Surround sound

Im looking to get some new wall mountable 5.1 speakers for the PC, anyone have any recommendations? Don't want to be to pricey they don't have to exceptional!

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Edit : be good if they had a remote control to!
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Logitech Z5500
~£200 i think

it's hard to know what range youre looking for though, since "too pricey" differs for everyone
Hercules XPS 5.1 70

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~60€
looks awesome for 60e
Parent
lol seriously who cares about the looks of a soundsystem?
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~40 euro :-)
(Creative Inspire A500 5.1 )
Parent
its very good but ~60€
Parent
in hungary its 40 euro now
Parent
i gues in germany u can find it for the same price now but i bought it spontaneously in a more or less "good price" shop
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Yup, i love them :P.

sound is good, but I usually use them for music / movies (I use my headset when I play).



(btw, if you don't want to have a crappy sound, buy a soundcard with it)
Parent
ok thx for the advise, but i dont have money for this kinda shit atm anyway
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http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4RNV

I was going to get a 5.1 setup when I bought my speakers. Talking to one of my friends who had bought one he said he never got round to setting it up and I was probably better off with a 2.1 setup.

When I went to aria they were sold out of the G51 5.1 speakers so I went for the z2300 which were around the same price and I just use standard headphones for gaming.

Tbh the 2.1 speakers (THX) are better for music than the 5.1 speakers especially seeing as I have a thx certified sound card. Depends on what you are planning to use it for. However the G51 are a great setup if you do want a 5.1 speaker system.
you know why there is no difference in music between 5.1 and 2.1?
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Because its recorded with one mic?
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because mp3s are stereo (2.1) if you want to listen on 5 channels the software has to "upscale" it to 5 channels which has kinda no improvement but only 5 channels playing it.

although few artists released their cds/dvds in ac3 which is 5.1
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I was aware of this but even the 5.1 songs are taken from the original 2.1 stereo and modified mostly.
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If you want the best surround sound go for a Teufel system, the one I'd recommend is the Concept E Magnum Power Edition http://www.teufel.eu/PC-Multimedia/Concept-E-Magnum.cfm for 189e
this one is really amazing, trust me. Teufel is maybe not well known outside germany, but here they win all sorts of prices and awards for their fine systems. Especially the CEM PE is _really_ an awardfactory. See the details at the page.

and if that's too expensive for you I'd really recommend a creative system for example the Creative Inspire T6100 for about 70e at amazon.de I have one myself for like 4 years and never had problems with it.
I can recommend Teufel, too. Great quality!
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Teufel ftw. Even the "cheap" ones (starting at €130) have an exceptional sound
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