Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers - Club CDFreaks

Kweldood · 21-04-2008

I need to buy something terribly simple but for some reason I've been unable to do so after some local shopping (wrong places or simply wrong shop employees, who knows).

I need a pair of stereo-capable standalone (read, no subwoofers or whatnot) PC speakers with a bare minimum decent sound output which I can place wherever in the room I need to place them, with my own custom cables (RCA or similar).

I've been using a couple of old speakers for years which fulfill this part just fine, except that after recurrent cleaning accidents they now need to be replaced.

Any ideas of where I can order this online ? My budget is up to, say 30€ / £25 / US$50 maximum.

Thank you!

chosenfew777 · 24-04-2008

Wal Mart-believe it or not.
I recently refurbished an old Dell PC for my sis for Christmas and needed a pair of small PC desktop speakers. I bought a pair of Altec Lansings for $15. They're not the most powerful, but they do the job.
At Wal Mart,. they have everything from bare-bones to fancy (with or without subs) & everything in between. You'd be amazed at the choices.

*eric93se* · 24-04-2008

well here are two suggestions:
Cyber Acoustics CA-2992 36 Watts
Logitech X-140 5 watts

*eric93se* · 24-04-2008

Those cyber acoustics are cheapest at nextwarehouse.com:
Link 44 bucks, free shipping.

Kweldood · 25-04-2008

I guess I should have been more specific about one vital aspect:

It's not just the distance from the speakers to the PC that counts, but also the distance between one speaker to the other.

That's the catch and why I've been having trouble finding what I need, because most PC speaker systems nowadays seem to come with fixed cables at some point which you can't just plug in and out. You're either stuck in the speaker-PC cabling, or the speaker-speaker cabling - and I need BOTH to be freely unpluggable.

No WalMart around as I live in Europe (we have FNAC, but they don't have the stuff), but I'd gladly order from anywhere online if I have to.

Cressida · 25-04-2008

You should be able to use extension cables, especially since it's only a stereo pair. Most PC speakers use standardized connections like Cinch or mini-jack.

*eric93se* · 25-04-2008

Since you said you were giong to use custom cables I thought you would know how to cut and add more wire with a soldering iron.

slytrans69 · 27-04-2008

Why not just cut the cable and put RCA jacks on each and use a speaker cable to go in between using your desired length?

21-04-2008	#1 (permalink)
Kweldood CD Freaks Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 142	Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I need to buy something terribly simple but for some reason I've been unable to do so after some local shopping (wrong places or simply wrong shop employees, who knows). I need a pair of stereo-capable standalone (read, no subwoofers or whatnot) PC speakers with a bare minimum decent sound output which I can place wherever in the room I need to place them, with my own custom cables (RCA or similar). I've been using a couple of old speakers for years which fulfill this part just fine, except that after recurrent cleaning accidents they now need to be replaced. Any ideas of where I can order this online ? My budget is up to, say 30€ / £25 / US$50 maximum. Thank you!

24-04-2008	#2 (permalink)
chosenfew777 CD Freaks Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ft. Worth, Texas, USA Posts: 118	Re: Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers Wal Mart-believe it or not. I recently refurbished an old Dell PC for my sis for Christmas and needed a pair of small PC desktop speakers. I bought a pair of Altec Lansings for $15. They're not the most powerful, but they do the job. At Wal Mart,. they have everything from bare-bones to fancy (with or without subs) & everything in between. You'd be amazed at the choices. __________________ O.K. ... So what's the speed of dark? _____________________________________________________________ Kerosene powered Dell w/ Hyper-Threading 2.8 ghz P4. Static electricity-powered Geefarse 256M DDR Nvidya vidya card. Pedal-powered 80-giggety HDD with finely whittled wooden platters. Two wind-up LG DVD RAM drives duct taped to solar-powered bi-focal lasers (read: Big ol' magnifyin' glasses on a sunny day). Sing with me: Old McDell-o's drive was slow- P - I - P - I - O... From Odessy Into the Mind's Eye (Track/ch. 5 - One Dark World): Here we are in a world so far away. Floating home, through the void we roam, And drift astray. (and still we pray) Away, we drift away. Please bring us home...

24-04-2008	#3 (permalink)
eric93se CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,590	Re: Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers well here are two suggestions: Cyber Acoustics CA-2992 36 Watts Logitech X-140 5 watts

24-04-2008	#4 (permalink)
eric93se CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,590	Re: Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers Those cyber acoustics are cheapest at nextwarehouse.com: Link 44 bucks, free shipping.

25-04-2008	#5 (permalink)
Kweldood CD Freaks Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 142	Re: Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers I guess I should have been more specific about one vital aspect: It's not just the distance from the speakers to the PC that counts, but also the distance between one speaker to the other. That's the catch and why I've been having trouble finding what I need, because most PC speaker systems nowadays seem to come with fixed cables at some point which you can't just plug in and out. You're either stuck in the speaker-PC cabling, or the speaker-speaker cabling - and I need BOTH to be freely unpluggable. No WalMart around as I live in Europe (we have FNAC, but they don't have the stuff), but I'd gladly order from anywhere online if I have to.

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Cressida CD Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost there Posts: 4,444	Re: Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers You should be able to use extension cables, especially since it's only a stereo pair. Most PC speakers use standardized connections like Cinch or mini-jack.

25-04-2008	#7 (permalink)
eric93se CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,590	Re: Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers Since you said you were giong to use custom cables I thought you would know how to cut and add more wire with a soldering iron.

27-04-2008	#8 (permalink)
slytrans69 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 713	Re: Need to buy standalone pair of PC speakers Why not just cut the cable and put RCA jacks on each and use a speaker cable to go in between using your desired length?

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