I can't give you an exact model, but have you looked at any of the stuff
from Altech Lanzing? I have a set connected to my windows computer, and
believe me, all else considered, they sound amazing. I can get them so basy
you'd blow the roof off the place, but! I also! can make them so tinny
sounding that it's almost ear piercingly trebbly. these things have quite!
a dynamic range. Frankly, I don't think any of the two speaker+sub woofer
sets I've seen that were manufactured by them have been bad. Most of them
are extremely good for what they do, not to mention very very reasonably
priced. I'd say check those out. Granted the set I have was around $300,
which I know is upwards of your budget, but trust me, you get what you pay
for. Take it from a guy who is a certified/qualified sound engineer who
does audio production 8 hours a day 5 days a week for a living profession.
I don't know if they ship to Canada, though I see absolutely no reason they
wouldn't... I'd check out
http://www.sweetwater.com
They have some amazing! and I do mean amazing! audio hardware gear!
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Rocheleau" <marcrochel...@gmail.com>
To: "MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:13 PM
Subject: Good speakers for mac mini
Hi all,
I've been making due with my mac mini's internal speaker since my old
PC speakers, a 5.1 set that hadn't worked properly in years, went
kaput. After grieving the loss for months (not really,) I think I'm
finally ready to move on and get a nice set of speakers.
Now I throw it to you for any recommendations you may have. I do have
a certain criteria though:
- I listen to music... a lot. I want it to sound good coming out of
these things.
- I will most likely be setting this up to watch DVDs since, when I
move out eventually, we'll be hooking up a TV as a display with HDMI.
We're getting a futon so our office will double as a movie room.
- I'm moving into an apartment building and don't want something too
bass heavy because of that. I don't think the neighbours would
appreciate it. ;)
- The less space it takes up, the better. I am not opposed to 5.1 but
don't want huge speakers since we'll have other stuff taking up space.
- I don't want to spend tons of money on these. $500 is my absolute
limit but I'd like to keep it quite a bit lower than that if possible.
- I'm in Canada... any links provided would be even more useful if
they're from Canadian sites.
- I want something easy to set up on the mac mini... I don't want to
mess with a bunch of adapters.
I think that's about it. There's a couple of two-speaker sets from
Bosse on the apple store but reviews are so varied that it leaves me
unsure. Many say that it has tons of bass too so I am reluctant to put
out the cash for one of those. I have had a hard time finding other
options though so I am hoping some of you may have recommendations
and/or experience that could help me make a decision.
Either way, thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer!
-Marc
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