Looking To Buy New Speakers Help

vickister · 16 Aug 2006 at 15:36

Hi i am looking to buy new speakers.

Ones that dont crackle and pop with the Xfi Music creative sound card and that are 5.1 or 7.1

I have logitech X-530 5.1 speaker system 5 speakers (front left right, back left and right, centre and subwofer) and windows xp.

So i am looking for somethign in the same setup. Silver/Black/Navy will do

any one got any help.

i did fancy these but been discontinued by a lot of places Altec Lansing 5100 6pc 5.1 Speaker System.

Thanks

Rokusho · 16 Aug 2006 at 18:04

How much you looking to spend?

vickister · 16 Aug 2006 at 23:29

Rokusho said:
How much you looking to spend?

up to about 60 70 max or any deal on the net

fish99 · 17 Aug 2006 at 01:29

TBH that's not gonna get you something substantially better than the X530, but at least you may get something that doesn't crackle and pop (although my X530 only popped when the lights were switched on/off).

I've seen the Altec Lansing 5100 for £80 delivered and in stock, if you like the look of those. They get decent reviews (as do the X530) but they're still very much in the budget 5.1 sector. At least they look nicer than the X530.

vickister · 17 Aug 2006 at 23:15

fish99 said:
TBH that's not gonna get you something substantially better than the X530, but at least you may get something that doesn't crackle and pop (although my X530 only popped when the lights were switched on/off).

I've seen the Altec Lansing 5100 for £80 delivered and in stock, if you like the look of those. They get decent reviews (as do the X530) but they're still very much in the budget 5.1 sector. At least they look nicer than the X530.

Well how much would you pay for a desent set of speakers for the computer that are 5.1 and who would you go for?

and something thats going to work with x-fi music

vickister · 18 Aug 2006 at 00:12

vickister said:
Well how much would you pay for a desent set of speakers for the computer that are 5.1 and who would you go for?

and something thats going to work with x-fi music

was looking at

Creative Inspire T6060
Altec Lansing 5100
Creative Inspire P5800
Creative Inspire P7800 7.1 Speaker

and if i can get a deal on

Creative Z5500 or z5500
Logitech Z-5400 Digital 5.1 Speaker System
Creative Inspire T7900

Any one have these or recommend any of these, what sound cards do you have.

fish99 · 18 Aug 2006 at 01:12

If you can stretch to the Creative GigaWorks 5.1 G550W or the Logitech Z-5400 I'm sure they would be a much better investment and a real jump in quality and power from the X530. The cheaper Creative Inspire sets you list are generally regarded to be pretty poor since they're made by Creative themselves rather than Cambridge Soundworks who make the Gigaworks/Megaworks lines for Creative.

Btw, lots of people get popping sounds with X530, but I haven't heard of anyone getting crackling before. That might be the X-Fi and nothing to do with the speakers, so you might not fix it by changing speakers. I have heard of an X-Fi crackling problem on high-end systems which it might be worth googling.

vickister · 18 Aug 2006 at 11:35

fish99 said:
TBH that's not gonna get you something substantially better than the X530, but at least you may get something that doesn't crackle and pop (although my X530 only popped when the lights were switched on/off).

I've seen the Altec Lansing 5100 for £80 delivered and in stock, if you like the look of those. They get decent reviews (as do the X530) but they're still very much in the budget 5.1 sector. At least they look nicer than the X530.

Where about on the net? did you see these

fish99 · 18 Aug 2006 at 11:48

Can't say because of forum rules banning competitor talk. I can e-mail it though. They're based in Jersey and their name rhymes with 'hey' if that helps

vickister · 18 Aug 2006 at 12:04

fish99 said:
Can't say because of forum rules banning competitor talk. I can e-mail it though. They're based in Jersey and their name rhymes with 'hey' if that helps

you got msn or yahoo click the incons on left or vickihenderson hotmail com

fish99 · 18 Aug 2006 at 13:43

Just e-mailed you at that hotmail address.

vickister · 18 Aug 2006 at 21:39

my current setup

I have this setup and i get cracking from my speakers and poping noises and i dont know why i have tried chaning the connecting and re puting them back and i dont know whats casuing them!

Changed pc spec and i stil get the same problem this is what i have now what do you think speakers? they are now 8 months old, Can i take em back to pc wrld where i bought em

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

Processor
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Motherboard
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. nForce
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F5 10/19/2005

Memory
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' is Empty
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot '' is Empty

Hard Drive
453.97 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
246.72 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B [CD-ROM drive]
LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B [CD-ROM drive]

Virtual Drives (Alcohol & Demon Tools)
MN0376S XXE830D SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
XD1444H VXZ550N SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]

Controllers
NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)

Display
RADEON X850 Series [Display adapter]
RADEON X850 Series - Secondary [Display adapter]
DDL MW19E-ABA [Monitor] (18.6"vis, s/n 000022, June 2006)

Bus Adapters
NVIDIA NForce(tm) ATA RAID Class Controller
SCSI/RAID Host Controller
VAXSCSI Controller

Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x) ATI T200 Unified AVStream Driver
Creative SB X-Fi

Communications
DWL-G520M Wireless 108G MIMO PCI Adapter

Other Devices
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
Creative WebCam Instant #2
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
Generic USB Hub
USB Root Hub (3x)

I have updated all the drivers and bios for the motherboard, graphic card drivers , sound card drovers and reinstalled software, and all the windows updates to and stil no chagne! Any ideas ave looked the forums on oc creative and Logitech not much help for the problems i was having withthe Logitech X-530 they are 8 month old now original post (http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=7531146#post7531146) any one help

Went to pcwrld today and get them exchange and they gave me the same set and now i dont know wether its the sound card or not

vickister · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:37

got the speakers replaced to same model. stil the same
got the card replaced to a nw model. stil the same
tryed different speakers and had no problems
just ordered my self a pair or altec lansing 5100 5.1 surround sound after hell for months

vickister · 23 Aug 2006 at 23:33

ran the tool and i got this

Category, Model Manufacturer and Action Required

You may need to manually update the drivers for the following devices.
Windows Vista drivers for these devices exist, but they require you to install them.

Network Adapters - DWL-G520M Wireless 108G MIMO PCI Adapter D-Link -Get driver from Microsoft Update
Imaging Devices - Creative WebCam Instant #3 Creative Labs - Get driver from Microsoft Update

Category, Model, Manufacturer and Action Required

Windows Vista drivers may not exist for the devices listed below.
You may experience some loss of functionality with these devices after installing Windows Vista. If so, you should contact the device manufacturer to install a more recent device driver after you upgrade to Windows Vista.

System Devices - AMD Special Tools Driver - Advanced Micro Devices -Contact the manufacturer
Sound, Video and Game controllers - ATI T200 Unified AVStream Driver - ATI Technologies - Contact the manufacturer

Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM) - Creative Technology, Ltd. - Contact the manufacturer.

Category, Model, Manufacturer and Action Required

Drivers for these devices will be installed automatically.
Some drivers will be installed as part of the Windows Vista installation. Others will be automatically updated as long as you have Windows Update enabled.

Display adapters - RADEON X850 Series - ATI Technologies Inc. - No action required
RADEON X850 Series - Secondary - ATI Technologies Inc. - No action required
Hard Disk Controllers - NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6) - NVIDIA Corporation - No action required
Sound, Video and Game controllers - USB Audio Device (Generic USB Audio) -No action required

So it looks like i might be able to run vista but getting drivers for top three items may be a problem, sound card from creative and wilreless card, ati and amd.

But then they should release them in the future i hope