2.1 Speaker setups

I'm looking at getting a new speaker setup when I purchase my new notebook. I currently have a 2.0 Altec Lansing setup but I feel I could do with adding a dedicated sub-woofer and going for something that is over 30 RMS output. Any recommendations as to some good manufacturers or even models?

 

If you like bass heavy music, go with Logitech. Otherwise I would recommend the Altec Lansing FX6021:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836113140

 

Yeah, I would appreciate good bass in my music. Any recommended Logitech setups then?

 

creative i-trigue series is also very good.

 

What's your budget? For around the $100 USD mark, the Logitech Z-2300 are a good option, especially if you love bass. For a more balanced sound, you may want to look at the Klipsch ProMedia series.

For budget 2.1 speakers, I find the Logitech X-230 to be excellent value for money.

 

A friend of mine has the X-230's and we hooked it up to my laptops intehgrated audio and they sounded awesome. The bas was very vice indeed. Newegg has them on sale for about $33 at the moment too.

 

x-230! i vouch for them 10 fold! got them expecting them to only last a few months...so i plug them in and BOOM!! thyre loud. and what can i say...playing the likes of beastie boys and coldcut as a cut and shock! thyre really really good. so i was that interested i went adn looked up reviews...thyre arguably one of the best...if THEEE best 2.1 around...how much did i get them for? 26quid form amazon!! look into them!

 

The x-230 are far from the best for 2.1 speakers. For purely computers you can look at klipsch, creative, jbl, altec lansing, and logitech. Those are the most available ones, when you done with those, look at the price and decide how much you want to spend.

 

I have a Cyber Acoustics CA-3000 2.1 Computer Speakers. I brought it for $10. Pretty good sound quality, but not as good as my desktop speaker. But its very portable.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836116179
I Trique L3800 for $80 After $50 Rebate

by the way, does the wireless remote on L3800 work with itunes or WMP?

 

I personally didn't want to spend a bundle on my speakers since I use headphones in conjuction for certain things. So I went out and bought the X-230s expecting mediocre performance. These things blew me away. If you hav e the extra cash, I would invest in the Z-2300s but the X-230s are the best buy for the money.

 

Just a heads up.... On ebay I have found Z-2300s for 50ish and the Klipsch Promedia 2.1s for as low as 35ish. All sets are Brand new just sold by wholesalers or shops with overstock. I would go for the klipsch personally, better all around. More mid range for the money.

 

Same here... much more balanced IMO. I only mentioned the Z-2300s for those who love their doof...

 

Picked up the X-230 last night and I'm very chuffed with the sound. So far I've tried it with my mp3 player which gave reasonable sound quality even though it is a pretty old device. The seperation of different levels and tones was very clear which I wasn't expecting. Now where the speakers really seemed to excel was with video-gaming. I hooked them up to my Wii and gave The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess a whirl. The sound quality was SUCH an improvement! I actually can't think how I put up with the poor quality audio I had before.

Thanks for all the recommendations!