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Re:Decent 2.1/stereo speakers?
Reply #15 on: May 17, 2010, 16:31:01 PM
I was gonna say it wasnt looking good on the ebay auction, 5 hours to go and only one bidder, but now someone else has jumped in, £32 so far, Ill be happy if they hit £50, but would rather they had been BiNd for £75 :(

Just slight concern, the new bidder has a lowe feedback, just hoping its not a scammer.

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Re:Decent 2.1/stereo speakers?
Reply #16 on: July 02, 2010, 22:41:53 PM
Ended up plumping for the T40 Series II. Theyre bigger than I thought and itll take some getting used to the Bass coming from the desk rather than the floor, but other than that theyre pretty sweet. because theres no subwoofer I can actually have the volume up and bass up louder and it sounds quieter downstairs still.

Also having to get used to the range they have, quiet things seem much quieter and loud things louder, which is kinda annoying when i am trying to watch TV and get deafened every now and again!

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Re:Decent 2.1/stereo speakers?
Reply #17 on: July 03, 2010, 11:37:48 AM
They sound perfect for you actually, its a good choice. Ive always found with seperate sub combinations the satellites usually dont carry any weight or depth with them, a decent low/mid cone and high end tweeter setup can give very powerful results, so often you wont even miss a sub and therefore wont be annoying the neighbours.

I did in the end wind up with a pair of these from the ebay auction:
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/37858-m-audio-studiophile-bx8a-deluxe-active-studio-monitor-pair.html

Then I found some 70cm quality Target speakers stands on ebay and won them for £15, just like these ones:


Then I spent £60 getting the monitors repaired with M-Audio, still figuring it was a tidy saving over the retail price.

Then when they finally came back I couldnt get a proper stereo connection from my onboard soundcard, so had to invest in this to get some balanced 1/4" jacks:
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/30864-esi-juli-.html

Bye bye any potential saving there :lol: However, my mum was nice enough to chip in for me on the new soundcard as an early birthday present so I cant complain!

So basically Ive got a studio setup now, I have to say it sounds great so Im very happy for the money. The speakers are huge though but I wont need to change from this setup for a long time. Im thinking of selling my 5.1 kit now as I dont really need it and dont have room for it in my lounge to setup on my TV.

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Re:Decent 2.1/stereo speakers?
Reply #18 on: July 03, 2010, 21:22:48 PM
The weirdest thing so far is the fact I now no longer have a sub on the floor to rest my feet on. Ive gotten used to doing that so much that I keep going to put my feet on it and stamping the floor ><

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