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Recommend a 2.1 setup?

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mpoon2489

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I'm looking for speakers and a subwoofer that can fill my 24x20 studio but also minimizes sound transmitted to my neighbors below and beside me. I was going to go with the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 but I read in a few places that they don't transmit well across large-ish distances.

My budget is basically anything <$350 and I will mainly use 50/25/25 for music/gaming/movies.
 
Really, I'd say you would to well with a space that size to save up a bit more cash and go the receiver and passive satellites route rather than trying to use 'computer' speakers... but I'll wait for others to chime in before trying to actually make that work money-wise.
 
Z2300's are cheap as hell and awesome, but they have prolly been replaced by a newer model.
 
ShuttleLuv said:
Z2300's are cheap as hell and awesome, but they have prolly been replaced by a newer model.
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It's cheap but it's definitely not awesome. Sure it can get loud but the bass is boomy and uncontrolled. The satellites sound muddy, like they're in a bag.

If space isn't a problem I would go with a stereo receiver and floor standing speakers for a 2.0 setup. They should project the sound more clearer than small PC speakers so you don't have to turn the volume up as loud.
 
Studio monitors are powerful to be very loud - my JBL LSR2325p for example are excellent monitors I use as computer speakers, however it's worth noting that most pro monitors designed to project sound mostly axis. Off Axis performance would vary - means they great, but only in relatively narrow field.
That said, for your budget - pair of LSR2328P would the way to go. Save some money until you get a decent sub. You might even not need sub at all with 2328p speakers play down to 37 hz and probably even lower in room.

JBL 2300 monitors have build-in neoprene rubber pad which provides acoustic decoupling (ie sound isolation from transmitting to furniture)
 
HammerSandwich said:
You consider dipoles easier to place or inappropriate here?
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inappropriate, di or bipoles provide very wide range of sound, but making localization impossible. They are good for surround then such effect could be desired, but not for front/main speakers
 
Something like the x omni by the now defunct av123 company work well as mains. Really though, i would look to craigslist for some used gear. I saw some nice paradigm monitors w stands for $85 on mine. Something like that and a decent amp or receiver would sound great.
 
BoredSysAdm said:
inappropriate, di or bipoles provide very wide range of sound, but making localization impossible. They are good for surround then such effect could be desired, but not for front/main speakers
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Dipoles may not do pinpoint imaging like minimonitors, but "impossible" is an exaggeration.

But I suggested them to the OP for other reasons.

Dipoles' figure-8 radiation pattern concentrates energy front & rear but sprays less to the sides, because the front & back waves cancel. Proper placement could reduce the amount of sound aimed at the lateral neighbors. In addition, dipoles' loudness drops off much more gradually with increasing distance in comparison to monopoles, so the OP could enjoy higher effective SPL at the listening position with lower SPL next door.

Note that I did not recommend bipoles, which do not behave this way.
 
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