What is a good soundsystem?

[mastamusa]

heey peeps!
I am looking for a good sound set to use with gaming, listening music(genre: trance, hardstyle, tecnho etc..) and for watching movies.
price class: 50-250 euro
till now I have found these:

http://www.bax-shop.nl/dj-studio-monito ... tails.html
http://www.bol.com/nl/p/elektronica/jam ... index.html

but these are without subwoofers i need one with subwoofer (2.1,5.1,7.1)

maybe silkroadforums can help me around and point me too some awesome, quality stuff

[KillAndChill]

I've been using a logitec x-530 system for years and it still serves me well. It does well on bass but can't hit the extremely low bass notes.

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-X-530-5- ... B0002WPSCG

[Azilius]

I'm currently using a pair of AudioEngine A5+. Paid $300 CAD after taxes. They aren't strictly speaking studio monitors, rather they are high end computer speakers. Don't be mistaken about sub woofers either, not all speakers require them and buying one separately doesn't sound nearly as good.

If you're looking for sound quality expect to pay a lot more than 50 euros. The 200-250 range is much more reasonable. Just find a few sets that look decent, read reviews on them then decide. If you can listen to them in store that's a big bonus.

[poehalcho]

I bought my speakers from an Aldi. They weren't very expensive (120 I believe), but I'm happy with them. They have good bass, although I don't have control over it . Anyway one thing I'll mention is that you should make sure your speakers are wooden if you're going for big ones. Wood has good acoustics, better than plastic.

[mastamusa]

I'm currently using a pair of AudioEngine A5+. Paid $300 CAD after taxes. They aren't strictly speaking studio monitors, rather they are high end computer speakers. Don't be mistaken about sub woofers either, not all speakers require them and buying one separately doesn't sound nearly as good.

If you're looking for sound quality expect to pay a lot more than 50 euros. The 200-250 range is much more reasonable. Just find a few sets that look decent, read reviews on them then decide. If you can listen to them in store that's a big bonus.

is this the one you are talking about?
http://hificorner.nl/a5.html
looks nice but very expensive.. is it worth the money or should I look further?

Anyway one thing I'll mention is that you should make sure your speakers are wooden if you're going for big ones. Wood has good acoustics, better than plastic.

thanks for the tip! did not know that

[Azilius]

I'm currently using a pair of AudioEngine A5+. Paid $300 CAD after taxes. They aren't strictly speaking studio monitors, rather they are high end computer speakers. Don't be mistaken about sub woofers either, not all speakers require them and buying one separately doesn't sound nearly as good.

If you're looking for sound quality expect to pay a lot more than 50 euros. The 200-250 range is much more reasonable. Just find a few sets that look decent, read reviews on them then decide. If you can listen to them in store that's a big bonus.

is this the one you are talking about?
http://hificorner.nl/a5.html
looks nice but very expensive.. is it worth the money or should I look further?

The ones I have are the a5+, those are the a5, but to my knowledge they sound the exact same and one has ipod dock support while the other doesn't. They'll only be worth it if you like the way they sound. When I first got them I didn't really like them, but after some tweaking I really love them. They're pretty flat sounding (no artificial boost to highs/mids/lows) so you may want to change some equalizer settings on your PC.

Another thing to keep note of is positioning. Where you place your speakers has a massive difference on how they sound. In the case of the A5 they recommend being about 6 feet apart, while the backs are at least 3 feet away from walls, and pointed at you as if you were the tip of an equilateral triangle. I have them about 3 feet apart and 1 foot away from the wall but they still sound great.

Anyway the hard part about speakers is that you just might not like them. You're might not like $10,000 speakers either. My advice is to buy if you can return them, or test them first. If you can't then be prepared to let them grow on you for 1-2 weeks before truly judging them.