PC Speaker recommendations

[ARW]

Any recommendations?

I have a £50ish budget in mind.

[tabbypurr]

they're all fairly crap. Run a lead to your hifi.

NT

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

Go Logitech. The customer support is 10/10.

[ARW]

My hifi and speakers are in my lounge and my PC is in my computer room.

[ARW]

I should not need customer support if they work!

[Robin]

Do you lean towards stereo/quality or effects/5.1?

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

I f***ed up the settings on my Soundblaster card and the 5.1 speakers. Customer support helped me out. He was magnificent. I had and still have a Logitech mouse which I moaned about. They sent me a new one. There was nothing wrong with the mouse, it was me. Yer gets a 3 year guarantee.

[Cursitor Doom]

You should be able to get a pair of million Watt ("total music peak power") for that sort of cash.

[ARW]

Stereo in this case. Small computer room, AKA third bedroom by estate agents.

I just want a bit more noise than the 4W s**te speakers I currently have. The £50 is just a ball park suggestion.

[John Rumm]

What is the requirement?

1) Just want to hear the squeaks and beeps, plus the soundtrack to online video?

2) Or, something that will make a more reasonable stab at listening to music,

3) Or something that will give an immersive surround sound for games playing?

At that point, 1 is easy with change to spare - a set of logitech S150 USB speakers will do it for under £20, e.g:

3 has lots of choice - but you may need to go to £75. Say something like:

2 is harder to quantify depending on the level of quality of sound you are looking for. The 5.1 system suggested above may fit the bill, or you might get away with a simple as:

or look a budget amp and separate speaker setup. Something like:

is astonishingly good for the money, but obviously way over budget!

[ARW]

TBH it is a Logitech that I am considering buying after looking at what is available. It's £70 but you know that Blondie will sound good on it.

[GB]

Aego M are very good. Outside your budget new, but these are 'pre-owned' and around a tenner currently.

[jkn]

I'd just look on your local Gumtree for some small ('bookshelf') speakers. Maybe read a review or two and take it from there. You should easily be abl e to get something reasonable for £50

[GB]

Don't most bookshelf speakers need an amp?

[Mr Pounder Esquire]

I once danced to Sunday Girl...... ahem.......... I do remember buying a set of Logitech headphones, and I don't know why I bought them. Stuck them in a drawer and discovered them two years later. They did not seem to work, but it could have been me. Contacted support. They sent me a new set. No arguments. I gave them to the ape boi next door. You will not regret buying Logitech.

[Tim Watts]

I can't recommend any yet from experience, only reviews, but if you widen the search to "powered bookshelf speakers" rather than just "PC speakers" you might find stuff that's a bit better quality.

I'm looking at some bluetooth speakers which also have other inputs and can also be hooked up to a PC, TV or pretty much anything.

Edifier seemed to be a name that came up as quite good for the money and they do non bluetooth for less dosh: (£60)

[Tim Watts]

There are a whole subgroup that are powered.

The term is strictly form factor and there are generally 3 groups:

1) Plain unpowered;

2) Powered with basic inputs;

3) Powered with loads of inputs and bluetooth.

Only reason I know is since a phone with apt-X can shove out pretty reasonable hifi quality sound I've been reading reviews with a view to adding BT speakers to one or two rooms so people can just beam sound whenever they are there - which is as super modular as I could ever wish for.

Our TV room is already covered by the TV soundbar that can do bluetooth and that's convinced me it's a good idea.

[Robin]

If you re near any of their stores I noticed Richer Sounds had some Bluetooth active speakers on in-store clearance for c.£60 when I was at London Bridge last week.

[tabbypurr]

So get a small stereo on freecycle/freegle/gumtree etc. It'll vastly outper form pc speakers. Or don't, spend your money and get junk.

NT

[cpvh]

I believe Dianne Abbot is pretty PC, and given her grasp of maths, you migh t be able to book her for £50!