http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Boston Acoustics - MM226MIST $80 @ http://www.electronics-expo.com

Mid priced:
Klipsch 2.1 THX system $150

High:
Onkyo Stereo receiver $140
JBL 5" bookshelf(pair) $100 shipped
JBL 10" sub $150
total $390
COMPLETELY! BLOWS THE HELL OUT OF THE $400 BOSE COMPANION 5!
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Axiom is a well respected Audiophile grade speaker company.

http://www.axiomaudio.com/audiobytecomputerspeakers.html]]>Jun 14th 2009 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/axiom_audio_audiobyte_speakers
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/axiom-audiobyte,news-322.html]]>Jun 14th 2009 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 1:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
1) Pick something difficult to criticize, i.e. established classics
2) Play a mix.

Matchbox 20 is neither.]]>Jun 12th 2009 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/What? They are *always* unacceptable? That's pretty damn broad. At my workplace we only have 8 employees, and most of them don't work near my office. I blast rock all the time, and if someone wants to have a meeting at the conference table, i turn it down.

You assume that manners and speakers are mutually exclusive, or that all working environments are the same, which is silly.
-Taylor]]>Jun 12th 2009 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
I like the $$$/performance that Logitech offers, but Creative and Altec Lansing have some decent $$$/performance stuff too.
Klipsch is good on the high end of the $$$, and BOSE is well... BOSE... avoid at all cost. ;)

Best solution is to do as with home speakers... listen to lots of different ones, and ideally to the music you want to listen to, and make your decision based on that. Testing inside a store, or a big box place would actually be not bad for simulating an office experience.... all that back ground noise and crappy acoustics. ;)
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I have a pair, and set them ontop of an endcap where I work, we turn on the music and no matter where you are around the speakers, they sound great.

the omnidirectional idea works.]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
--Deamion]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Cons, heavy and not loud on analogue input method.
Pros, sound awesome through USB and go to loud for the office(unless you use the analogue method to hook em up)
]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/ X-240. The X-240 is cheaper because it's subwoofer is less powerful. make sure you get the right one.]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
However I find the 230s to be better quality too. The 240s have bad problems with popping at loud volumes, where the 230s don't seem to. I have tested that on two different 230s and two different 240s, and all are the same.]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
"some good suggestions for reasonably priced computer speaker sets that sound good"

"reasonably priced computer speaker sets that sound good"

"reasonably priced computer speaker sets"

"reasonably priced"]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
Other

Sound

Equipment]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bose]]>Jun 12th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
But with distortion. Makes crappy hiphop sound better :)


Then again, you could always use two and an insert cable :P]]>Jun 12th 2009 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/promedia-ultra-2-0-overview/]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/promedia-2-1-overview/]]>Jun 12th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/Jun 12th 2009 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7933686&type=product&id=1151657980013]]>Jun 12th 2009 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/ask-engadget-best-pc-speakers-for-the-office/
$100? You can get them at Sams Club for $60!]]>Jun 12th 2009 1:05AM