speaker External speaker? High quality speakers for my pc setup.

[SnowYetti]

Hello guys, so I currently use a JBL charge 4 speaker for audio on my pc setup. I'm tired of it dying all of the time and i want to change that. I can figure out which headphones to get, but my question is - what are good external speakers that can connect to the back of my pc. I want something that sounds great, has great bass, and possible a subwoofer too. I'm setting my budget from $150-350 anywhere in that range

[SnowYetti]

I have the B650 Aorus elite ax Ice, I'm not sure if that helps

[Nick Brennan]

Amazon.com: JBL Professional 308P MkII 8-Inch, 2-Way, Powered, Active Monitor Speaker for Near Field Music Production, Studio Monitor, Desktop Computer, Hi-Fi Audio. Sold individually, Black : Electronics

 

Those for 200$ are a really good deal. They will sound great for music, gaming and movies on your pc. Try looking around for subs for 150$ But for speakers, monitors, those above are very nice for the price.

 

Monoprice SW-10 10" 150 Watt RMS (300 Watt Peak) Powered Subwoofer (41497) for sale online | eBay

 

That sub is nice for the price. Total will be 350$.

 

To be honest, with those speakers above, I wouldn't get a sub. Your audio will be fine and sound great standalone as well with them. They are really nice monitors. A sub would always be nice though and add to your experience.

 

This is all my own opinion. Hope you enjoy whatever you get.

[Nick Brennan]

You would get TRS to 3.5mm cable for the speakers and for the sub you would get RCA to 3.5mm cable. Plug the TRS end into your speakers and then the 3.5mm jack into your soundcard/motherboard jac. For the sub, you would plug the RCA end into the sub and the 3.5mm end into your soundcard/motherboard jack for where the bass/sub goes.

 

I think you would set the speakers to NOT full range so windows sends all bass frequencies to the subwoofer you have connected. Someone else can help you with that though. Anyways just a suggestion.

[Nick Brennan]

Amazon.com: JBL Professional 306P MkII 6-Inch 2-Way Powered, Active Monitor Speaker for Near Field Music Production, Studio Monitor, Desktop Computer, Hi-Fi Audio. Sold individually, Black : JBL: Electronics

 

That is another pair for 50$ cheaper. They are also nice.

[E-waste]

On 12/8/2024 at 4:25 AM, SnowYetti said:

I'm tired of it dying all of the time and i want to change that.

Battery capacity might be reducing, especially if you are draining it to the red dot, and performing a complete full charge, which will further rapidly reduce battery capacity.

 

If you really care, stop using it 2 dots from the red, and stop charging 1 or even better, 2 dots from full.

 

Yes per charge will obviously last about half as much, but over all, the capacity will not degrade as rapidly over the years, so you can delay a battery replacement.

 

 

For speakers, I don't have any suggestions.

 

But I would like to recommend VLC's

 

2-pass EQ

 

So instead of +20 / - 20 dB, you can double the effect with this option, effectively giving you

 

80 dB EQ range.

 

Whatever speakers you choose, look up the frequency response graph (not just the probably made up low and high numbers which are basically useless)

 

Then, try to balance out the sound.

 

What I recomnend is a strong 100+ watt amp.  Keep your speakers at maximum amp volume, because this allows maximum power to the lowest notes.  My opinion is that many people increase bass because they are listening at a lower volume, where the speaker just is incapable of adequately producing that effect for quiet listening.  If you were to max out your computer output and amp volume, in my opinion, you wouldn't need much extra bass.

 

I have some old speakers with a VERY high bass cross-over.  I know because even a persons voice sounds incredibly bassy, to the point just listening to a video can make the desk rumble.  It may be a slight exaggeration, but the bass cross-over must be into the 350+ Hz range.

 

So what I do is drop the bass to the absolute lowest possible setting of -20 db in VLC, and pick up the

 

500 Hz in vlc on android or 600 Hz on vlc desktop.

 

I pick up the 500 Hz by as much as 9+ dB (sometimes 15+ dB) and pick up treble quite high too, +12 dB on one of my presets and +9 on another for all hz past 500.

 

Picking up midtones and treble counter-balances the ridiculously excessive bass cross-over and sounds great.

 

If I had it all flat, the bass would just be too much, and turning it down this much allows the snare drum sound to be more powerful than the kickbass, so the snare has more volume.

 

Goo test songs

 

John Melloncamp

 

Rain on the Scarcrow

 

Little Pink Houses

 

Tom Petty - Refugee

 

Get the snare power dialed in and CRANK IT UP!