QOTD: What Speakers Do You Use for Your PC?

[linux427]

Klipch 5.1 Ultras (pictured above) with SB elite pro.

 

[Guest]

I use a pair of M-Audio BX5as in conjunction with my macbook's onboard audio interface.

 

[CamHart]

2.1, 2.1, and 5.1.

 

[ottozero]

Realtek High Def audio (supports 7.1)
using audio coaxial cable
to Sony (HTIB)Reciever STR-K790 (5.1DD)

need to upgrade my sound card, plan to purchase Creative Fataliy Pro with Optical out and DD Live and DTS Live supported.

 

[xyzionz]

Altec Lansing ATP3 for more than 5 years and it's still rocking~~

 

[NumenorLord]

The Z-5450s (just like the Z-5500s except the rear 2 satellites are wireless) with a Creative X-Fi Platinum.

 

[secolliyn]

Bose Companion 3 series 2 2.1 system great sound i have a small room don't need surround sound

 

[Guest]

I've got a 7.1 surround sound system, using paradigm signature series speakers all around, running through a reciever hooked up to the optical off my x-fi extreme. over the top is somewhat the theme of my computer room as i have a samsung a650 46" hdtv for my monitor.

 

[Guest]

Swan S200as. ( http://www.theaudioinsider.com/product_info.php/p/swan-s200a-merlot/products_id/34 ) Nothing beats them sonically for the price.

 

[JDocs]

Zalman Theatre 5.1 Speaker Headphones (with the microphone) coupled to an Asus Xonar D2X.

 

[cjl]

[citation][nom]SwanGuy[/nom]Swan S200as. ( http://www.theaudioinsider.com/pro [...] ucts_id/34 ) Nothing beats them sonically for the price.[/citation]
Those don't look bad, though I'd question your statement about nothing beating them sonically for the price. For that price, you can get the nice M-audio Studiophile BX8a deluxe, or if you have the room, you can get a 5 channel set of SVS SBS-01 speakers (which admittedly would need an amp, so would end up a couple hundred more expensive, but it is a true 5 channel surround with good quality).

 

[Guest]

I've got an X-Fi hooked up to my Logitech Z-5500. Pure Audio Heaven!

 

[kamkal]

Logitech Z-560 4.1 THX Certified since 2004 lol

 

[shades_aus]

I have Creative 7.1 speakers. I use ffdshow for the decode audio

 

[Hupiscratch]

Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Extreme Music blasting on a Bose Companion 3 (2.1) speakers

 

[lucuis]

I'm using Sony MHC-GX450, it's a bookshelf speaker set. Along with some Altec Lansing acting as a center channel.

 

[MidianSpawned]

Audigy 2ZS
Yamaha DSPA-2
Kef Kube 2 Sub
Mission 775 (Fronts)
Mordant Short Mezzo 5 (Center)Replaced my much missed Denon
Wharfedale Valdus 500 (Rear)
Logitech USB Gaming Headset for night and quiet use
Marantz CD-17 KI Signature (For playing CD's)
QED Speaker Cables and Interconnects
I use this for all my PC movies, games and music.

 

[V3ctor]

Creative X-Fi Titanium pci-exp + Creative T6100 (5.1 ch)

 

[Guest]

I'm very short on finances so I use a Line6 TonePort for a soundcard and Z2300's for the actual sound. It's the best setup I could get for under $200 😀 However I have some tubes left over from my guitar amp so I'm thinking of upgrading DIY style 😀

 

[Guest]

Altec Lansing ACS-48

 

[Guest]

x-fi & yamaha surround amp & b&w dm601 & velodyne spl-8. I've tried "computer speakers". I've tried all high end: Altec's, Klipsch, Logitech (they're all crap); I could only settle on the small ht system.

 

[Powersworder]

[citation][nom]mindless728[/nom]Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround + Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer sound card = awesome[/citation]

I have the same setup. No complaints at all, the speakers are awesome.

 

[Soul_keeper]

Logitech X-540
Bought them from Circuit City middle of last year ....

 

[WyomingKnott]

I've got an old Soundblaster card hooked up to a 2.1 "flat-panel" set of Monsoon speakers. Obviously, I'm not a serious gamer. For music, I run through Dolby Headphone processing into Sennheiser 497 headphones - remarkably good.

jtt283 mentioned being deaf in one ear. My daughter is deaf in both. So let me tell you her setup. She plugs one end of a $150 stereo-to-mono cable into the PC, and the other into a jack on the processor ($6,000) for her cochlear implant ($52,000). It's a little spooky, sometimes, seeing her plugged directly into Itunes, signals straight to the brain with no sound waves involved.

Anybody else running a $58,000 sound system? At 1.0?

 

[Guest]

Logitech Z-2300 with sats replaced by Polk Monitor 40
X-Fi Xtreme Music