Redpill me on PC speakers, Sup Forums. Are subwoofers still cool? Is the high end autist audiophile stuff worth the cost? Are sound cards still memes? What speakers are affordable and good?
Redpill me on PC speakers, Sup Forums. Are subwoofers still cool...
Jonathan Reed
Nolan Hill
I've had pic related for years. Cheap and good.
Subwoofers are a meme.
Adam Kelly
Just get a midrange set of bookshelves and be done with it
Carter Reyes
I have some Creative Kratos S3s. They're ricer but I like them.
Liam Ward
get a soundbar.
less clutter on your desk.
you will use headphones most of the time anyways.
Kayden Hernandez
If you can afford it JBL 305 + Scarlet 2i2 + some stands. Make sure to position them correctly.
If not, edifier and genius make decent PC speakers.
You can also dig up some bookshelves from dumpster along with amp and make yourself believe they don't sound like shit.
Ian Davis
What are the advantages of a soundbar?
Connor Hall
Did you fail reading classes at school?
Jacob Bennett
Audiophile sub, check the wiki under manufacturers. You likely won't get decent advice from here.
See:
Subwoofers aren't needed with good drivers. "High-end" could refer to some half-decent $300 speakers or could refer to $1000 hdmi cables, what's "high-end autist" to you?
Sound cards are memes nowadays, you can get away with onboard if you're not noticing anything out of the ordinary, like static/crackling/popping. If you get that, look for an external dac.
Soundbars are a meme.
Angel Carter
Daniel Cooper
Just get some logitechs bruh. Why are you fretting about something so small?
Jonathan Adams
Are there any affordable PC speakers that are good for classical music and instrumental music in general?
Aaron Russell
Ive used Genelec 8040 since 2007, added a 12" b&w sub.
Various setups, interfaces. These are amazing. 1400€ a pair back then, 1800€ now.
Studio or bust
Jose Howard
if you're going for the best audio experience possible, sound cards are *not* a meme and you'll need to shell out for a digigram or RME card. soundblaster cards are a meme, they're not any better than the built in audio.
with a digigram or RME card, if you're going that route, you'll also want to get a mic and have your speakers tuned to the room. basically you place the mic where you listen, and the speakers blast pink noise, and software analyzes the rooms convolution and damping, and it equalizes your speakers to flatten any resonant spikes you get from the shape of your room.
the best bang for your buck will be mid range studio monitors. i have a 5.1 set up off of my digigram vx882HR card. two 8 inch JBL's for left and right, two 5 inch JBL's for for left and far right, and a 10 inch JBL sub. they're cheap active speakers but with a great soundcard with a DSP mixer and great output they sound amazing. the sub is lopassed at 70hz, the 8's are hipassed at 60hz, and the 5's are hipassed at 100hz.
Oliver King
Subwoofers are not a meme.
I've been using Logitech's Z623 for the past year and I've never been happier.
John Cooper
who is that in the pic?
Nolan Mitchell
"Computer speakers" are usually just low quality enclosures and drivers with a shitty class D internal amplifier.
You're better off buying either a pair of decent quality powered monitors (really the same thing as computer speakers, but made for people with working ears) or a small amp of some kind and a pair of decent bookshelf / near field speakers.
Ayden Perry
If you're broke, get something Logitech with a subwoofer. High end stuff is diminishing returns like usual. Soundcards are good only if your motherboard is cheap garbage, even then you'd be better off using a USB DAC.
Jaxon Ross
So now you have your speakers? what is the 1st thing you listen to with them?
For me its this. youtube.com
Robert Bailey
I still have Z680s from 2003 that are still kicking.
Evan Campbell