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Did you get my mail today? Just wondering, cause got no replies.
Just bought some Creative Soundworks speakers (4.1) 2nd hand for R300 - they sound GREAT, just like i remembered! At 1st I thought it was physically impossible for the small satellite speakers to sound as good as it did!
Small speakers don't mean bad speakers ... ever heard Bose
Yeah, they kinda sound artificial.
Yeah I got it..... Sorry I couldn't wait.
No worries, just want to make sure my emails aren't getting written off by servers
I dunno hey, I think they are some of the best sound you get (speaking about 5.1) ... to me, I think its the closest to the real thing
I dunno hey, I think they are some of the best sound you get (speaking about 5.1) ... to me, I think its the closest to the real thing
You're talking only about computer speakers obviously? The main problem that I've realised (and that everyone complains about) is that all computer speakers are pretty lacking in the mid-range and generally also in the very high range. The (sub)woofer can handle down to 50Hz or whatever, but then the generally 1" tweeters can't handle 100Hz all the way up to 20KHz... Lots of bits are left off the bottom and top. I'm no audiophile (yet
) but the lack in midrange and midbass is certainly noticeable. But boomy bass is much easier to market than subtle mids... 
You're talking only about computer speakers obviously? The main problem that I've realised (and that everyone complains about) is that all computer speakers are pretty lacking in the mid-range and generally also in the very high range. The (sub)woofer can handle down to 50Hz or whatever, but then the generally 1" tweeters can't handle 100Hz all the way up to 20KHz... Lots of bits are left off the bottom and top. I'm no audiophile (yet
Oh, I thought you were just saying small speakers in general.
I generally agree with you ... the speakers that can replicate good mid range and high range sound are either really expensive, or not so small.
Personally, I don't really like computer speakers (Except Logitech Z range) as I like my sound, and I find that all of them distort at some given point.
I have myself an Asus Xonar sound card hooked up with Dolby Digital to a set of Sony FX999 speakers with a max output of 1000w. I almost never blast these things though, too much power for the space they are in ... but the big advantage for me is 0 distortion, even when the volume is turned up high.
Edit: Meant to say Optical Cable instead of Dolby Digital
... but there is Dolby going through them in any case If you're connecting to the receiver with S/PDIF then the sound card shouldn't make much difference, as the decoding is being done in the receiver. Most motherboards have S/PDIF headers and then you just need to buy a little backplate for R100 bucks or so that connects to that...