Computer Speakers

So, what's wrong with stopping there? :)

Peter T. Sabin
Manager, Market Development
Audio-Technica U.S., Inc.

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I'm completely satisfied with my AR Powered Partners 570.

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Take a look at the AR Powered Partners Model 570. I have a pair hooked up
to my SB16 and they sound just fine. They have built in amps so you don't
need anything else.

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: : : : : : : Here's my advice: don't buy COMPUTER speakers. The darn things are aimed towards
: the non-audiophile and towards the average consumer. They use big buzz words
: like "watt", "shielded", and "amplified." Pick up a pair of shielded
speakers
: from the major speaker manufacturers like Boston Acoustics, NHT, KEF, etc. Avoid
: Yamaha, Sony, Reveal, Panasonic, etc. If you don't care much for bass below
: 100Hz, I recommend the NHT Super Zeros ($240). If you choose efficient speakers,
: you may not even need an amp! (the sound card has a 2-4W amp built in already.)
: There are plenty of shielded satellites available; visit your local electronics
: store. However, you won't be able to find decent speakers with reasonable bass
: extension in your price range. Consider hooking up your sound card to your
: stereo?

Lemme get this straight. You're suggesting that he go buy
audiophile-quality speakers and run them off the amp on the soundcard?
No. Bad idea. The amps on soundcards pretty uniformly produce output
with _lots_ of noise and distortion. Given the amount of money he wants
to spend, good computer speakers are a reasonable choice, if for no other
reason than the fact that they have built-in amps so you can run off the
(generally much cleaner) preamp output from the soundcard. Someone else
recommended the AR 570 speakers. Nice speakers, assuming you have the
desk space for them. If you don't, I recommend the Altec Lansing ACS
300.1 sub/sat setup. I'm currently running the ACS 300 setup (the 300.1
is an update that fixes some problems with distortion at higher volumes)
and find it to deliver clean, full sound (but then, I rarely turn it up
above about 4). I haven't heard them myself, but I'm told the Cambridge
Soundworks speakers are deficient in the midrange.
Hooking up the souncard to the stereo can be a good idea...as long as you
don't mind your sound coming from somewhere other than right in front of
you (which can be a problem if you're playing games) and have properly
surge-protected your stereo to the same level as your computer system.
All here IMHO, YMMV.

--
Dav2.718

David M. Hungerford III
Wow.

Here's my advice: don't buy COMPUTER speakers. The darn things are aimed towards
the non-audiophile and towards the average consumer. They use big buzz words
like "watt", "shielded", and "amplified." Pick up a pair of shielded speakers
from the major speaker manufacturers like Boston Acoustics, NHT, KEF, etc. Avoid
Yamaha, Sony, Reveal, Panasonic, etc. If you don't care much for bass below
100Hz, I recommend the NHT Super Zeros ($240). If you choose efficient speakers,
you may not even need an amp! (the sound card has a 2-4W amp built in already.)
There are plenty of shielded satellites available; visit your local electronics
store. However, you won't be able to find decent speakers with reasonable bass
extension in your price range. Consider hooking up your sound card to your
stereo?



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