Buying new PC speakers, suggestions?

[Dave8603]

Looking for good deals, I have a good amount of money to work with but don't wanna go crazy. I would also appreciate if anyone could point me to a good, reliable review site for speakers. Thanks.

 

[Sean]

Hmm, what brands are you familair with, and what will you be doing mainly?

 

[Dave8603]

I'm not necessarily looking for any big brand names, I just wanted really good quality speakers for a good price to play games and listen to music with. I'm gonna start Prey soon and I have an Audigy 2 card so I figured I should make better use of that. Right now I just have the stock harmon kardon speakers from Dell. I was thinking of some type of 2.1 or 5.1 speakers.

 

[Sean]

Well, for a good 2.1 system i would recommend one of altec lansings highend 2.1 systems, or klipsch 2.1's. If you would want to go 5.1, then deff the klipsch Ultras, about 350$ or one of logitech's 5.1 systems.

 

[hewybo]

Logitech

I have and highly recommend, the Logitech z5500d 5.1 speakers. They are hooked to a Soundblaster X-Fi card, and they a great. 500 watts, and clear, clean response. The sub faithfully presents the lows, not just "thumps" like some do. They can be had around $250 USD.:grinthumb

 

[GeekieNick101]

Here is the top six speaker review (Feb 21, 2006) from pcworld http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124820/article.html And another (Feb 07, 2006) http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124632/article.html

And below are a list of various others from pcworld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124629/article.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124636/article.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124630/article.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124631/article.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124633/article.html
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/001179.html

I hope this helps

 

[Dave8603]

I think I might go with the z-5500s. Those look like the best for the price and I was checking around, I definitely want optical inputs. Thanks for all the help. My last question has to do with my soundcard. I currently have an older Audigy 2 card. I've been thinking that this is pretty decent and I should get better speakers for it than the stock ones the computer came with. Would I have to upgrade the card or could this card handle the z-5500s?

 

[Sean]

that will work fine.