5.1 Speakers ??
Oct 15, 2008 at 5:33 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 12
Shizdan

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How much am I looking at if i want to get some speakers or DIY speakers that are better than the Z-5500's?..or should i just get the Z-5500s?
 
Oct 15, 2008 at 5:42 AM Post #3 of 12
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any particular reason that you need 5.1? movies?


Surround sound for games.....what woud you recommend....see i have to use headphones at night and i CAN use speakers during the day
 
Oct 15, 2008 at 5:45 AM Post #4 of 12
ahhh I was going to suggest Audioengine 5 if you were going to use for mostly music...
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and 2.0 or 2.1 was going to be okay...

I'll let someone more experienced answer this question..

free BUMP though
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Oct 15, 2008 at 5:53 AM Post #6 of 12
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well i could use 2.1...and wow those look nice......


they sound awful nice too!! They're not too picky about source either
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Oct 15, 2008 at 5:59 AM Post #8 of 12
well if you don't mind doing a quick search on them, I'm sure you'll find nothing but positive responses
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I have Audioengine 2 for my laptop, and audioengine 5 with sub for my imac...
 
Oct 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM Post #10 of 12
I have the Audioengine 5's with an Acculine Asub for the low end. I tried Blue Sky's at a local guitar center early on and they were no better than the z5500s, which can probably be had for close to 200 nowadays if you look hard enough. There is a clarity that you get with quality bookshelves that you just won't get with little satellites. However, if price is really a factor and you must have 5.1, the z5500 is probably the best bargain there.
 
Oct 15, 2008 at 5:14 PM Post #11 of 12
Yea i am gettin that im going to need a reciever, sub and about 2 bookshelfs.....that gets pretty exspensive.
 
Oct 15, 2008 at 5:29 PM Post #12 of 12
the audioengine's are active, i.e. self-powered no receiver needed, which I bought for less than 300 shipped

If you want value the z-5500 is about 255 shipped on amazon.com (I saw 215 on slickdeals a few days ago but I couldn't find it).

Sometimes I wished I just bought the 5500, since when you get bookshelves and a sub, you'll eventually upgrade those to more expensive bookshelves and the list goes on...but this is head-fi after all lol
 
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