Common sense and well put. Yes, there are surround-sound systems that sound good with music but you're not going to get one for $150.00, may be around about 8 times as much then things will start looking good.
As I tried to explain in one of my messages on this topic, manufacturers - most manufacturers - of surround-sound systems love to play with figures and the larger the number - say the larger of watts they can put on a label on the box - then the more of the units they'll sell so therefore they'll use any measurement they can get away with. On the other hand, if you spend a bit more money on a proper surround-sound system say like a Yamaha receiver with some reasonable speakers then you'll end up with some good honest information about exactly how powerful your system is, mine is 100 watts RMS per channel feeding a 5.1 system, if that was measured using peak power then the number of watts would go into the thousands when it came to measuring the total. The speakers Sunshine mentioned sound absolutely brilliant for games. You mentioned music? Well most music was recorded in stereo anyway thus a good stereo system should do the trick and good stereo systems are dead cheap these days, I spoke of the new Altec Lansing Expressions Plus speakers and for the price they're pretty good but even then, you can buy yourself a very reasonable desktop, micro or mini hi-fi system for not much more which will deliver far more power and even better clarity. On 11/11/2011, at 5:05 AM, André van Deventer wrote: > Regarding this debate about speakers I think it is very important to decide > what you really want to do with your speakers. > > If the main thing is listening to movies, then a proper surround system will > do the job. > > However, I have never heard a surround sound system that really sound good > when listening to music. I have no idea why this is so but they simply > usually sound bad. > > If your main goal is listening to music, rather spend the money you would > have spent on all unnecessary extra speakers on a good quality 2.1 music > system. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Matthew and Edgar > Sent: 10 November 2011 05:50 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' > Subject: RE: Computer Speakers > > Thank you for this. I have been looking for speakers for my pc for a while > now. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 3:37 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Computer Speakers > > Hi! > > This message was sent to another list originally so I've alter the text a > little to reflect the sending of the same message to another list <smile>. > > I Bought a new pair of computer speakers today as one of the pairs I was > using is finally failing though I'm not complaining about that so much, I've > had them for nearly 4 years and they only cost me $20.00. > > To put it bluntly the new pair I now have are excellent value given that > they're priced for under $100.00. The system consists of 3 speakers, 2 > satellites and a bass woofer, all the circuitry for the system is in the > woofer unit. > > I've not sen a woofer design such as this, its a cone shape and is designed > to sit on a desk or a shelf rather than the floor. This is the first > speaker system where I've seen a bass adjustment on the woofer, extremely > handy I must say if you're wanting to do a little "midnight blasting" and > you don't want to wake the neighbours or you have the woofer sitting next to > you on your desktop. > > I like the sound of this system, bass is at a level which arouses the > interest of a pair of ears but its not over baring as some cheaper speaker > systems are, certainly the Logitech system I had was dreadful in this > regard. > > Mid range and top frequencies are very pronounced and perhaps the mid range > too much so. > > In short, don't buy the $20.00 pair of speakers, save your money and buy > this pair and you'll be well pleased. > > If you want to further fine tune your listening experience through a 2.1 > channel speaker system then take your ears up to the top Altec Lansing model > in the 2.1 range which is the "Expressions Ultra", moremore about this > particular speaker package in the coming weeks. > > You can read a detailed review of the Altec Lansing Expressions Plus > Speakers on my blog at <http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com> which will be > available shortly, the Expressions Plus is the model I'm talking about in > this email.. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
