Economical Speaker Setup

By FutileEmotion on February 6, 2012 8:59:19 PM from

FutileEmotion

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I've got an old 2.1 logitech speaker set for my desktop at the moment, but I'm having some faulty wiring issues with one of the satellites and I was thinking this would be a good time to migrate to a more traditional audio setup that I could also use for my record player. Right now I'm thinking I will go cheap cheap when it comes to speakers and amp, especially as I'm no audiophile and I have to keep the volume under control for the room mates.

..The thing is, I'm not really sure where to start. Right now I'm thinking if I buy some speaker wire and the following, I'll be set:

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-652

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=310-300&scqty=1

Can I get some advice from some of you true audio techies?

I just picked up a set of pc speakers myself, Logitec z623's. Tolerable sound, decent price, and likely fit your needs. There be a left and right RCA jack in addition to the standard plug on the subwoofer.

That's a functional, cost effective option you've listed though. It will be light on the low range, but you did say economical, and accurate ain't.

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Ah, the separate RCA jacks would be awesome! About $40 more, though. I will have to think about that. Thanks for the thought!

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Yeah, 200 watt rms is kinda insane for pc speakers, but they were the only ones on display at fry's that didn't sound like crap, the Bose included.

I can't vouche for their sound, but the 623's are not the only set with RCA jacks, the z323 and z523 are the same deal, RCA on the sub.

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I think I dropped like $200 8 years ago into a logitech 5.1 speaker setup for my pc and have been using it ever since. Still holds up somehow.

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