Speakers for a Mac Pro?

[speekez]

I'm looking for a decent speaker set for my Mac Pro -- nothing too large, doesn't have to be super high end audiophile, but should still have nice sound with a fairly small footprint (esp. the woofer). I used to have Altec Lansing and they were nice.

Suggestions?

 

[Pili]

price range?

I have the bose companion 3 and i like them alot, pretty small but sound great even when you turn em up. A little pricey tho for what you get.

 

[pianoman]

i have this Creative 2.1 system. small and good enough for me. for anything that requires my utmost audio attention i'll put on headphones; though, my family will attest that this system is more powerful than it looks.

 

[bld44]

i have this Creative 2.1 system. small and good enough for me. for anything that requires my utmost audio attention i'll put on headphones; though, my family will attest that this system is more powerful than it looks.

I have the same system. Before this, I had a 5.1 dolby Altec lansing system with 5 speakers and a sub the size of a normal computer tower. There wasn't much of a difference between the two!

 

[thegoldenmackid]

Which Altec Lansings...The FX6021s are my universal recommendation.

 

[valdore]

I have the Harman Kardon soundsticks, and the speakers on my three year old Dell peecee were better, and the soundsticks look somewhat phallic.

 

[dreamsINdigital]

I recommend any Logitech speakers.

 

[apfhex]

Which Altec Lansings...The FX6021s are my universal recommendation.

Regardless of peoples opinions of how they sound (I love 'em), these are definitely a great match for any metal Mac. They take up more vertical space than horizontal, including the subwoofer (which isn't too big, not like what you might get from Logitech).

 

[ctsport1234]

Which Altec Lansings...The FX6021s are my universal recommendation.

I have these speakers and they are very very good speakers. They are very reasonably priced too.

I am currently using JBL's Creature II with my MBP which aren't too shabby either

 

[aliasfox]

Monsoon MM-1000

Wait for them on ebay. They've been out of production for 4 years now I think.

They usually go for about $150 on ebay, which is about the same price as when new. I have them, they're glorious - you can set them up for completely flat response from 55 Hz to 20 Khz. Macworld raved about them, PC Magazine used them as reference speakers for years - against which all others were judged.

They're magnificently precise due to the one driver planar magnetic design of the satellites - similar in design to multi-thousand dollar electrostatic speakers. No timing issues as you can hear on multi-driver satellites.

My other set of speakers was a set of Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 - cloudy sounding with big boomy bass - and kind of shrill with the grills taken off.

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Or you could find an iPod Hi-Fi - those sound pretty damn good - better than any sat/sub system on the market today...