I want LOUD 5.1 speakers!!

[Guest]

Can anyone recommend some good quality and very LOUD 5.1 surround speakers? I want some better speakers for my computer so everyone in my dorm knows when I'm playing half-life. I'm willing to spend around $500 for them...

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[machow]

Wow. How about <A HREF="http://www.alteclansing.com/webapp/commerce/command/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=17794&prmenbr=9490&from=" target="_new">Altech Lansing ADA890 Dolby Digital THX-Certified Speaker System</A>? It cost like $349.95. And any speakers from Altec Lansing is loud enough for anyone, as long as you stay within 3m radius within the speaker. I have a cheapo ACS43 and it's loud enough to burst my ears.

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[Guest]

Friend of mine had one, and I thought it was way out of balance. The subwoofer is awesome, but the satellites just plain suck. Thanks for the suggestion though.🙁

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[ejsmith2]

You might try the Monsoon MM-2000 system. It's probably not the loudest (I don't really know), but it's clean at high power. The speakers don't have stands, so you'll probably have to pick some up.

 

[nicewar]

The Altec Lansing ATP5 Five-Piece and ADA890 Dolby Digital THX Certified speaker system were just reviewed by CGW this month and they got great scores. Also, listened to that set up at a CompUSA and it sounded fantastic. I wonder if your friend had the sound controls all screwed around?

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[JoeHead]

Even heard Abit's system rocks. Wish I still had teh site for audio reviews. If I find it I'll post it (some year I hope)!!!

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[Guest]

Go for the new Klipsh 5.1. Something like 500 watts.

If that don't rock your boat, nothing will

TL

 

[FatBurger]

500 watts?

Try being Front of House with 60,000 total watts to play with. Screw 5.1, 10 cabinets with 30 18" subwoofers total, as well as 14 $10,000 Clair Bros house speakers.

Add a 40-channel Soundcraft Europa, an awesome band and media crew, stir and serve chilled

Sorry, had to brag.

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[silverpig]

If you want everyone to hear you, you might try something like my setup. I have an old stereo amp (like, real old), hooked up to two old stereo towers (10 inch woofer, two 5 1/4 inch midranges, and a 2 1/2 inch tweeter each), and a set of sennheiser headphones. When I play counterstrike, I have the output split between the headphones and the amp, and I turn the headphones up as loud as I want. I then turn the bass all the way up on the amp, the treble all the way down, add the high filter, and crank the volume. I get all the surround sound through the headphones, but when a grenade goes off, or there's a ton of gunfire, the stereo amp really kicks out the bass and shakes the entire room, and a few of the rooms around me. Because the towers are outputting almost all bass (which is omnidirectional), they don't screw up the surround sound from the headphones, so I can still hear exactly where someone is by their footsteps.

Summary: If you want loud, don't mess with computer speakers, and get yourself an amp and some real speakers.

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[killall]

im about to pay over a grand for the newest sony 5.1 system... price is ludicrously high but then again so is the quality and volume... unbelievable... 5 150 watt speakers... with some of the clearest tweeters ive ever heard and a very nice sub... not what id call value for money but anyway...

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