which ones(speakers)?

rallyslag · 19 Feb 2020 at 19:39

I am after a 2.1 system for my pc . Just games with a little utube and the odd movie now and again . I have it down th 3 that can all be found new for under £75 . Trust Tytan 2.1, logitech z623 and the creative kratos s5. Cant make my mind up . I am not bothered about audiophile quality as i have my kef reference based system for that . just want some punchy little speakers that don't sound awfull . What do you guys recon??

rallyslag · 21 Feb 2020 at 14:51

Marsman said:
I think I'd go for the Logitech's of the three you've mentioned.

Those Creative Kratos speakers have too many negative comments. There was a thread about them not so long ago and a few people had issues with them.

Thanks. I went in a completely different direction in the end and bought a pair of Edififier R1850db active bookshelf speakers . After reading up on 2.1 (gaming sysems) it seems that their ability to play music is minimal. And allough i said it was not a concern i know it will bug me . Also the Edifiers have a sub out so i can add one if wanted . And they have an optical in. which is nice!

rallyslag · 21 Feb 2020 at 19:21

ree said:
how are they? been looking to get the same speakers or go the 2.1 route also.

Have not got them yet. They are still in the post. Monday delivery. But i shall report back when i have had them a couple of days to listen to.

rallyslag · 23 Feb 2020 at 18:03

Tute said:
Initial thoughts an hour in: huge step up for music quality, the high end clarity difference is just staggering and it's so much crisper than anything the Aegos could do.

The low end seems to be lacking a bit somewhat, as said above I don't know if i'm just not calibrating it correctly.

If your old sub is still working you could try it with Edififier R1850db's that would help the low end ?

rallyslag · 26 Feb 2020 at 16:15

Riught . I have spent a couple of days with the Edifier 1850b's. I am coming from a cheap creative 5.1 set up that cost about £40 10 years ago. And on the other side of things i have a compitent audio system . Kef reference model 3.2 powered by a pair of audiolab 8200mb's . sources are a rega sarurn cd. A gyrodec se with an audiomods 5 arm and a dynavector 20x2, A tom evans microgroove plus x and audiolab m dac. so i have both extremes to compare. Now the edifiers. They are well made and quite heavy. Well heavier than i was expecting about 4 kg each. Sound wise the are milles away from a gaming 2.1 or 5.1 system . Very musical and and detailed,picking out detail that just did not exist with the creative speakers. I am using the optical out from an x570 mother board and must say that the on boad dac is actually ok . I have tested them with the mother board dac and audiolab m dac and it obviously sit somewere in the middle, closer to the Audiolab than the motherboard,allough i think this shows the lack of quality on the realtec side than the dac in the speakers. These speakers do produse bass but the 4" drivers start to sruggle as the volume goes up. You just can't expect such small drivers to move enought air but as they have a sub out this is not an issue. Peronally i would highly recommend them . I paid £112 for mine including delivery and would still recomend them at their £150 rrp .. Oh and i have just ordered a Whafdale Diamond SW 150 subwoofer to partner them,so i have got my my original wish to get a 2.1 system. Thease are so good it would be a shame not to give them the full audio rage ....