My Birthday Speakers

lynchy6789 · 4 Mar 2010 at 18:08

Got my 18th birthday coming up in a few weeks time and I am wanting a pair of nice good quality speaks.

I have know knowledge about brand or what good and bad but what i want is

- Good quality sound will mainly be used for music but with the odd bit of gaming
- Budget i would say £100-150
- Want some speaks that i can also use my i pod with (not through computer)

Would you reccomend say spending £50 on a soundcard then £100-120 on some speakers?

Thanks

jellybeard999 · 4 Mar 2010 at 18:43

Are you willing to buy second hand equipment? You could get a good quality seperates setup for that kind of money.

If not, something like the Aego M would be a good bet.

Mr.Nick · 4 Mar 2010 at 18:43

This

Soundcard

and these?

Speakers

lynchy6789 · 4 Mar 2010 at 22:40

jellybeard999 said:
Are you willing to buy second hand equipment? You could get a good quality seperates setup for that kind of money.

If not, something like the Aego M would be a good bet.

Yea i will be willing to get some 2nd hand gear but i don't really know what i am looking for

lynchy6789 · 4 Mar 2010 at 22:42

something like these:

Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1

with a

Asus Xonar DS 7.1

iNPUt · 5 Mar 2010 at 00:51

Or a soundcard, amp (with mp3 in), and bookshelf speakers, there are some amazing deals about 2nd hand.

alex24 · 5 Mar 2010 at 01:03

Aye, for my 21st I bought a cambridge audio A1 mk3 amp and a set of Tannoy Mercury F1 Custom bookshelf speakers. That's a budget Hi-Fi setup, but it blows away any PC speakers I've ever heard, and pretty much anything can be connected to the amp. My only slight regret is perhaps not getting an amp with a built in headphone amp too, though probably would have added a fair bit to price.

If you're willing to go second hand, there are some real bargains to be had, though I recommend trying to buy local and checking the kit out for damage and even maybe previewing it first before buying.

rexehuk · 5 Mar 2010 at 12:30

Logitech Z-2300? Pretty good set of speakers with nice audio. The sub is also pretty mighty, able to shake most rooms

chris74 · 5 Mar 2010 at 13:05

Although I have went with hi-fi seperates myself recently, I think your best bet would be a soundcard from the members market with either the Aego 2.1 as mentioned or Harmen Kardon soundsticks 2 which I replaced and were brilliant.

alexx · 5 Mar 2010 at 14:28

aegos and asus xonar here! its ace!

lynchy6789 · 5 Mar 2010 at 18:16

What i am going to do is go for the Aego M speakers which i have managed to find for £108 and along with a Asus Xonar DS 7.1

Thanks for the help

Paul11 · 5 Mar 2010 at 18:19

lynchy6789 said:
something like these:

Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1

with a

Asus Xonar DS 7.1

this is a great idea

rexehuk · 5 Mar 2010 at 19:14

Erm word of warning... Don't buy the Xonar DS if you have Windows 7 x64... Plagued by errors and I commonly get Bluescreens due to CMUDAXP.sys which still hasn't been fixed by Asus!

lynchy6789 · 5 Mar 2010 at 19:57

Running Vista Home premium x64 heard the drivers are fine with the o/s?

Mr.Nick · 8 Mar 2010 at 21:56

rexehuk said:
Erm word of warning... Don't buy the Xonar DS if you have Windows 7 x64... Plagued by errors and I commonly get Bluescreens due to CMUDAXP.sys which still hasn't been fixed by Asus!

I'm running W7 x64 with Xonar Ds, has run perfectly, no problems whatsoever.

Marsman · 8 Mar 2010 at 23:24

rexehuk said:
Erm word of warning... Don't buy the Xonar DS if you have Windows 7 x64... Plagued by errors and I commonly get Bluescreens due to CMUDAXP.sys which still hasn't been fixed by Asus!

I have used Xonar DS and Win7 x64 for 6 months with no trouble.

killerxx7 · 9 Mar 2010 at 16:21

Got a dx2 and win 7 64 no probs so far