That's just not true. Most people are going to be so amazed at the sound of the $500 speakers they aren't going to know the difference. With that being said, most monitors are well under that price and they seem fine for the people that make music.
"The people that make music" tend to prefer Genelec's, which can be $8,000 and more, for a single pair. How many production studios have you been in? None? Yeah, thought so.
Please tell me, which speakers did I buy?
I'm using the built-in speakers on my MBP.
Oops, only like 10. You clearly didn't see my signature and it's not the VXT crap, it's E8's, V88s and Series I's at home.
There is a large difference between a pair of $10 speakers and a $100 2.1 system. If the end-user can't tell the difference, what's the point. Oh, don't get off on this point either. I know the difference between a pair of 2.1's and my KRK's, I also know the difference I stated in the former.
My bad, I assume when someone recommends speakers they have spent time with them more then on the internet. Like proper burn-in, fully testing them across a wide-spectrum of music, etc - sorta like owning them?Please tell me, which speakers did I buy?
So here's your logic:
I agree with everything you just said. Nobody here has claimed that you can't tell the difference between "$10 Wal-Mart speakers and anything else under $1000". What I said was that the difference is not worth it. That's a fact. The sound you get from a $80 pair of speakers is rubbish. It may be slightly louder rubbish than a $5 pair of speakers, but it's still rubbish. It isn't going to be any more accurate or enjoyable, hence the "it's not worth it" part of my argument.
This makes sense, I would only buy PC speakers from an established HiFi or studio monitor vendor.
I hate to use the tired old "reading comprehension" argument, but I never claimed you "can't tell the difference" between $10 and $100 speakers.
Agreed. I did own them, for about a year. And dozens of other speaker systems too for that matter. Been in the hifi hobby for a decade now, probably bought and sold $100k worth of home stereo gear in that time too. My current home stereo, if you add up the MSRP on all the components, is roughly $12k. I use an airport express and stream lossless audio files to it. I've also owned 5 or 6 of the "$10 - $100" cheapo PC speakers over the years, so I'm quite familiar with their capabilities (or lack there of).
Don't play numbers games. The point is that if you want good sound, you're not gonna get it until you're WELL above the ~$100 range that so-called "high end" PC speakers sell for at Best Buy and similar stores.
Yes, my mistake on the price of those. When I owned them, I had the S-00 subwoofer along with the two M-00 speakers. Those three pieces were exactly $1000 in total, so that's the number I had on my mind. I actually returned the subwoofer, I didn't care for it, but the two M-00's were excellent.
The difference is:
Okay? I'm going to quote Matt Engstrom, the category manager for Shure for headphones/earphones on sound, "When it comes to sound quality, everything is subjective;"
See above about sound being subjective. I agree Best Buy doesn't carry good stuff, but to say that for $100 you can find some speakers that will sound good for 90% of the population, meh? The OP clearly isn't looking at Hi-Fi stuff, I don't think it's because they are naïve, rather that they don't want to spend $1000, but they want something better then built-in's
Well, now you have just justified the arbitrary exclusion of the $500-$999. But hey, I've only been to ten studios.
cheers guys, I live in an apartment and have the below iMac which means I wont really maxing out sound to much.
That being said for me the iMac speakers are pretty good for me. I just loved the design of the speakers.
Didnt mean to cause a big debate
