Speakers...

Adam123 · 8 Feb 2009 at 22:40

Hello people,

Does anyone know of / use any decent 2.1 speaker set ups that:-
- Have a desktop remote
- Have a headphone AND Mic "plugs" on
- Look Nice
- Wont break the bank (say for under £100)

I've been looking around and i cant seem to find any....

I cant really have 5.1 due to the size/layout of the room that my pc is in.

If im thinking of getting a new Soundcard, would i be correct in assuming that sound cards have a Mic In socket aswell?

Thanks

Adam

Adam123 · 9 Feb 2009 at 09:08

*bump*

lay-z-boy · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:44

The best 2.1 for around £100 is the AE Aego M's these sound brilliant and look quite good too.
However they don't have a mic jack, or i think a headphone jack. You can easily solve this problem with a plantronics headphone switch.

Adam123 · 9 Feb 2009 at 20:45

hey, thanks for the advice on the speakers

I've been looking at headphone switch, would it work with 2.1? seems to good to be true @ under £10 lol, whats the catch?

do sound cards have a mic in connection lol, silly question i know

Thanks

lay-z-boy · 9 Feb 2009 at 21:13

Adam123 said:
hey, thanks for the advice on the speakers

I've been looking at headphone switch, would it work with 2.1? seems to good to be true @ under £10 lol, whats the catch?

do sound cards have a mic in connection lol, silly question i know

Thanks

There isn't a catch

The sub in a 2.1 system feeds off the left and right channels so it will be fine. Oh and yes, sound cards do have mic inputs (onboard and pretty much every 3rd party card)

Adam123 · 9 Feb 2009 at 21:27

Niiiice,

I'll be sure to get one ordered

*Edit 09/02/09 @ 21:53* just ordered one

Thanks a lot

Gona get the Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card to go with it

LoadsaMoney · 9 Feb 2009 at 23:55

Adam123 said:
Gona get the Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-Express Sound Card to go with it

Good choice, got one of these the other week, cracking sound cards.

Adam123 · 9 Feb 2009 at 23:57

cool - lets see what i think,

man im gona have a lot of boxes from OCuk Delivered lol, they will need a seperate Courrier Van xD

thanks for ur replies people

MADEinSTOKE · 10 Feb 2009 at 17:21

ive got these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SP-022-LG&groupid=702&catid=22&subcat=173 and they come with desktop remote with headphone jack

Adam123 · 11 Feb 2009 at 08:15

thats what i ended up ordering

they looked nicer than the AEGO things

bjorkiii · 11 Feb 2009 at 08:40

Look nicer but sound a lot worse in my opinion but hey ho if its looks your after

Paul11 · 11 Feb 2009 at 09:26

another vote for the AEGO .

great sound

looks arnt everything, esepcially with speakers .. sounds is far more important

lay-z-boy · 11 Feb 2009 at 17:08

Adam123 said:
thats what i ended up ordering

they looked nicer than the AEGO things

What a shame, the AM's are brilliant sound quality for the money. The logitech, while 'looking better' will sound considerably worse.

I honestly thought you'd got the AM's from your post earlier but hey.