Need advice for some good PC speakers

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I need some new speakers, my current ones are basic Typhoon ones from Aldi or Lidl and must be at least 17 years old. They're going bad, for a little while i noticed a buzzing noise from them, but lately every time i turn them on the buzzing is quite loud and then it goes quieter after some seconds, today i went to turn them on and it might have been louder so i just turned them straight off because I'm not sure if they're safe.

I've seen some Edifier ones suggested, looked them up and they seem to get good reviews only they are said to have more bass even when turned right down, which i don't think i want.

Creative T40 look good, but spoiled a bit by some stupid energy saving feature which you can't turn off, no good for notifications.

Closest I've seen that look almost right is probably the PreSonus Eris E3.5.

Just looking for decent speakers with bass and treble control, i don't want to spend too much but up to £100 is fine, I'd rather not go much above that unless there is a big jump in quality. Needed for all around use, so games, bit of music and videos etc.

Suggestions?
 
I had some Typhoon speakers too, they did the job for many years. Looked exactly like these, thanks for reminding me - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274104557364
Now have iLoud micro monitors but these are bit out your budget.

Do you have any space (desk space / floor space) limitations?
I saw you can still buy those new on ebay for a tenner, but mine have the volume, bass and treble separate as well as the subwoofer.

Trying to get rid of a lot of junk to make room and been selling things on ebay lately too, so i don't have much spare space at the moment other than on the desk.
As for cost i don't mind spending more if the difference is there in quality, if not I'd rather save the money.

Don't know what to get but I've noticed there's not that many PC speakers that have both bass & treble controls for whatever reason.
 
I love my Presonus Eris 4.5's if that helps. Awesome sound.
Still thinking about what to get.


I remember now, the Typhoon speakers came with my first PC in 1995! Good times.

I would avoid searches for any 'PC speakers' as you will mostly find poor quality ones in the £20 - £50 price range. Hifi gear or 'active monitors' is what you want to be looking for. Active monitors are powered speakers, like PC speakers but usually for monitoring in a studio so will not colour the sound (apply super bass, surround or nonsense like that) Some come with EQ settings on the back of the speakers (like bass, treble or simple high frequency / low frequency switches) along with volume control.

If you want a space saver and have the cash for good speakers, i'm sure you wont find many better than iLouds for the price. I'm yet to see a bad review, even noaudiophile.com reviews it was good

http://noaudiophile.com/IK_Multimedia_iLoudMM/

This sums them up quite well




The only thing i can see with these is that there are some complaints about noise at 50hz


Still not completely sure what to buy now.
 
@Jenz @Guest2 appreciate the responses, I saw there was a discount on the Presonus Eris 4.5 BT version recently for £113 so I put an order in before the price went up again, I can always cancel if I change my mind but they seemed hard to ignore at that price.

@Guest2 does the foam completely fix that issue or didn't you have it anyway? I seen quite a few mention the 50Hz thing.
 
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