hi there am looking at a budget 2.1 or 5.1 speaker set from edifier, logitech and sonic gear. can anyone tell me which one is the best from each brand and which is overall recommended? thanks lots!!

give us a quantitative amount for your budget, for some, RM100 is a budget speaker, for others, even RM400 is considered a budget speaker
generally people here would recommend Edifier, E3100 for RM150 range, M3300 for around RM200+, C3/S330 for RM400 range, and for higher end models, go for S530D or S730, both at RM750+ and RM1000+ range respectively.

for Logitech, only heard good stuffs about Z5500 (?), not sure about other models, for Sonic Gear, forget about it, waste of money to get them

Also, be careful of Altec, only certain speakers are nice.

okies budget around RM200-RM300

heard some good things abt logitech x540 tho'?

from what i've read, the newer models are crappy, it was good back then

give Edifier M3300 a try, or C3/S330 if you can push your budget higher
generally i believe in getting a better 2.1 set at the same price, unless if 5.1 setting (gaming/movies) is really important to you

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Added on February 17, 2010, 9:18 pmhi, a little bit late, but found this online:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-repli...fm/1288271.html

might help

This post has been edited by cyew86: Feb 17 2010, 09:18 PM

thanks for the info yaww
anyway what do they mean onboard and digital ?
anyone here using S330D/S330?

What about C3?Give em' a try

onboard sound chip = the sound chip built into your motherboard, normally not as good as standalone sound cards like Asus Xonar
digital = digital signal (1,0), normally via coaxial or optical cable, the digital decoder in the speaker unit does the decoding of the signals. unlike analogue connection, digital connection ensures that there is no loss in signal, ensuring better sound quality

correct me if i were wrong

you sure are hardselling C3
but yea, for RM400 budget, C3 is a viable option

currently im using a edifier m1310

plan to upgrade to something more punchy and clearer !

RM300 max second hand or new doesnt matter

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Added on February 19, 2010, 12:09 amusually a good 5.1 system starts from what price ?

This post has been edited by carbonfibre: Feb 19 2010, 12:09 AM

i think around rm400

Around RM400 he can get Logitech X-540 at RM450

For budget RM400, i will recommend u Edifier M3500 and R501.

erm i wanna get DA5000 PRO. but at penang and sungai petani...i cant find any of them. if compare between DA5000 PRO with R501? which one better to get crisp n surround sound?

Well, you can buy it online:
http://www.lelong.com.my/Auc/List/2007-01D...-PRO-SERIES.htm

tis is DA5000PRO? ei now selling on rm699? how come the price is 669? i tot DA5000 is 669 and DA5000 PRO is 699?

guys, i plan to get vs4121 sooner or later, but i heard tat the current black version's sound is crap compare to previous one, is it true ?

yup
and the current black one has only 0.0012% that sounded good
all that 99.9988% not good

so think smart

Sounds like tin kosong and bass not so punchy.

0.0012% ? y ?

i dunno
I've heard many vs4121 midrange isn't very impressive and bass is unstable

but somehow my friend's vs4121 sounded okay (what I mean was okay,not extremely good)
and one of them is at harvey norman and it sounded good

so I'm guessing if you are lucky you'll get those good ones but most likely you'll get the not good ones

Note: I'm speaking through MY experience. ( results may vary )