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    daniilzol
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    Well, to be honestly I'm not impressed by that $200 bose setup. That's just two 2.5" speakers and a subwoofer . The 2.5" speakers will sound tinny with no middle frequencies and subwoofer will oomph but not produce a good bass. I have similar system from Yamaha and while it's fine for movies I would never consider it a decent setup for listening to music. I have Sennheiser HD600 and headphone amp totalling around $600, and to me yes, that setup is totally worth it compared to $50 headphones. They sound absolutely fantastic, depending on the recording you may not only be able to hear guitar, you'll be able to hear the fingers running the strings. So wonderful to hear all those details...

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      I want to put a set of speakers in my home office that will do a reasonable job of playing music. I need background noise to cover the normal house noise. I don't have a super duper sound card, nor do I have high fidelity ears ;). I don't need a sub woofer for games, though if it helps the music... Suggestions?

      Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. Overheard in a cubicle: "A project is just a bug under development." Seeking to rise above the intelligence of a one eared rabbit... Caught in a vortex of weirdness...

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      Dan Neely
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      Last december I was looking for inexpensive 2 piece speakers for my sister (doesn't listen to anything with much bass and lives in a dorm). There was very little available for a reasonable price that looking at the specs didn't appear to be just headphones in a bigger enclosure. I don't have a musical ear by any means but I could easily tell the difference between my old entry level ($30???) Cambridge Soundworks 2.1 setup and the $10-20 2.0 multimedia speakers they replaced. More recently I bought a Logitech 5.1 set for $80-100ish. The main difference i noticed was that I could get much louder before noticing the distortion. At levels suitable to be able to carry on a conversation over there was almost difference between the two.

      -- You have to explain to them [VB coders] what you mean by "typed". their first response is likely to be something like, "Of course my code is typed. Do you think i magically project it onto the screen with the power of my mind?" --- John Simmons / outlaw programmer

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        I want to put a set of speakers in my home office that will do a reasonable job of playing music. I need background noise to cover the normal house noise. I don't have a super duper sound card, nor do I have high fidelity ears ;). I don't need a sub woofer for games, though if it helps the music... Suggestions?

        Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. Overheard in a cubicle: "A project is just a bug under development." Seeking to rise above the intelligence of a one eared rabbit... Caught in a vortex of weirdness...

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        Wjousts
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        Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and Winston Churchill were all great speakers.

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          Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and Winston Churchill were all great speakers.

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          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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          Yes, but two out of three were assassinated. :(

          -- [LIVE] From Omicron Persei 8

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            Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, and Winston Churchill were all great speakers.

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            charlieg
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            don't make me come over there..... :laugh:

            Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. Overheard in a cubicle: "A project is just a bug under development." Seeking to rise above the intelligence of a one eared rabbit... Caught in a vortex of weirdness...

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              I want to put a set of speakers in my home office that will do a reasonable job of playing music. I need background noise to cover the normal house noise. I don't have a super duper sound card, nor do I have high fidelity ears ;). I don't need a sub woofer for games, though if it helps the music... Suggestions?

              Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. Overheard in a cubicle: "A project is just a bug under development." Seeking to rise above the intelligence of a one eared rabbit... Caught in a vortex of weirdness...

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              I've got a set of these[^]and I'd buy them again in a second. Cheers, Drew.

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                I've got a set of these[^]and I'd buy them again in a second. Cheers, Drew.

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                Nish Nishant
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                Drew Stainton wrote:

                I've got a set of these[^]and I'd buy them again in a second.

                I agree with Drew. That's what I have too, and they rock![^]

                Regards, Nish


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                  I want to put a set of speakers in my home office that will do a reasonable job of playing music. I need background noise to cover the normal house noise. I don't have a super duper sound card, nor do I have high fidelity ears ;). I don't need a sub woofer for games, though if it helps the music... Suggestions?

                  Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. Overheard in a cubicle: "A project is just a bug under development." Seeking to rise above the intelligence of a one eared rabbit... Caught in a vortex of weirdness...

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                  ednrgc
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                  Have you tried headphones? No ambient noise at all. Especially in Bose.

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                    Have you tried headphones? No ambient noise at all. Especially in Bose.

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                    charlieg
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                    Sure... problem is that my ears get tired. I've never been much for the over the ear variety.

                    Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. Overheard in a cubicle: "A project is just a bug under development." Seeking to rise above the intelligence of a one eared rabbit... Caught in a vortex of weirdness...

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                      I want to put a set of speakers in my home office that will do a reasonable job of playing music. I need background noise to cover the normal house noise. I don't have a super duper sound card, nor do I have high fidelity ears ;). I don't need a sub woofer for games, though if it helps the music... Suggestions?

                      Charlie Gilley Will program for food... Whoever said children were cheaper by the dozen... lied. Overheard in a cubicle: "A project is just a bug under development." Seeking to rise above the intelligence of a one eared rabbit... Caught in a vortex of weirdness...

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                      Jasmine2501
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                      You know, I've got a nice Kenwood system at home, and here at the office I have a set of cheapo Altec speakers with the subwoofer, and I can't tell a lot of difference unless I turn it up way too loud for the office. The Kenwood system is a little more clear on the high end, but it's not much of a difference.

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