Need some new PC speakers, no idea where to start though...

Archibald0 · 12 Aug 2009 at 18:01

I recommend these. look good, sound good
I love them, you get decent bass as well

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-041-LG&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=

Meloco · 12 Aug 2009 at 19:01

if it's just for use on the PC I would recommend:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-000-AE&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=173

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-022-LG&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=173

Guest2 · 13 Aug 2009 at 08:59

I would take some second hand 601s and a Cambridge A1 over any of them

Flare · 13 Aug 2009 at 18:46

GOD ******* DAM IT!
i was watching a pair of 601 S2's on the bay and completely forgot about them, there was no reserve and no one bid on them......i could have got them for £1

anyone know much about the Jamo A102HCS5 BLACK, i have found somewhere selling them for £149.99, thats a good savign of about £80
what hifi review of them http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Jamo-A102HCS5/

markop2003 · 13 Aug 2009 at 20:12

Flare said:
GOD ******* DAM IT!
i was watching a pair of 601 S2's on the bay and completely forgot about them, there was no reserve and no one bid on them......i could have got them for £1

THere are plenty of B&W 600 series going cheap, i just ran into some 603s going for a fiver with no reserve

Archibald0 · 13 Aug 2009 at 21:21

Flare said:
GOD ******* DAM IT!
i was watching a pair of 601 S2's on the bay and completely forgot about them, there was no reserve and no one bid on them......i could have got them for £1

anyone know much about the Jamo A102HCS5 BLACK, i have found somewhere selling them for £149.99, thats a good savign of about £80
what hifi review of them http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Jamo-A102HCS5/

awww nasty I always do that on ebay, sitting waiting to bid on the last 10 sec, watch tv to pass the last 10min

End up remembering 5 min after it ended

Amraam · 13 Aug 2009 at 23:24

Perosnally I absolutely love my Logitech Z5400 THX 5.1 speakers. Great sound with my XFi Fatal1ty

manjuice · 14 Aug 2009 at 00:12

Flare said:
anyone know much about the Jamo A102HCS5 BLACK, i have found somewhere selling them for £149.99, thats a good savign of about £80
what hifi review of them http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Jamo-A102HCS5/

I have these! But... £150 budget? What about the AV receiver and speaker cables?

http://tchan4.com/blog/2009/07/26/yamaha-rx-v465-jamo-a102hcs5/
http://tchan4.com/blog/2009/07/30/new-desk-new-chair-new-speakers-new-av-receiver-same-pc/

Banny · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:24

Reading this thread reminded me of my Mission 770s that I had nearly 20 years ago, they sounded good.

lunarwolf · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:31

Guest2 said:
Could chop your desk up?!

Mission M71 are good bookshelf for the size, 601s also have some great reviews and feedback

mine -

speaker placement 101 :eek:

Dr.EM · 12 Oct 2010 at 17:47

lunarwolf said:
speaker placement 101

Yeah, I've can't help but think that with the tweeters so far off axis when you're at the desk, the speakers both right up against a wall and one in a corner that this isn't going to produce great sound? So much so that desktop 2.0 or 2.1 could well sound better in a lot of ways (tonal balance in particular). Hi-fi bookshelf or floorstanding speakers arn't really designed to be used as close as a desktop application anyhow, poor phase matching of the woofer and tweeter elements at such short distance.

Small fullrange drivers on the desktop either with or without a subwoofer really is the correct way to good desktop sound, it's just unfortunate that all of the many commercial systems of this nature I've encountered are very poorly realised. I went the DIY route myself