speakers could very well sound better than a 1000 watt set of speakers. It's what the speakers to with their wattage that counts.

In a set of computer speakers, the inputs on the set are given a full range signal, meaning they get every part of the sound from the lows to the highs. The speakers have crossovers inside them that will send the low stuff to the sub, and the mids/highs to the satellites.

Certain driver sizes are better at producing certain frequency ranges. The goal for really nice speakers is to produce equal volumes at all frequency levels (meaning a note played at any level will be equally loud). This is called flat frequency response (referring to a graph of SPL (volume) vs frequency).

The range of human hearing is about 20Hz to 20kHz. In an ideal world, you'd have a speaker set that could reproduce any note in that range at equal volumes. It's really tough to get that range though. My HT speaker set and sub ran me about $2400 (not including receiver etc.) and I've pretty much got it covered now. There is no computer speaker set that is going to come close to covering that range.

The better computer speaker sets will have a midrange and a tweeter in the satellites vs a single midrange driver. Smaller tweeters are able to vibrate faster and do a better job getting the highs. Oppositely, a subwoofer has a larger driver that's able to push more air and get the low stuff. It takes a lot more power to get the low end than the high stuff.

Ok, I could go on like this, but most of this stuff is not stuff you can really do a decent job researching in the computer speaker market.

Going to Best Buy or Circuit City or whatever and listening to some of the offerings is a great idea. If you like speaker set A vs speaker set B, then it doesn't matter if everyone else says B is better. The important thing is what sounds good to you.

Some of the higher quality computer speakers are made by Klipsch and Swan. You should easily be able to find Klipsch at a retail store, but the Swans would pose a problem.

Newegg sells both.
Promedia 2.1
Swan (a HT sub can be hooked up with these if you want more bass)

If you want to hear the swans, your best bet would be to go to audioenvy.com and see if anyone if your area has them.

Basically you get what you pay for in speakers (well, except bose 😉). It seems like you're asking us for a budget hehe. A good 2.1 computer speaker set is going to run you $100 to $175. A good 5.1 set is going to be significantly more.

You can also do what I did, and get a real HT speaker set and a receiver. You'll have a lot more options and upgrading will be easier, but it's going to cost you more in the short term, and a lot more in the long term :Q (but I think it's worth it).

If this is mainly for music, I'd say get a nice 2.1 set. If you're playing a lot of games and movies, then get a nice 5.1 set or an entry level HTIB set if you can afford either. If not, you can get a decent 5.1 set for about the cost or a nice 2.1 set.

Alright.... I'm sure anyone who's reading this is bored by now, so I'm going to start building a computer for my gf's younger brother for his birthday tomorrow 😀.
 
I'm buying the speakers for music and movies. So should it be a 2.1 or 5.1? And you swan goes from 62 hz to 20 khz and the altec lansing VS3151 5.1 goes from 40 to 20k and costs 100 dollars less. so what makes the Klipsch and Swan good speakers? and what does " a midrange and a tweeter in the satellites' mean? And I don't want to pay for a speaker system that's over 100 dollars before tax.
 
If you're doing movies mainly, I would definately suggest a 5.1 set.

As for the frequency ranges given for most of these speaker sets, I don't think computer speaker companies are very consistent in their testing methods so I wouldn't buy off of what the manufacturers advertise, I just wanted to say what you're wanting from a good speaker set.

For Klipsch satellites, look at the pictures from newegg. There's a typical driver that most speakers have (usually about 2 to 3 inches in diameter). There is also a tweeter above the midrange in the Klipsch speakers. This is a physically smaller device that is better suited to covering the higher frequencies. Most speaker systems will say they go up to 20kHz, but without a tweeter, getting that high at decent levels is very difficult.

Klipsch and Swan are both companies that make speakers and only speakers. They both make sets that cost $10,000+. They know a lot more about speakers than most computer speaker companies and they produce better than average quality products.

If you're looking for a 5.1 set for movies for under $100, I would suggest Logitech z-5300s. You'll get plenty of bass for your movies (kind of the opposite of the "flat frequency response" that's the ideal, but it's more fun for movies and many people prefer a lot of bass from their systems). The bass on Logitech sets tends to be a lot louder and boomier than others in the price range, which can be good or bad depending on what you like.

You should be able to listen to this set in a local computer store. There are a couple decent deals on the z-5300s in this thread. I owned the z-560s from Logitech and enjoyed them a lot while I had them. It may not be the highest quality you can get, but you get a lot for your money from Logitech.
 
The logitechs take me to the same page but go with the X-530's. Those are the best speakers I have ever used and I am a big sound person. I like good sound and I get it from these speakers.
 
What is the difference between the z and the x? and the why are logitechs better than the alteclansings? the alteclansing vs4121 goes down to 20 hz and the logictechs goes only to 35 hz. And I'm not sure If I like a lot of bass in the movies. I don't like EXTREMELY low or high sounds. And I live in canada.
 
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