Don't buy any speakers with a button that you push in. The spring will
break and then Altec-Lansing will tell you that you have to replace them
and don't you have your reciept? and then you'll buy a cord to hook your
computer to your stereo speakers but inevitably you'll lose the remote to
your stereo and wish you'd stuck with some really good headphones.
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Peter T. Bense wrote:
>
> >Now that I have about 10 GB of mp3s floating around my house, I need to
> >invest in a set of good quality computer speakers. I'd like the kind that
> >has the subwoofer in addition to the 2 satellite speakers.
>
> Altec Lansing. There's a number of different styles/colors models available.
>
> >Price is an issue but it's not the determiner. Is there a store where I
> >can go to hear a bunch of these next to each other? I'm dreaming right?
>
> Best Buy / Staples / Office Max.
>
> >I should also probably consider a better soundcard too, so if anyone has
> >one that they recommend (I'd like for it to have a bunch of ins and outs,
> >p'raps a digital out too) I'm all ears.
>
> SoundBlaster Live Value. <$50 including shipping through someone on
> Pricewatch. It includes a digital out. If you want more digital ins/outs
> [like me] you can get a Hoontech expansion card that connects to the SBLive
> and gives you SPDIF digital outs and ins.
>
>
> /peter
>
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