stevericks wrote:
> I imagine what you are hunting is someone to say -X are great, get them;
y
> are horrible so avoid.
>
> In making your decision, keep in mind the following:
> 1) How good are your ears? You can end up throwing dollars at sound you
> will never really hear. After 20 years of music training, I can "hear"
> music pretty good. I have visited some friends houses where they wanted
to
> show off their new expensive Bose system. My first reaction (and that
of
> another well trained musician there also) was -ugh, you got rooked (of
> course we acted like we liked them, to be polite).
>
> 2) What type of music do you listen to? If you want the throbbing
> bass-then, there are speakers that do that more effectively than others.
>
> 3) What size room and how loud do you listen? This will likely play a
role
> in the RMS watts. If it is a bedroom and you don't plan on breaking
glass,
> under 100 watts will likely be plenty.
>
> I picked up a pair of inexpensive Phillips MMS321 desktop speakers at
> Christmas to listen to music in my home office, played through the
computer,
> under $60. It is a 2.0 system with 40 watts RMS, 80 peek. As I wanted
> something to fit on my desk and wasn't interested in a subwoofer, these
have
> been fairly good. No, they don't give the thump, thump, bass vibration
that
> you can "feel." But I mainly listen to big band and jazz, especially
> trumpet playing. They do very well in the mid and upper range, and cover
> enough of the bass that I can live with it. Again, bought for want I
> want -limited space, 12 ' x 12' room, not wanting to knock the wall
down,
> main frequency interest in mid and high range.
Dude, Dude...do try to keep up. This thread is about a hundred posts
long, and the OP has already selected, ordered and received his
preferred speakers. He's even given a couple of listening reviews.
I know it's tempting to reply if you don't check the group often...at
least scroll down to the bottom and work up before.....
jak
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