Speakers for office

[Joel Hooks]

Bose makes some incredible headphones. I use a pair of high end Sony headphones that I like a lot.

Unless you have a nice closed office, with soundproofing, I don't think you can enjoy bass heavy music and not disturb somebody.

[dvornik]

I can. We disturb each other over there. That's one of the reasons i need some bass. :) To overpower their house and r'n'b and all of the ethnic stuff.

[Joel Hooks]

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,29955,00.asp

Logitech z560. You will blow doors.

[unclebob]

go to Best Buy or Circut City and listen to the speakers for yourself, because what sounds "good" to one may not sound good to another.

I have Altec Lansing and they sound good to me, Creative has some that sound good too. (all 5.1 surround) These all can be had for under $150.00

[Signal2Noise]

Originally posted by dvornik
I can. We disturb each other over there. That's one of the reasons i need some bass. :) To overpower their house and r'n'b and all of the ethnic stuff.

Sounds (pardon the pun) like an annoying environment to be in.;)

[dvornik]

Thanks. Extremetech happens to have a speaker buying guide. Thanks, lowdown.

[Valkyrien]

Originally posted by Signal to Noise
Sounds (pardon the pun) like an annoying environment to be in.;)

sounds like a fun place to work to me!:D:D

:beer:

[dvornik]

It's pretty cool for an office actually. The job is boring (sales) but the atmosphere and the people are allright.

I decided to get Altec Lansing 621 2.1. Two speakers and a subwoofer (4 or 5 would be too much for an office), 200W peak. Should be good, I've seen them in a store. Recommended by Extremetech as sub-$100 2.1 speakers. Thanks again.

http://www.alteclansing.com/product_details.asp?pID=621&sID=2

[dvornik]

And that was a good choice. Everyone can feel the bass through the floor now, even at low volume :). Actually the bass level is adjustable and the speakers sound great at low volume. There's no headphones jack, but there are 2 inputs. Overall these are very nice 2.1 speakers, no-nonsense and good quality. They are rather large though.

[Valkyrien]

you get those from AL's site or you find them cheaper somewhere else? I'm also looking:)

[GregHess]

z560's are fantastic for the price.

Combined with some HD580 Sennheiser headphones...its great whether you want to rock out, or tone out.

[dvornik]

I work in downtown Manhattan so I pricematched them at JandR - they have an online form for that. They wouldn't go as low as $87 (lowest on cnet shopping and pricegrabber i think), but they agreed to $110 plus tax. I wanted the speakers right now so i agreed and just picked them up - i work a couple of blocks from there. The lowest online price would be around $110 total.

It's not surround - just 2 speakers and a powerfull subwoofer. But very solid overall. The bass controller is on the back of the subwoofer unfortunately, I wish it was on the remote. And like i said no headphones jack - which I don't really need.

[edit] I was seriously considering z560 but there's no place to put the rear speakers behind me and it would create a mess of wires on the floor.

[Valkyrien]

yeah, two speakers are all I'd need. i have a nice 550watt surround system here, but at school I'll probably put that and my TV in the living room, and then I'd be without computer speakers;)

[Valkyrien]

actually, this one (http://www.alteclansing.com/product_details.asp?pID=VS4121&sID=2) looks much more to my liking...and it has a headphone jack!;) just have to wait for it to be released:D

[dvornik]

31 watt though. Not quite 200. :P

[Valkyrien]

wish they didn't insist on putting their spec sheets in PDF format...those things were taking forever to download last night, otherwise I might've known that...they are good-looking though;)

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