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Cheap, Decent 2.1 Speaker Systems?
Mugenmidget
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I'm not too picky on how it sounds, and even the "2.1" part doesn't need to be fulfilled because I'm not sure I need the subwoofer. Any help would be great!
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$100 is cheap for speakers in my opinion and these sound fantastic for the price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836119008
These are even better if you can find them for sell some where.
http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-MS40-Digital-Monitor-Watts/dp/B000IKSIOM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1220673894&sr=8-2
They are godly for the price, albeit slightly larger than most multimedia speakers. SPDIF in as well if your sound card or mobo has digital out.
http://www.amazon.com/CreativeLabs-CREATIVE-DECODER-DDTS-100-51MF8000AA008/dp/B00013JUA2
So if I wanted to utilize both my TV's, 360's, and Macbooks optical outputs, plug them into a single unit, and connect whatever speakers i want to it, I'd need to buy a full-size receiver.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121014
20 bucks and fantastic for the price. I personally really like Logitech speakers (using 5.1 right now from them) and from what I can tell from the 78% 5 star reviews from newegg that these are at least very decent speakers.
People who buy $20 speakers know jack shit about good sound, and I fully expect their reviews to reflect that.
But. he. asked. for. cheap. speakers.
Dumbass.
That being said my sister has a Creative Labs 2.1 set she bought for $30 that sounds amazing.
This isn't it but I remember loving these back when I worked at CompUSA:
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Inspire-T3100-2-1-Speakers/dp/B000IVL3DE/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1220717993&sr=1-8
$35, and you can remove the stand and wall mount them, even with something as simple as a thumbtack, which is really cool.
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He's 100% right. You can get "good speakers for $20". You cannot get "good speakers" for $20
The cheapest I would ever consider going if I still hoped for decent sound is $60ish
http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-MS16-Active-Personal-Monitor/dp/B000979TV0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1220748634&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-Studiophile-Portable-Desktop-Speaker/dp/B000ND8CO0/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1220748693&sr=8-1
I should also note that I like the ones he recommended because they seemed smaller, which is helpful considering I'm in a cramped situation.