Hey all, im planning to get a USB sound card and also a 5.1 speaker for my laptop. Any recommend? my budget around RM600-700 for both. Whats in my mind now is, sound card is Creative sound blaster X-fi Surround 5.1 and speaker is Edifier R501 MK2, is both of this ok?

Halo, I have been read this thread until last month, but I din read this thread after that...
Because of my budget’s concern (400 or 600), most ppl recommend Edifier C3/S530 to me (last time I use SB Audigy+Altec Lansing ACS45.1 since 2002)...  firstly i plan to get Altec Lansing again(MX5051) in sri comp, but he staff recommend C3 to me coz he said AL is not a good choice compared to last time..

I think in tis thread, most ppl give decent comments on Edifier, but not so on AL.. So I choose edifier n test the speaker.. Maybe im too trust the comments given on lowyat.net(before december 2008 post) so I din manage to test the speaker in details.. at last I bought C3 with sb x-fi xtreme audio..

At 1st I test with my old speaker with de new soundcard n settings, it did give me good satisfaction (but I think because of the old speaker, it din produce the best sound).. but when I test with C3 with some settings, it din produce de “music” taste I wan when I listening to anime/Jpop music(most time I listening to Jpop) n de bass is slightly different from what I want(I have to admit im a perfectionist n im very vErY concern with the music’s details very much.. ).. It did produce good sound when I try with hard rock/disco/classical song.. 

I think maybe the problem is the  subwoofer din give a “long throw” effect compare with my ACS45.1 n seems the satellites is build to mainly on sound clarity but not on bass(I have to admit Edifier c3 sound clarity is quite good with tis x-fi xtreme).. got a ppl mention that all edifier subwoofer is not strong in this thread, n I wonder will the problem happen again when I bought another Edifier(S530) or I should buy the Altec Lansing’s speaker that I admire for yearsss?@@ but desperate with the comments bout altec lansing, it is hard for me to make choice now. Last week, I jus bought the C3. Maybe I should burn-in the speaker for few days to make final judgment? Hmm

Hiya I'm planning on getting a 5.1 speaker set to plug into a BenQ E2400 HD monitor... sound coming mainly from PS3 HDMI. I already have a set of Audio Technica headphones but I want a good set of speakers for when friends come over or when my head gets tired of wearing headphones, etc.

Budget around RM500. What would you guys recommend? Also, would a 2.1 setup sound a lot better at that price? I've never had a 5.1 setup before so I dunno if my PS3 experience would greatly improve because of surround.

Thanks in advance.