Speakers for the computer...... ( Archived) (34)

Can't help you out on the turntable, but the speakers will probably run you somewhere in the neighborhood of 150-200 pounds for a good 5.1 surround sound. Creative labs are decent; same with Harmon. Running a set of Klipsch myself but they took them off the market a while back. Great sound.

Right now i'm just using a pair of cheep ones($35 ) that plug into my sound card. I don't do much with sound so its fine for me. If you have a nice home stero componet system then get an adapter cord for rc and plug your computer into it.


Dennis

I'd suggest you get an external audio Z card, and you can pretty much connect anything to it, to input and output the audio.

USB turntables are terrible, but again i'd point you at some other equipment that will definately do the job, i'd go for one of the czech made turntables, there really well made and there models for all budgets.

As for the windows library..i have a solution that i've done myself......its called a Cyrus Linkserver! Plug that into your network, add all your cds to the library and you'll have a brilliant system.

Mines on right now as i type, now the downside....the main unit costs £3500 and each client about £650......plus networking.....speakers and a router if you dont have one.

The beast even checks unlabelled cds and finds the cd covers on the internet.

You get what you pay for when it comes to sound...and the pile in this place cost more than an average car!

If your going to get any speakers dont buy any American ones, they tend to make too much noise and cause problems all the time besides you cant beat the Asians when it comes to electronoics or any thing Technical

I've a set of Sony Ones...there fine but don't have the poer or delivery of normal speakers.

Harmon Kardon are ones i'd recommend, but compressed music is crap without a DAC unit and nice speakers...it will always sound tinny.

I always buy Jap or German when it comes to my Electronics or cars....ive a cheap set of sony speakers on my pc at the minute and there much superior to the rubbish i had before.....

I think you pay a lot just for the design on the Harmon, Creative labs have come out on top in almost every review as best sound quality and value for money, I am listening to them right now, basic 2.1 set-up and they are really good.

I agree. I only buy German cars...well only Audi.

British is best as far as audio goes though.....have a nose at Cyrus or Arcam, it makes the likes of Sony, Denon and the like sound absolute crap.

If you have a high end Hifi shop nearby that sells either go have a nose and you'll be rewarded with breathtaking performance.

That said my linkservers client is coming out of an Marantz AV amp at the minute, through B & W speakers...and i cant fault marantz.....they make brilliant kit, and its about 8k cheaper than the british stuff i have upstairs!

That and we need to support local companies to us in these times of impending financial doom.

I do also own Bose speakers...i'd recommend them.

Ive got a big woofer and 2 nice chrome smaller speakers i bought from harvey norman last year for about 120 yoyos for my zen mp4 but have them in storage and have never listened to them ..are they any good????

I have a set of hand-built Dual speakers in a system downstairs Robbie that cost a small mortgage, and I have to admit that the cheaper systems that people like Harmon and Creative are producing have an amazingly good sound for the price.

I'd agree, but with musical fidelity and compressed music its like calling MP3s champagne when their nearer the netto home brand of lambrini when it somes to audio.

The difference is in the hearing, and music from pcs isnt very good.

The best way to output it is through a creative labs audio Z then using a digital optical cable to an amp and through normal speakers...the difference is a lot more than noticeable.

What make are they?

Hey fellow Audi man .mines a nice A4 black se

they used to make Bose speakers here for a while but the place closed down...

This is changing faster than you can blink Robbie, Logic audio (Sound engineer software) now regard 192kbs mp3 as pro quality, I am using 320kbs and it is impossible to tell the difference from a CD, Vinyl still has the dynamics though.

I was being nosey earlier looking at Wilson bench speakers for another audio client for my linkserver in the spare room.

Sadly my days of pissing away money are over, though if i won the lottery i'd be onto B & W for some Nautilous speakers tomorrow....but at £15k a pair its not going to happen here while i'm working for virtually nothing.

One day, one day.........

Yes and I had a pair of them Bose 301's really clear sound