Decent speakers for £150?
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Not quite right there. The B2's are the previous model from monitor audio and the BR2's came out last year as a product refresh. They look a bit more snazzy but probably won't be a huge improvement.
Because the logitech speakers do games well, movies quite well, and are crap for music and only really useful for houseparties. They go loud and not much else. Instead of the z5500's you could have a top notch 2nd hand arcam amp and some nice bookshelf speakers like the MA B2, B&W 601. A separates system might not do 5.1 and have a 1000w sub, but they will make you realise how tinny and boomy pc speakers really are. Plus you'll actually be able to hear midrange in the music.
Perfect plan
I sold my z5500's to my parents and now we use it with the HD tv and they are plugged into either the sky+ box or the PS3. They really make PS3 games and especially blu rays come alive
A month later and i could have sold you my arcam + modified B2 setup as im moving up the separates ladder.
Not quite right there. The B2's are the previous model from monitor audio and the BR2's came out last year as a product refresh. They look a bit more snazzy but probably won't be a huge improvement.
Because the logitech speakers do games well, movies quite well, and are crap for music and only really useful for houseparties. They go loud and not much else. Instead of the z5500's you could have a top notch 2nd hand arcam amp and some nice bookshelf speakers like the MA B2, B&W 601. A separates system might not do 5.1 and have a 1000w sub, but they will make you realise how tinny and boomy pc speakers really are. Plus you'll actually be able to hear midrange in the music.
Perfect plan
I sold my z5500's to my parents and now we use it with the HD tv and they are plugged into either the sky+ box or the PS3. They really make PS3 games and especially blu rays come alive
A month later and i could have sold you my arcam + modified B2 setup as im moving up the separates ladder.
How much would the amp and B2 setup cost?
I'm looking at second hand.
Maybe one day, they dont listin to what people recommend tho.
Assumed BR was short for BronzeWell a delta 290 amp like mine goes for about £100-£150 on the bay,and my speakers were £175 but doubt they'd go for more than £90ish now. But mine are a little better as ive replaced the capacitors in the crossovers with higher speced ones. Sound pretty damn sweet still, and although the arcams casing is a little tatty and has a few dings at the back it doesn't suffer from the common problem of a crackly volume selector switch.
Highly recommend it as the MA speakers can be a little bright, but the warm sound of the arcam really tames them well
Shows how much of a geek i am
Asap once i get a job. Searching frantically for graduate engineering vacancies and have a few good leads atm that might get me a job into november.
, probs could only hope to get me parents to pay for em as crimbo present but you wont have em by then.