pc speakers - to burst ear drums and shake walls...

[goldilocks]

(I dont know if this would be more applicable in AV rather than C+C)

I'm buying my Dad some pc speakers as a 'thank you for helping me thru uni - now i have money you deserve a present' present

He likes the Bose Companion 3
Are there any better alternatives for similar money that are worth checking out?

these will be playing post rock more than phil collins so they'll need to be of a more than reasonable sound quality - i like the idea of single touch mute on the bose - (makes it easier for mum to switch them off when she needs to talk to him) - and if possible i'd like for him to be able to plug his mp3 player directly into them too
so can you suggest anything that will be better than the bose - or do i just buy him the ones he has his heart set on?

Thanks

[Joe 90]

if you want speakers to "burst ear drums and shake walls" then you have to get some like mine.
Logitech Z-5500
http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h818.htm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Dig.../dp/B0006HBCL8

had mine about 4 or 5 years and bought them second hand - they attach to my PC, TV and Xbox via the optical, phillips digital and analogue surround inputs

[Dr. Z]

ANYTHING will be better than any Bose system.

Buy Other Sound Equipment

Their company tagline should read: "Better sound through marketing".

Don't believe the BS.

[PvtPyle]

I just bought the Companion 5, and they are awesome.

[Dr. Z]

My condolances.

Situations like this I hate - how am I supposed to give my honest opinion without making you feel like you have just wasted hundreds of pounds?

[Del Lardo]

All high and lows. It must be Bose!

I don't know if they have improved over the last few years but historically they have been renound for completely lacking any midrange.

[PvtPyle]

Originally Posted by DRZ

My condolances.

Situations like this I hate - how am I supposed to give my honest opinion without making you feel like you have just wasted hundreds of pounds?

Honesty is fine by me I'm happy with them!

[goldilocks]

Originally Posted by |Show|

if you want speakers to "burst ear drums and shake walls" then you have to get some like mine.
Logitech Z-5500

oooh - amazon recommended them to me too, the problem is, thats a lot of speakers for a regular size computer desk - the benefit of the bose is the the two satellite speakers are free standing and don't take up a lot of room.
if i see a set tho, i will deffinitely give them a listen

Originally Posted by DRZ

My condolances.

Situations like this I hate - how am I supposed to give my honest opinion without making you feel like you have just wasted hundreds of pounds?

see this is what i was worried about
my dad has tried them out in the bose shop, and loves them - jaspers dad recently invested in 2 sets of bose speakers, and loves them, pvtpile evidently loves his - yet we get this 'bose - omgwtf?!11! what a waste' reaction.
why is this?
your honest opinion is that they suck, his honest opinion is that he spent his money and is happy with them... they're opinions, they differ, no one is more valid than another (oh, other than that he owns them...)
and as for 'buy other sound equipment' - if i wanted 'any other sound system' i' wouldn't have bothered asking for peoples recommendations - i want a freaking awesome sound system.
so... anything more constructive to input - what would you have instead?

[Feek]

The sound that comes out of my Bose Waveradio is nothing less than stunningly superb.

[Admiral Huddy]

There's a speaker round up in this months Custom PC..

They still rate the Logitech Z-5500 as the best PC speaker and I'm certianly saving my pennies for these monsters.