It's up to you, I'm using the Asus Xonar now and yea, it's pretty gd for the price.

The new batch of MX5021 doesn't seem to be very gd in comparison with the old batch, may be you should consider getting Aego m at Rm620 only.

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Added on June 12, 2009, 1:25 pmEdifier S530D may be.

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Again, you can't fully trust those reviews, trust ur own ears my frens, diff ppl has diff needs, also reviews tend to be biased. Thus, I suggest you pay a visit to the nearby shops that carry those babies and try them out urself.

ALL-IT Hypermarket is a better place for audition in my opinion coz they placed all those speakers in a row, easier for comparison whereas in Sri-Com those speakers are scattered everywhere so it's kinda hard to compare them unless you've got gd "audio" memory xD

Not really, I think the All-IT sellers are more frenly, whenever you reached the speaker sections, the chinese guy sure comes and serves you, explain everything to you and let you try all the speakers, whereas when I went to Sri-Comp, there's nobody there, not even a promoter standing there xD Some more they don't turn on those speakers for testing, they only switched on those brands like Eacan and Sonic Gear

Yup, Sri comp 2nd floor, All-IT 3rd floor.

Edifier S530D, AL MX5021, Aego m 2.1, Klipsch GMX 2.1, Edifier S330D

Edifier S530D weak is kinda weak compares to MX5021 but clarity wise it beats MX5021 no doubt. Aego m bass also not very strong but it's well known for instrumental musics/Jazz I guess. Klipsch GMX 2.1 used to be a very nice speakers as well, but I don't think All-IT still hv them, may be you'll hv to look at other place.

Like USB SC only lo, not really recommended for desktop user though.

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Added on June 14, 2009, 8:50 pmIf you don't mind 2nd hand unit, may be you can consider getting Edifier S330, this one should be better from the list of speakers listed above. Otherwise for gaming purpose, I say get the VS4121 coz it's bass is pretty gd and I guess that's what a gamer would hv wanted.

This post has been edited by chingwooi: Jun 14 2009, 08:50 PM

It's weird that you say ur graphic card is preventing you from installing soundcard. I thought there's quite a distance between the 2 slots on the board?

I see, haha, sry for my ignorant coz I'm not really gd at desktop thingy xD

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Added on June 14, 2009, 9:42 pmI'm not quite sure about M3400 but I owned the 4121 and it's pretty I would say for the price, especially for gaming coz the subwoofer is quite powerful. Anyway, if you've got time, no harm go for an audition at the shop.

This post has been edited by chingwooi: Jun 14 2009, 09:42 PM

Same here, point me at gun point I also won't crack open my speakers just to see what's inside xD You can hear the diff of the old and new stocks, the diff are pretty pronounce. My guess is they used cheaper materials in order to save costs, certain parts also went missing

yea, especially for student, dang hard to save money, but RM100 isn't that hard la actually, reduce the frequency of DOT.A-ing and midnight don't go yam cha with frens can ady xD

You got me a little bit confused here, ain't the Lear le01 an IEM? Lol you're asking us to compare an IEM to a speaker? If you're just using the IEM at home then yea, a speaker will always sound better than the IEM I guess.

For hostel I think it's better than you get a 2.1 instead of 5.1 coz the room is pretty small, by placing 5 speakers inside the small room, the interference might affect the performance, just my opinion. Z5500 indeed is an entry level for 5.1.

Haha, totally agree with you man, especially when you live in an apartment, the last time I checked I was only watching the movies in the midnight for less than 15 minutes before my housemates sent bunches of complaint msgs to me xD

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Added on June 24, 2009, 10:04 pmYou should be at safe hand if you're not on the headphone for more than 8 hours, after all I found that the construction site beside my apartment produces more noise than the headphone does.

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Mako is a little bit off his budget, around RM1200++, but may be you should consider it coz the size of Mako is pretty small, easier to bring it overseas.

Since it's just for temporary used, go grab a 2nd hand Altec Lansing VS4121 will do until you've enuf budget for the Edifier S730D No nid waste money getting new Klipsch GMX 2.1

Well, with such high demand and no stock in the market, I'm not surprised if someone wanna sell it at higher price if the condition of the speaker is immaculate and pristine

According to our fellow forumer Proclaimer, the performance of Razer Mako is as gd as Edifier S730D, I've not heard it yet so far coz I'm not really convinced by Gaming peripheral xD The size is pretty small, the satellite speakers are only about the size of aego m satellite speakers, the subwoofer is round in shape one, smaller than AL VS4121 sub. You can check the pic of the speakers at bulk order or music and audio accessories section there.

Pretty light around 23pounds only ~10-11kg.

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Added on July 3, 2009, 7:04 pmHaha really? Too bad I still haven't got the chance to hear it myself, I went to Plaza Low Yat to try it but there's no sample available, all are packed inside the box... Dang...

This post has been edited by chingwooi: Jul 3 2009, 07:04 PM