![]() After a month of use I've moved them to my server/music player for music listening only when I'm working on school work/office work. Their enclosure volume is simply much to small for that. This isn't necessarily a bad thing as the speakers are less than ideal for producing sound that low to begin with. I can't tell if there's either a built in cross over or a very severe woofer limitation about 70-60hz but anything below that just seems to drop off. These speakers sound amazing, but they are monitors and as such can sound rather "flat" at times. All controls are located on the rear of the left speaker which isn't really a problem as most will adjust their gain through the OS rather than the speaker anyway. As such the amp is internal to the left speaker and they are connected using standard 12ga braided speaker wire as opposed to some 1/8th" mini jack connector. Their construction is fairly unique for a set of PC speakers given it's purpose more as a set of studio monitors than typical desktop speakers. Hell, these things rival most home theater speakers I hear in your typical big box store in both power and clarity. I'd have to say in all honesty for music these are perhaps the best desktop speakers I've ever heard. The best stereo separation I've ever heard from a speaker this small.īuild quality is what you'd expect from a true speaker company. Unquestionably the clearest desktop speakers I have ever heard. I have to say I've never heard a set of PC speakers this clear! Now this does come with some caviots. ![]() I was lucky enough to pick them up during American TV's going out of business sale. Sitting on my desk right now is a set of Audio Engine 2 speakers from Audio Engine USA. Not to drag up old posts but I figured I should at least update this now that I've made some purchases. I know it's not a 1 for 1 reproduction but I wonder how well it can perform. Your experience with the headphones is exactly why I'm interested in two channel stereos ability to emulate surround sound. Now I believe you on the amp power with your headphones. But this is immaterial to the discussion. If not then an external sound card would be necessary. This is provided the onboard sound card has a TOS/LINK connector. The adapter that converts the PCM stream for the TOS/LINK optical should handle that and the DAC in the speakers that converts the PCM stream to analog audio should decode all 6 descret channels (5 channels and one LFE channel). Hmmm, I'm pretty sure that's wrong on needing Dolby Digital for 5.1 surround sound. I used to run my headphones directly off the card and I can get the volume up probably twice as loud without losing any clarity with the card over the motherboard. Also the analog output is far superior on the sound card. I like the Xonar a lot for that feature and it only cost around $70. Otherwise you have to get 3 rca splitter cables and use the analog inputs, but then that affects audio quality. I'd considered the headphone route but I wear a headset 9 hours a day as is and don't want to on my time off.Īctually I needed the Soundcard for the 5.1 as my motherboard does not do Dolby Digital Live encoding which is what allows the multichannel game audio to be transmitted over the optical cable. Skippman wrote:I was about to ask what you needed a $200 sound card for if you're letting the speakers decode the sound but the headphones explains that. Particularly the A2's from Audio Engine and the AV 40's from mAudio.ĭo you think there is a serious gain to be had from using a 5.1 system or would 2 channel with EAX and A3D be enough?ĭo you know anyone who makes a monitor quality 5.1 set? I've tried using an amp and 5.1 speaker set from Yamaha but found it bulky and not exactly the quality I was looking for. ![]() I've been wanting to upgrade to a set of monitors for some time now and have been looking at the stuff from Audio Engine and mAudio. So this has lead me to wonder if 5.1 is really necessacary. I know they're hooked up properly because the audio tests in Windows and my sound cards drivers all move the audio around properly. I almost never seem to get any surround sound out of them. They've worked pretty good for a number of years but lately I finally noticed something. Mine happen to be a midrange set from Creative Labs right after they bought out Cambridge Soundworks. Like most of you I have a 5.1 set of computer speakers. So lately I've been kicking around some thoughts about 2 channel stereo vs 5.1 surround sound for gaming. ![]()
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