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Community => The Lounge => Hardware/Software => Topic started by: Spanky on Friday, June 11, 2010, 16:10:19 PM
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I was looking for a decent pair recently that didn't cost an arm and a leg and I came across these:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Insignia%26%23174%3B+-+6-1/2%22+Bass-Reflex+Bookshelf+Speakers+(Pair)/7705307.p?skuId=7705307&id=1138085354138
Apparently they're cheaply made (cost-wise) with quality parts that come in speakers 2-3x the price. There's some mods available but they apparently do great by themselves. I won't go into many details but I will say that I'm sold. I'll post some info about them when mine arrive. Check out the review here:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/insignia_ns_b-2111_review/
If you're seriously interested in these, there's an auction on eBay that I was watching (but no longer interested in) for brand new ones. You can possibly get them cheaper than you can at Best Buy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190402017574
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The first link doesn't work. But they seems like a very good deal. I will have to keep an eye on them since I don't have good speakers and might be interested in buying some in the near future.
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Hey those look nice, but currently I use the speakers from my piano. They are rockin.
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I changed the link for Best Buy. Their links seem funky, hopefully this one works. Killaman, these are passive speakers so you will need to connect them to an amplifier/receiver, just in case you didn't know. I'll be pairing these up with the Maverick amp that I also posted on here. One good thing about these speakers though is that they're very easy to drive so you can even use a portable t-amp which can get pretty inexpensive.
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The speakers arrived today. They seem pretty good. Larger than what I imagined. I'm not into aesthetics but these are very nice looking. Right off the bat I noticed a huge improvement over the crappy 1" drivers that are in the Logitech Z3 satelites (I replaced them with these). Unfortunately I don't think I can get a good representation of what they sound like since they are going through my Logitech Z3 wiring which probably has 50 cents worth of circuitry and I'm guessing it cuts out some of the lower frequencies and sends them to the subwoofer because there isn't much bass coming from these speakers. I didn't imagine much but I expected more than this. I'll definitely update as they will probably burn-in over time and probably sound a whole lot better once I get a dedicated amp.
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Is it fiber optic or is it optical? I have the samsung surround sound system in the living room run with optical and it sounds great.
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now how do they compare to my 7.2 sony sound system connect via fiber optic to the computer
all in my small 3.5 X 5 metre room :D
No idea. Comparing 7.2 to 2.0 in terms of sound quality is close to comparing apples and oranges. Using optical doesn't say much about quality, it just says you're using an external DAC which in a lot of surround systems, you have to.