Desktop Speaker 2.1 System
Discussion
What do you actually want from it?
Personally my office has a pair of Gale speakers, a Cambridge Audio amp and a Prozor DAC connected to the PC.
That works for me.
I was impressed by a mate's office system, a pair of Wharfedale speakers (Richer sounds £50) and a Yamaha DAB/CD/Amp thing.
The Yamaha thing is a good shape to sit on top a tower PC, whereas my Cambridge is typical HiFi form factor which is not the most convenient.
As the man said, it's nice to have the radio on while the PC's in bits.
Looking at new stuff, I'd probably want an amp, bluetooth, DAB, optical in from PC, maybe streaming.
Except DAB doesn't really work where I live.
I've not heard any 2.1 'PC accessory' stuff that I've liked above 'entry level HiFi' sound wise.
Personally my office has a pair of Gale speakers, a Cambridge Audio amp and a Prozor DAC connected to the PC.
That works for me.
I was impressed by a mate's office system, a pair of Wharfedale speakers (Richer sounds £50) and a Yamaha DAB/CD/Amp thing.
The Yamaha thing is a good shape to sit on top a tower PC, whereas my Cambridge is typical HiFi form factor which is not the most convenient.
As the man said, it's nice to have the radio on while the PC's in bits.
Looking at new stuff, I'd probably want an amp, bluetooth, DAB, optical in from PC, maybe streaming.
Except DAB doesn't really work where I live.
I've not heard any 2.1 'PC accessory' stuff that I've liked above 'entry level HiFi' sound wise.
anonymous said:
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They have a big range of active speakers and also soundbars for all budgets.Eg:
https://www.richersounds.com/tibo-plus-2-1-white.h...
I've always found them to be both extremely helpful and knowledgeable
What's your definition of a "whopping price"?
I went for Ruark MR1 MK2 for my desk (the just squeeze under my monitors which are mounted on an arm) but they are £279 graded from Ruark or £349 new.
https://shop.ruarkaudio.com/collections/graded-pro...
Sounds great to my ears and get excellent magazine reviews eg:
https://www.whathifi.com/ruark-audio/mr1-mk2/revie...
I went for Ruark MR1 MK2 for my desk (the just squeeze under my monitors which are mounted on an arm) but they are £279 graded from Ruark or £349 new.
https://shop.ruarkaudio.com/collections/graded-pro...
Sounds great to my ears and get excellent magazine reviews eg:
https://www.whathifi.com/ruark-audio/mr1-mk2/revie...
Bonefish Blues said:
ArsE82 said:
HK Soundsticks 3? I have them on my PC and think they sound great. They look pretty cool too.
They aren't made any more but there's a few sets on Ebay.
I bought these s/h a few weeks ago for next to no money and am hugely impressed.They aren't made any more but there's a few sets on Ebay.
ArsE82 said:
Bonefish Blues said:
ArsE82 said:
HK Soundsticks 3? I have them on my PC and think they sound great. They look pretty cool too.
They aren't made any more but there's a few sets on Ebay.
I bought these s/h a few weeks ago for next to no money and am hugely impressed.They aren't made any more but there's a few sets on Ebay.
Back in the day the Acoustic Energy Aego 2.1 system was highly regarded, but a later upgrade seemed to have fallen out of favour. I have used them for ages and find them very good. Cheap as chips on ebay (there's a set at £70) - absolute steal at that price imo. Plenty of bass from the sub and the mid/upper range speakers are small and discrete.
The Ruark's seem to win or come highly recommended in every desktop speaker test I've read. I've been considering them as an update to my Focal XS Book's that I've had the last 11 years.
Whilst they don't have a sub, they do have a sub output connector so you could try them with your current sub
Depends how much room you have on your desktop and/or whether the speaker are on your desk or elsewhere on the room, but I bought some Edifier 1850s not long ago and have been very impressed with them.
They are actually connected to a TV across the room, but spend most of their time playing Spotify via Bluetooth from my phone. I don't have a subwoofer attached to them, but you can.
For a desktop you could get the Edifier 1280s which are smaller, but I am not sure if they can connect to a subwoofer (if that is essential for you).
They are actually connected to a TV across the room, but spend most of their time playing Spotify via Bluetooth from my phone. I don't have a subwoofer attached to them, but you can.
For a desktop you could get the Edifier 1280s which are smaller, but I am not sure if they can connect to a subwoofer (if that is essential for you).
bcr5784 said:
Back in the day the Acoustic Energy Aego 2.1 system was highly regarded, but a later upgrade seemed to have fallen out of favour. I have used them for ages and find them very good. Cheap as chips on ebay (there's a set at £70) - absolute steal at that price imo. Plenty of bass from the sub and the mid/upper range speakers are small and discrete.
I have just bought a set of these and accidentally bought subwoofer only in addition. I'm going to try them Vs the sub and some Cambridge audio Minx 10s to see what I prefer before selling one or the other.
Or maybe go with both subwoofers!
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