speaker advice please

dangerousmouse · 6 Oct 2006 at 01:49

ok, so i have never really bothered with the speakers on my pc as i dont use them much, and just have a pair of cheapo ones.

going to be moving back into my parents for a bit though and will be minimising everything i have, so i am looking at getting a decent speaker system. it will need to be compatable with pc and xbox 360, eventually an av reciever aswell.

looking to spend a maximum of £200, any recommendations are welcome.

thanks.

burtie · 6 Oct 2006 at 09:21

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17635540

fish99 · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:47

I'm no expert on AV gear, but if you're gonna buy an AV receiver at some point in the future, then wouldn't it be a waste to get some PC speakers now?

dangerousmouse · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:56

burtieb1 said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17635540

are you saying that i should get the logitech z-5500 speakers? otherwise there dont appear to be many contenders in that other thread.

fish99 said:
I'm no expert on AV gear, but if you're gonna buy an AV receiver at some point in the future, then wouldn't it be a waste to get some PC speakers now?

nah, i will be buying solely an av reciever, no surround sound speakers are included.

fish99 · 6 Oct 2006 at 12:40

Still not clear on where the AV receiver comes into things.

Are you planning to get a 5.1 PC speaker package, then buy an AV receiver and wire the PC speakers up to it? If you are I can't see the point since the PC speakers won't be good enough to benefit from the superior amplification and sound quality. If you're going to get an AV receiver anyway, then why not just get some proper av/hi-fi speakers to go with it?

Maybe that's not what you meant but I can't see any other context in which you'd need PC speakers to be compatible with an AV receiver.

£200 could probably get you a used AV receiver and a couple of pairs of bookshelf speakers, maybe a centre too, then buy a sub later.

dangerousmouse · 6 Oct 2006 at 12:48

i wont be getting the av reciever for a bit yet (probably atleast 6 months). so for the forseable future it will be pc and 360.

EDIT. i already have some speakers that i will be able to use with the reciever, but while i am at my parents i will be keeping a lot of my stuff boxed up. so if the pc speakers would work ok with the reciever it would be good. if its not possible, or it wont sound too hot then ill just wait till i move out before buying the reciever.