I have a set of the M-Audio LX4's and they are fantastic monitors. The BX5's and BX8's are also very good indeed. I had some Aego's but they did not compare well to the LX4's.
AVI ADM9's are incredible but at £999 a little pricey!!
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I have a set of the M-Audio LX4's and they are fantastic monitors. The BX5's and BX8's are also very good indeed. I had some Aego's but they did not compare well to the LX4's.
AVI ADM9's are incredible but at £999 a little pricey!!
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I've just right this minute hooked up some Z-2300's and they have much much more middle and high tones then people give them credit for, they are amazing hooked to my X-Fi.
Ive read a few reviews for M-Audio LX4's and it looks like an interesting package. Whats even better is that you can add 3 more satellite speakers to upgrade it to 5.1, at a later date. Had I not gone the separates route, this might've been the package I wouldve gone for - a 2.1 set that gives me the option to go 5.1, should I decide at a later date.
So, in summary, for 2.1 sound the 3 packages to go for are:
M-Audio LX4 (around £160)
AE Aego M2.1 (around £90)
Logitech Z2300 (around £90)
General opinion seems to be that the Logitechs are not as good as the AE Aego M2.1. Given their identical price, I would opt for the AE Aego's, if I were buying blind.
It depends what you are comparing them to though. If you have just upgraded from a sub-£30 pair of speakers, then the Z2300s will amost certainly sound better.
Another thing we forget is that personal taste has a lot to do with how good a speaker sounds and expensive speaker/amp packages are not necessarily going to sound better than the cheaper ones, for all people. Some people, to their ears, might actually prefer the sound made by cheaper speakers.
In my case, I prefer a tight bass (not big bass). The tighter and less boomy the bass the better. When I hear a drum beat, I want it to sound crisp and clean, with no reverb afterwards. After the drumbeat, I want its sound to dissapear as quickly as possible. To get this tight timing usually requires speakers/amps to be of high quality and hence, will cost more. Other people, might prefer the bass to linger for a few milliseconds, after the initial drum beat, so that the bass becomes muddled and drowns out other notes. This can be easily achieved by turning the subwoofer (if you have one), up to max volume and a cheaper system can easily achieve this. The bass will definitely be loud and may even shake the windows, but there will be absolutely no control.
In saying all this, the best sound Ive ever heard is through my Sennheiser HD580 headphones, but thats a whole other story.
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I 100% agree on the personal taste thing. It's like all computer peripherals, for example I hate the G15 and Copperhead mouse, another person may consider them the best mouse and keyboard combo around.
I upgraded from some creative I-Triques, I forget the model number, and although the Logitech Z-2300's out perform the base by far with the sub woofer throttled back to around 30% they provide much better base response and sound and the mid-high tones are incredible and not drowned out at all.
I upgraded from some creative I-Triques, I forget the model number, and although the Logitech Z-2300's out perform the base by far with the sub woofer throttled back to around 30% they provide much better base response and sound and the mid-high tones are incredible and not drowned out at all.
They are excellent for films and games, and pretty small too (except for the sub). My old ones are hooked up to the PS3 and are great for blu-rays being watched on the big LUCEDE TOOV !
But im happily slumped in my big soft office chilling to some chikinki on my ATCs......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Not sure what creatives you had. My megaworks 550 were ok but if you wanted to listen to some loud music the bass would drown out the sattelites. The bass was ok but not from something (i should have) paid £230for.
The bass from my mission bookshelf speakers is far beefier. When running them on half volume on my Cambridge A1 you can hear them down the street when the front door is open and my room is at the back of the house upstairs.
Subs are suppose to have a heatsink and usually a fan too. How can a sub that is built into an amp possibly compare?
My creative speakers wouldve been about 8yrs old. There was no way that I could turn the bass up on the subwoofer to the max and then turn the volume up on my PC and listen to a bass heavy track without getting complaints. Of course, the bass would be more of a rumble. It wouldnt be tight and clean as you would expect of something more expensive. It was loud, thats for sure.
This wouldnt surprise me. I find that the sound offered by separates is much fuller and tighter.
They are excellent for films and games, and pretty small too (except for the sub). My old ones are hooked up to the PS3 and are great for blu-rays being watched on the big LUCEDE TOOV !
But im happily slumped in my big soft office chilling to some chikinki on my ATCs......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Just like yourself, if the user reviews are to be believed, there are MANY people who are extremely happy with their Z5500s. I dont think we are saying they are terrible speakers, just that well chosen separates should be able to beat those Z5500 speakers. The problem is that it would also probably cost more, unless you went the 2nd hand route, but perhaps that wouldnt be a fair comparison.
BTW, what brand of LUCEDE TOOV do you have and is ready for the HUUD?
