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Jun. 11th, 2008

01:13 am - Need some quite small and not too terrible desktop speakers

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Hi!

I've been listening to a lot of music on my Mac while at my desk at home. I never used to, but I guess the only constant really is change The speakers are pretty good for being 1 1/4", but... they are 1 1/4" so they are really terrible at reproducing almost any music. I've taken to deliberately making my commute a little longer so I can finish listening to (for example) some AFI song actually complete.

I need to get some speakers that don't drive me crazy by dint of their terrible sound. Any suggestions? Less than $100...? I'd be ok putting a small-ish subwoofer under the desk as well.

Thanks! generalist

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From:jikme
Date:June 11th, 2008 03:50 pm (UTC)
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Yeah, Ted wanted some nice small computer speakers back in January, for a reasonable price, but we made the mistake of going into the Bose store where he fell in love with their awesome MusicMonitor speakers. At $400 they cost way more than our target price, alas. But dammit, it was his birthday and he was about to have wrist surgery, and they really sounded amazing (no subwoofer!).

So we got them, and they're great, but if you're strict and sensible about your budget you won't even look them up online.
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From:tsennyipa
Date:June 11th, 2008 05:30 pm (UTC)
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Yeah, for example don't go down to the Bose store and listen to them, because if you do you'll chuck your budget and buy them. Resist the temptation, man. Resist!

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From:generalist
Date:June 11th, 2008 06:17 pm (UTC)
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I see. Well, I'm not rich like you two are, so I will take your advice and not go down to the store to check them out.
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From:jymdyer
Date:June 12th, 2008 02:21 am (UTC)

Bose: No highs, no lows.

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=v= Just be glad he didn't go into the B&O store.
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From:ed_lemon
Date:June 11th, 2008 04:26 pm (UTC)
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Hi, Mark!

I use Harmon-Kardon "Sound Sticks". I listen to a LOT of music at my Mac and they are the best I've found so far. I got mine long ago, but as I recall, they were under $100.

Ed
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From:xthread
Date:June 13th, 2008 06:08 am (UTC)
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I've been extremely fond of the NXT tiny portable flat-panels. They're inexpensive, and indescribably portable.
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From:r_wolfcastle
Date:June 19th, 2008 02:47 pm (UTC)
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Logitech makes some very nice speaker systems. Even though the Z5500 was designed for PCs, I use it for our home theater 5.1 digital surround sound system and have been very happy with it period, and even more happy with the price at $250.

The Z5500 has a 2.1 little brother, the Z2300, that CNET raved about in late 2004, and which is in your price range ($91 each at newegg and buydig, both trusted vendors I've used in the past):

CNET review is here.
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