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Z-2300 2.1 Speaker System If you need speakers wether they be just for ANYTHING these are AMAZING. You really have to use them in person to understand how much of an amazing deal this is. Better then most 300-400 Speakers i have seen, please trust me there amazing.
Great Sub too.
 
If you need speakers wether they be just for ANYTHING these are AMAZING
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What if i need them to deliver 5.1 sound from my 10 year old DVD player.......how amazing are they then?
 
I dont know about the DVD player thing but for 100 They are so worth it, i heard about them and im like thats total crap 100$ speakers that are good but really you have to at least try them out.
 
Well.. for a 2.1 system under $150, they're pretty good. My brother has a pair. I wouldn't call them the best speakers ever though.
 
BEST SPEAKERS EVER

Please don't SHOUT in thread titles.
 
only good thing about creative z-xxxx speakers is that you can get them for cheap. go with klipsch, much more natural sounding and much less of bass-pounding headache after the experience.
 
The sub is decent, but the speakers aren't that great. I used a pair of spare Klipsch RSX-3's with the sub for my living room setup. I really like the sounds now when hooked up to the HTPC. These pictures are before hiding the wires to the TV and speakers.

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As far as "out-of-the-box", I actually liked my Klipsch GMX 2.1 speakers. I though they were great for the price a few years ago, but it's gone up considerably since I originally bought them at $120 shipped in 2004.
 
These aren't more emazing than any $300 speakers, not even close, these are worst than cheap crap bookshelves from circuit city and radioshack.
 
aZn_plyR said:
These aren't more emazing than any $300 speakers, not even close, these are worst than cheap crap bookshelves from circuit city and radioshack.
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QFT. I'd take some cheapass Pioneer bookshelf speakers over these. These will dig a little lower because they have a sub, though. But seriously:

Cheap Pioneer speakers: ~$40
Dayton SUB80 subwoofer: ~$110
Used receiver/integrated amp: ~$20 (unless you want something relatively new, but for the purposes of this comparison, not needed)
 
Dome said:
http://av123.com/component/page,sho...acturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,37/

lets just say that if your 100 dollar speakers end up being better than these babies (they ship next week) ii'll be very upset.
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Those look way overpriced. Very basic too. AVS Forum members would just buy the drivers and make their own cabinets than pay too much for these.

...and I'm pretty sure he's just referencing the best computer speakers he's heard, which is subjective anyway.
 
yamahaSHO said:
Those look way overpriced. Very basic too. AVS Forum members would just buy the drivers and make their own cabinets than pay too much for these.

...and I'm pretty sure he's just referencing the best computer speakers he's heard, which is subjective anyway.
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Please note that this package is for the following items: ELT 525 Monitors, Center, Towers, and a Name Brand Reciever.
 
yamahaSHO said:
Those look way overpriced. Very basic too. AVS Forum members would just buy the drivers and make their own cabinets than pay too much for these.

...and I'm pretty sure he's just referencing the best computer speakers he's heard, which is subjective anyway.
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... Are you kidding me? AVS Forum folks eat up almost everything in av123's loudspeaker line-up.

But you're right, this is for computer speakers.
 
Swans for PC Music Strictly

Klipsch for PC Movies/Games Strictly

Logitechs if you need background noise


And for the devoted, a Auzentech Prelude or Asus Xonar modified for a super reclocking circuit connected to a high quality NOS or Burr-Brown DAC avoiding Cirrus Logic parts connected with Canare Quad Cable with single end shield grounding attached to Viablue or equivalent locking RCA plugs attached to a truly quality Pre/Pro (NAD is solid IMO) attached to a heavy well built amp from a reputable manufacture to any decent speakers with twisted shield speaker cables and a reference powered sub.

. . . I'm so close and yet so far myself :(
 
Not to dampen the orignal poster's enthusiasm, but these are only OK speakers. I have the Logitech speakers shown, they are fine for PC stuff, but I would not call them the greatest speakers ever and would never consider using them for HTPC.

PC audio is crap to begin with...SNR around 70db, THD around 10%??? Sure, it get's better if you output over TOS link or COAX SPDIF directly to an AVR. Even then you are still limited to 44Khz, 16 bit audio. Add in cards like Xonar make it quite a bit better, but still not studio quality audio yet.

As for speakers, currently I am running Infinity bookshelf LR and C and Definitive Cinema 80s on the rear surrounds. For my sub, I have a 10" Polk Audio. These make my content from my HTPC explode off the screen. Granted, I did not get these for $119.00 but they sound significanly better than the Logitech.

Now, my system is far from being the best set up, but they do a great job for me.

Perhaps, I will upgrade some day and move this set to my secondary media room, but for today, these are working really well.

By the way, EPO and Paradigm both make some great speakers at an affordable price.
 
can someone link me to a good source for some swan models? curios about htis as I use my PC speakers to playback my XM and am looking for somehting a little better than my logitechs.
 
yamahaSHO said:
The sub is decent, but the speakers aren't that great. I used a pair of spare Klipsch RSX-3's with the sub for my living room setup. I really like the sounds now when hooked up to the HTPC. These pictures are before hiding the wires to the TV and speakers.


As far as "out-of-the-box", I actually liked my Klipsch GMX 2.1 speakers. I though they were great for the price a few years ago, but it's gone up considerably since I originally bought them at $120 shipped in 2004.
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Great choice in HTPC box. I have the same one. One piece of advise I would give to you. Get a silver antec dvd rom face from the P160 and shave 2 lil pieces of plastic on the inside and you will have a perfect silver match for the front, doing away with the black dvd rom face.

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Full Face

These were taken with no flash and kind of close but in the room it matches perfectly.
 
IDversusEGO said:
can someone link me to a good source for some swan models? curios about htis as I use my PC speakers to playback my XM and am looking for somehting a little better than my logitechs.
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Pretty sure the audio insider is the only swan dealer left, unless newegg is still carrying some models (?)


And in case you don't notice, it looks like the M10's sub reaches a little lower than the M12 sub (if the specs are to be believed).
 
I found the Z-2300s (particularly the satellites) so hideous I returned them the next day. Trashy, muffled highs. The replacement Klipsch Promedia 2.1s sounded very noticeably better. I honestly don't understand all the hype around these things; they were a noteworthy downgrade from the $50 creative speakers I had been using previously.
 
Great thing the OP did not post in the audio section. Give me a break, give me a break, something something something, kit-kat bar.
 
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