PurpleAngel
Headphoneus Supremus
You put me back to "noob" mode. What's the difference between computer speakers vs. powered monitors?
Studio monitor (self-powered speakers) are more for music professionals or audio creation,
A single person or small group of people that need to be able to hear all the details in the audio.
Where people sit near the studio monitors, not so much as trying to fill a room full of audio.
Where its worth it to pay more money for good audio equipment.
Each tweeter or woofer can have it's own discrete amplifier to drive it.
Computer speakers are for single person that does not want to pay a lot of money to hear audio from their computer.
You can have a 5.1 (6-channel) speaker setup and the amplification is not very discrete, amplifiers share some components inside the sub-woofer box.