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elpacco · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:00 am Post subject: Good speakers for ~$100?

Title sums it up. I want really nice speakers for about $100, max is probably like $130. I'll also need a soundcard to go with it, because I'm currently on a shitty integrated VIA audio chip. I was thinking something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102007 would be good?

Speakers don't have to be from Newegg, by the way, they can be from anywhere. Newegg doesn't even seem to have that large of a selection of speakers.

SFP+ · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:49 am Post subject:

Logitech x230

kls85 · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:10 am Post subject:

The sound card you picked does not have a dedicated hardware audio codec.
So it uses the CPU to run audio task.

elpacco · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:21 am Post subject:

Hero · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:27 am Post subject:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121044

definitely. I been looking at this one and it seems to fit the bill.

kls85 · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:27 pm Post subject:

elpacco · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:48 pm Post subject:

Zcythe · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:09 pm Post subject:

Sweet god, get the Logitech Z-2300. I have those from christmas and They are so amazing especially if you are a bass lover. Great 2.1 system look at reviews for them if you have time, very highly rated. They are over the 100 bucks though, but only by 10 dollars.

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Z-2300-THX-Certified-Speaker-Subwoofer/dp/B0002SQ2P2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298328668&sr=8-1

kls85 · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject:

If you got them el cheapo speakers then any speaker with a subwoofer will sound amazing. You may have to go back to MicroCenter or Bestbuy and play around with the speakers they have and see which is best for you.
But no matter what, a speaker set must have a option to let you adjust the BASS level, if the speaker you want don't have that option, don't even bother looking at it.

For hardware DSP, it lets your audio card perform the audio task while your CPU can focus on something else. If a sound card uses the CPU for the work, then what is the point of getting a sound card in the first place.

SFP+ · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:19 pm Post subject:

Butters · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:33 pm Post subject:

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:20 pm Post subject:

sound mixing is cheap, worrying about cpu load is a waste of worries.

SFP+ · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 4:07 am Post subject:

elpacco · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject:

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:38 pm Post subject:

sound card wise, if you are only hoping to get performance out of it then you're wasting your time / money. only worthwhile if the features appeal to you.

cmss-3d is pretty nice if you have a headset, some other cards will do something similar. it's their equivalent to dolby headphone. creative's drivers are fucking pathetic though.