My AV40's bit the dust yesterday (left speaker no longer plays sound) so I'm in the market for a new speaker system for my computer. Does anyone have any recommendations on good speakers?
I'm looking for speakers that are a tad more compact than the AV40 monitors, but they don't have to be miniscule. Budget is sub$200. .
Are you into the DIY?
I just finished building my first set of speakers, never even touched the mdf and for my first project i chose something really ambitious, i designed a desk speaker with a logarithmic horn load with a fullrange speaker, i even veneered them! The result is stunning and i spent 100$ with two TangBand fullranges, and i drive them with a modified t-amp (ta2024) via a usb dac based on the Sabre ES9023, grand total about 200$
I just want to say I have the Logitech z 503. Great speaker for the price. I keep going back to Logitech because of their reliability.
For computer audio, I use these (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/speaker-system-Z623?crid=47)
For recording/mixing/mastering, I'm currently using some old Event PS8's, but I'm going to be upgrading to the Yamaha HS80m's and a KRK 10s
I use Klipsch Pro Medias. Not bad, but certainly not the greatest. I do use headphones most of the time though. Now djmattm you building your own speakers that is awesome, do you have pics posted anywhere?
STOP with the Logitech recs, they are bad... very bad... the main problem is the cost cutting amplifiers that they've implemented since the Global Recession.. All newer Logitech speakers have atrociously high noise floor. like chsssssssssssssssss all up in your music.
The same problem plagues the New Klipsch pro medias, which were once "titans"
I recommend a discount budget AMP they're usually all much cleaner than most multimedia speakers, and some discount book shelf units.
I just want to say I have the Logitech z 503. Great speaker for the price. I keep going back to Logitech because of their reliability.For computer audio, I use these (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/speaker-system-Z623?crid=47)
For recording/mixing/mastering, I'm currently using some old Event PS8's, but I'm going to be upgrading to the Yamaha HS80m's and a KRK 10s
STOP with the Logitech recs, they are bad... very bad... the main problem is the cost cutting amplifiers that they've implemented since the Global Recession.. All newer Logitech speakers have atrociously high noise floor. like chsssssssssssssssss all up in your music.
The same problem plagues the New Klipsch pro medias, which were once "titans"
I recommend a discount budget AMP they're usually all much cleaner than most multimedia speakers, and some discount book shelf units.
Nothing is like listening to something you built from scratch, it's always better! And yes it's tons of fun, i learnt a lot during my build and they really are stunning but yeah i spent probably 30+ hours only researching, and about 10 hours in cad and calculations, and i am an engineer, but trust me they really compare to something that costs 5-10x what i paid in materials
it's not as bad as the logitechs for sure... but I was rather disappointed in my "new gen" 2.1, the one without the power switch. The old ones were much cleaner..
If I take
- two TangBand fullranges
- a modified t-amp (ta2024)
- a usb dac based on the Sabre ES9023
- the drawing above
Then Shake it a bit...
I end up with two great speakers?
Maybe I don't do enough DIY to figure it all out.
But at first glance it seams that I would have to put the 40h of R&D anyway.
How do you figure the 3rd dimension with the picture?
What material did you use?
Do you glue it together?
What modification do you do to the t-amp (ta2024)? (Did you mod it yourself)
How do you get a usb dac out of a the Sabre ES9023?
How do you connect all the sh!t together?
:-) Feel free to fill the gap.
I'm also in for decent PC speakers and right now I'm still heading on low to midrange quality active/amplified studio monitors ($250 - $850)
Things like JBL, Pioneer, Behringer, M-Audio or Audioengine and alike seams to have kickarse products.
Yeah sure here it is, i don't remember if this is the actual final design maybe i changed a couple of quotes but 90% this is it:Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/JYDal1M.jpg?1)
Ive had a set of those they sound like **** like very much so.like the other user said, its a love/hate relationship with soundsticks.
Ive had a set of those they sound like **** like very much so.like the other user said, its a love/hate relationship with soundsticks.
some people just don't like the type of sound they produce, others find it clear and sound great.
Its debated on Head-Fi and OCN about the Soundsticks and Creative's T40 speakers.
Again obviously these are directed towards PC speaker sets, and not bookshelf speakers.
I myself had klipsch promedias the new ones, and after a year and a half i believe i have a wire loose or a short somewhere. If i don't press down on the volume knob, my speakers blare out at max volume. But if i apply pressure on the knob, it works normally.
i scrapped them and prob will sell to someone to see if they can fix it. I went back to my Creative T40s since my brother took my soundsticks II to school with him.