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| 1396145 | 2015-03-11 00:55:00 | The Microlab Solo-6C are a much much better speaker for not a lot more $$, but it depends how good you want really. Those Creative ones should be absolutely fine. They look quite big thou I have limited space on my desk |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1396146 | 2015-03-11 21:07:00 | If you REALLY want good sound, dont buy el-cheapo PC 5.1 systems. They really will have the most god awefull nasty speaker drivers in them. You really arnt going to get a usefull sub thats only got a 5" driver(unless you pay$$$$$) , so that sub in that Logitech is just there for show . I suspect it more boom than low bass I use bookshelf size Hi-fi speakers via an external amp . Am wanting to upgrade to something like a Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 for PC sound, as I now use the PC sound more than my hi-fi. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1396147 | 2015-03-11 21:22:00 | If you REALLY want good sound, dont buy el-cheapo PC 5.1 systems. They really will have the most god awefull nasty speaker drivers in them. You really arnt going to get a usefull sub thats only got a 5" driver(unless you pay$$$$$) , so that sub in that Logitech is just there for show . I suspect it more boom than low bass I use bookshelf size Hi-fi speakers via an external amp . Am wanting to upgrade to something like a Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 for PC sound, as I now use the PC sound more than my hi-fi. I need balanced sound but not loud sound. You are right about the sub, its crap and seems more designed to rattle the house and piss off everyone rather than add to the sound. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1396148 | 2015-03-12 05:45:00 | 2.1 would include a sub, just to be picky. I tried a surround sound setup on my PC before 5.1 became common so I had (still have actually) a cambridge soundworks 4.1 speaker system. I thought it would make games more immersive and help with telling where sounds were coming from but it really didn't, what it did do was take up a lot of space and cause me to run wires all over the place. Yeah, I've been very wary of that very same trap. I was disappointed with the bass from my flatscreen TV. The 'trend' to fix it is to have home theatre, and speakers and cables everywhere. Instead I got a stand alone unit that gives all I need from a single footprint, and only 2 cables - power and signal/source. Damn flat screen - the bass was like someone hitting a sheet of carboard with a plastic spoon. Pathetic. And I'm not an audio-phile, I'm just an average ear unhappy with the lack of timbre in a modern TV cabinet. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1396149 | 2015-03-12 20:15:00 | Yeah, I've been very wary of that very same trap. I was disappointed with the bass from my flatscreen TV. ... The problem is , as TV's get thinner, there just isnt the room in them for descent speakers. If the design will only allow (say) 2" or 3" speaker, the sound will allways be horrid. Most people just dont care , so it will never improve. Old school valve TV's had a huge space for 'real' speakers, & even my 1st TV had 'real' speaker, woofer/tweeter setup. Subsequent TV's I owned, the speakers allways got smaller & more tinny sounding. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1396150 | 2015-03-12 22:09:00 | Yes very annoying but this is what engineering design is all about, "trade-offs" around what is deemed to be the latest "optimum". | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1396151 | 2015-03-14 03:58:00 | For my PC sound system I use a Sony STR-DE545 and a pair of Aiwa SX-N999 speakers. I'm no audiophool but I have no complaints, except maybe that my disk space has decreased since I now have more FLAC files. :p | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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