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Last edited by Oisín<3 (2009-10-08 06:01:21)

Oisín<3 wrote:

Cheez wrote:

Those speakers are a waste of fucking money, the X-230s are better for much less.

I'm actually have problems with my speakers right now.

I've got the standard Dell ones they gave you 4 years ago with a low budget PC.

The right one has NEVER worked, ever... It's the one that turns off and on the power, and no matter what socket I plug it into it only provides sound out of the left speaker. I'm worried that it's my soundcard and not my speakers.

http://www.teksale.com/images/dell%20al … eakers.jpg

I've fucked about with the sound settings millions of times...

Last edited by Oisín<3 (2009-10-08 06:11:35)

Oisín<3 wrote:

Oisín<3 wrote:

Cheez wrote:

Those speakers are a waste of fucking money, the X-230s are better for much less.

I'm actually have problems with my speakers right now.

I've got the standard Dell ones they gave you 4 years ago with a low budget PC.

The right one has NEVER worked, ever... It's the one that turns off and on the power, and no matter what socket I plug it into it only provides sound out of the left speaker. I'm worried that it's my soundcard and not my speakers.

http://www.teksale.com/images/dell%20al … eakers.jpg

I've fucked about with the sound settings millions of times...

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288 … akers1.jpg

Freezer7Pro wrote:

First off, Amazon will ship to Ireland. I think they have better prices on most stuff.

Second, those speakers are garbage, just like all the other Logitech sets. These are superior in every field.

Third, I'd recommend not getting an LG monitor. What I've seen of LG/Philips LCD panels isn't very good, and the surrounding electronics aren't usually much better. Samsung, Samsung, Samsung.

As for the graphics card, you should really wait until the new ATI cards become a bit more available and cheap. The lower range (HD56xx and such) are said to be incredible price:performance cards that will blast the 9800GT right out of the water.

ghettoperson wrote:

That all looks pretty good, except for the keyboard and mouse -  both look a little cheap. Logitech G5 is the only mouse worth buying, and then a Logitech Media keyboard would do fine.

Lucien wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

That all looks pretty good, except for the keyboard and mouse -  both look a little cheap. Logitech G5 is the only mouse worth buying, and then a Logitech Media keyboard would do fine.

The Razer Deathadder and his big bro Mamba would like to have a word with you

Last edited by FFLink (2009-10-08 08:28:54)

IrishGrimReaper wrote:

Speakers, Pretty cheap but seem to have good reviews too. Anythings better than them Dell fails.

TSI wrote:

IrishGrimReaper wrote:

Speakers, Pretty cheap but seem to have good reviews too. Anythings better than them Dell fails.

No! For the love of all that is even remotely holy, no! Never buy Logitech speakers, even if your life is at stake. the sound and build quality of those POSs is just perverse. Nothing good can come of those.

That said, if you want an audio system, you'd better get something a tad more exppensive, but that will sound so much better: Altec Lansing, M-audio, behringer, David Eden, etc...

IrishGrimReaper wrote:

TSI wrote:

IrishGrimReaper wrote:

Speakers, Pretty cheap but seem to have good reviews too. Anythings better than them Dell fails.

No! For the love of all that is even remotely holy, no! Never buy Logitech speakers, even if your life is at stake. the sound and build quality of those POSs is just perverse. Nothing good can come of those.

That said, if you want an audio system, you'd better get something a tad more exppensive, but that will sound so much better: Altec Lansing, M-audio, behringer, David Eden, etc...

Tbh, my Logitech speakers are fine. Nothing wrong with them for the price.

Could you recommend a particular model of the brans you suggested that would fit into his budget while keeping in mind the other things he needs?

I take it you have used them 2.1's then?

IrishGrimReaper wrote:

TSI wrote:

IrishGrimReaper wrote:

Tbh, my Logitech speakers are fine. Nothing wrong with them for the price.

Could you recommend a particular model of the brans you suggested that would fit into his budget while keeping in mind the other things he needs?

I take it you have used them 2.1's then?

Fine =/= good. I suppose my job requires me to have quite good sound, so maybe I'm a little perfectionist. But, have you ever opened up your logitechs? Do, and behold the pathetic workmanship inside. I had to resolder all the connections on my gf's old ones before they could make any sound.

As to the request: probably not. You can't get all that for 300 euros. The cheapest pair of decent speakers I could find are $80 w/o s&h.

But then again, this iPod generation doesn't realise that you can't get cheap good sound. 128 kbps and iPod docks seem to have replaced all the elaborate systems the previous gen had. Sad times.

I know if I was as good with audio as us I'd probably be the same. When I think of the audio debates that always seem to happen, it reminds me of a PC, buy a Dell or build your own and I know it's better to build your own and cheaper too. With audio, well the better stuff is more expensive we all know that, but they're better than some "crappy Logitech" by comparison.

But when you compare the Dell speakers or whatever he had before(which are terrible cause I've used them too), the leap from the "crappy Logitech" speakers is still immense.

I know if I had the money to spend on a really good sound system I would, I could near use my brothers Karaoke speakers to deafen myself hehe. But the thing here is, he's asking for alot that fits into €350 while keeping the parts generally good! No point spending €200 on a kick ass sound system to have everything else he's going to buy suck. The things listed and the speakers too, for their price aren't bad. And he will definitely notice the difference for £19, and he's said it himself, he doesn't like fancy mice, cause he knows a normal one will be more than good enough for him. I think the same is for them speakers, if you read the reviews of people on OC which say it's good, fair enough they won't have the knowledge of Audio as you and Freezer might. But they're buyers like him, who have some terrible, I mean really terrible speakers and are looking for a good cheap replacement that will offer good enough sounds, alot better than what he has.

I think he's alot better off getting good enough speakers than something rocking and then skimping on the other parts which he would benefit alot more from.

I totally agree with you when it comes to speakers, but you must see it from the normal buyers perspective too. There's a market for speakers like that, and that's why Logitech makes them and for <£20 they do their job.