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newfoundglory
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I'm looking to buy some speakers for my laptop. Not looking to spend a huge amount (maybe a max of £50 or £60) for the speakers and a subwoofer too.
Since this is a laptop, clearly I only want a 2.1 system... but i'd be interested to hear if anyone has any recommendations from experience as there don't see to be many reviews out there...
Since this is a laptop, clearly I only want a 2.1 system... but i'd be interested to hear if anyone has any recommendations from experience as there don't see to be many reviews out there...
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Do these speakers have to be as portable as a laptop? Do you have existing Audio/visual apparatus that you could connect to the line out of your laptop
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I've had good experience with Yamaha p.c audio.
http://www.computer-speakers-reviews.com/computer-speakers-reviews/Yamaha-YST-MS50-computer-speakers.jpg
Yamaha YST MS50 -
Drivers (per satellite): 2
Satellite power: 20 Watts RMS per speaker (x 2 speakers)
Subwoofer power: 40 Watts RMS
Frequency response: 32 Hz to 20kHz
No Dolby decoding
If you have lots to spend look at the Harmon/Kardon http://www.myagent.dk/pd_ssii-thumb.jpg
Simply lovely!0 -
Joe_Bloggs wrote:Do these speakers have to be as portable as a laptop? Do you have existing Audio/visual apparatus that you could connect to the line out of your laptop
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I just want some speakers to listen to MP3s in my room mainly0 -
I got the Kinyo ones from ebuyer.co.uk on the strength of the reviews.
2.1 and they are very good.
Cost about £15 delivered.
BenI beep for Robins - Beep Beep
& Choo Choo for trains!!0 -
i just bought a 10metre 3.5mm to 2*aux lead for £4 and connected my line out on my pc to my stereos input, think thats what joe bloggs was pointing out.0
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Ah, i see what you are saying now. Because I rent a house near uni, and usually go home at weekends I leave my stereo at home. I just wanted to get some nice speakers to hook up to the laptop on its own.0
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I bought a pair of Aiwa UZ-US301 on EBay today there were 5 sets up and only 2 sold these are selling at about £100 on Amazon...I picked them up for £25 they were listed in the wrong section. These are for my son's laptop and look a good deal. Keep an eye on EBay over the next few days they might reappear.
I personally have Altec Lansing 221 which I think are great.
Bought my nephew a pair of TDK flat panels for Xmas again from EBay they are nice (can't remember the number) but not often seen on EBay.
Personally I think you will do very well on EBay there are a lot of end of line stuff and good bargains to be found.0 -
I'd recommend Altec Lansing too, had mine for must be 8 years and can still vibrate the floor.0
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I'm also looking for decent laptop speakers. However I would like to keep them portable (i.e. two speakers rather than with a sub woofer).
Any suggestions?"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind" - Mahatma Gandhi0 -
@newfoundglory - another vote for the Altec Lansings. I have two sets of these (http://www.alteclansing.com/product_details_intl.asp?pID=121®ion=europe&country_code=gb) one on the pc and one in the bedroom which I plug the mp3 player into. (no room or cash for a full stereo and this does the job very nicely
) they should be significantly less than £50 too iirc.
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." (Mark Twain)0
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