New speakers

[Roj]

The Monsoons are now the property of my son - he runs them with HIS Asus Xonar DX. That being said, I've acquired a new set and the purchase will likely surprise you all.

Any takers?

[Zayoos]

and the purchase will likely surprise you all Creative? ;) :silly:

[Todd The Kiwi]

bose? :rolleyes:

[Heigar]

Klipsch?:ponder:

[badbite26]

Paradigm?

Speaking of speakers, how about these?

http://www.highendpalace.com/HEP%20Speakers.htm

[Hanzo]

Altec Lansing?

[Roj]

Logitech.

The Z-Cinema Advanced Sound System.

USB based - I no longer have a sound card in my machine.

I get bit-perfect playback using ASIO4ALL which works very well on XP64.

1" tweeter, 3" midrange, 8" long throw sub. The sound is a cross between the detailed soundstage of the PM-14s and the warm midrange of the Pro Media 2.1s (the ones with the fixed crossover that actually allow them to *have* a midrange). Seriously, it's the best of both worlds. I never thought I'd see the day that I'd recommend Logitech but here we are.

We bought one set for my wife's laptop (laptop onboard audio? riiiiight... ) and after one listen I said "Ok, so we're going back out and getting a second set for me". I got 'em at a steal too - normally they're $300 ad I got both sets for $150 at Best Buy. I got the extended warranty on both since the only way you can control them is via the remote control and as we all know, remotes *drop*.

They should be well on the way to being broken in now and I'm very pleased with them. They were part of my Xmas makeover for the machine:

Radeon HD9850 Toxic
Microsoft Comfort Keyboard 2000 / Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 (see story here: http://roj.deviantart.com/journal/22734949/)
Logitech Z-Cinema Advanced Sound System

Wasn't much of a Christmas other than that due to various reasons but I did get toys.

Oh and for the record, I did audition the $500 Bose 5.1 PC system. My wife and son said it for me:

"What pure and utter shite!"

[Todd The Kiwi]

Paradigm?

Speaking of speakers, how about these?

http://www.highendpalace.com/HEP%20Speakers.htmwhoah, FUGGLEH! all of them are just uggh :robot: i bet they sound good though.

rojitech™

what was the first thing you listened to on the new rig?
my test tune is queen - invisible man, and if dark side of the moon sounds good then i'm happy =]

[Roj]

Paradigm?

Speaking of speakers, how about these?

http://www.highendpalace.com/HEP%20Speakers.htmEffleston have a long standing rep for quality although I must confess I have never auditioned any of their line. These do look intriguing though.

[Roj]

whoah, FUGGLEH! all of them are just uggh :robot: i bet they sound good though.

rojitech™

what was the first thing you listened to on the new rig?
my test tune is queen - invisible man, and if dark side of the moon sounds good then i'm happy =]

Three things:

Gregg Karukas - Blue Touch (smooth jazz for imaging)
Queen - A Kind Of Magic (Remaster - and remember, I *am* immortal)
Grace Jones - This Is (Bass - The Final Frontier!)

[Roj]

Altec Lansing?
I actually went looking for Altecs but the only place I could find them is a store that buys up discontinued products. They wanted $260 for them - NOT. Sadly, A-L has gotten out of the quality PC speaker market. I also didn't want a 6" sub - I want POWAHHH!!!!!

[Roj]

Klipsch?:ponder:

Puhleeeze. I like to listen to my music, not be assaulted but it.

[Roj]

Creative? ;) :silly:
Thought about the MegaWorks 2.1 but couldn't find them and I'm not even sure the 2.1 version is still made. I also wasn't sure how bastardized they had become if they were - Creative is the KING of "bail 'n' switch".

[Roj]

bose? :rolleyes:
To words, not "Happy Birthday". :) :) ;)

[Todd The Kiwi]

i like to be assaulted by my music - angelcorpse = attack metal ha ha

hey it's a kind of magic is a good done to use, i'll have to rip a decent copy of that one too.