Just to double-check, these speakers you're talking about should run on the mac mini with no problems? I like that they have that kind of range, being able to adjust the sound like that is a major plus for me.
-Marc On 4/26/13, Chris Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can't give you an exact model, but have you looked at any of the stuff > from Altech Lanzing? I have a set connected to my windows computer, and > believe me, all else considered, they sound amazing. I can get them so basy > > you'd blow the roof off the place, but! I also! can make them so tinny > sounding that it's almost ear piercingly trebbly. these things have quite! > > a dynamic range. Frankly, I don't think any of the two speaker+sub woofer > sets I've seen that were manufactured by them have been bad. Most of them > are extremely good for what they do, not to mention very very reasonably > priced. I'd say check those out. Granted the set I have was around $300, > which I know is upwards of your budget, but trust me, you get what you pay > for. Take it from a guy who is a certified/qualified sound engineer who > does audio production 8 hours a day 5 days a week for a living profession. > > I don't know if they ship to Canada, though I see absolutely no reason they > > wouldn't... I'd check out > > http://www.sweetwater.com > > They have some amazing! and I do mean amazing! audio hardware gear! > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc Rocheleau" <marcrochel...@gmail.com> > To: "MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 12:13 PM > Subject: Good speakers for mac mini > > >> Hi all, >> >> I've been making due with my mac mini's internal speaker since my old >> PC speakers, a 5.1 set that hadn't worked properly in years, went >> kaput. After grieving the loss for months (not really,) I think I'm >> finally ready to move on and get a nice set of speakers. >> >> Now I throw it to you for any recommendations you may have. I do have >> a certain criteria though: >> >> - I listen to music... a lot. I want it to sound good coming out of >> these things. >> - I will most likely be setting this up to watch DVDs since, when I >> move out eventually, we'll be hooking up a TV as a display with HDMI. >> We're getting a futon so our office will double as a movie room. >> - I'm moving into an apartment building and don't want something too >> bass heavy because of that. I don't think the neighbours would >> appreciate it. ;) >> - The less space it takes up, the better. I am not opposed to 5.1 but >> don't want huge speakers since we'll have other stuff taking up space. >> - I don't want to spend tons of money on these. $500 is my absolute >> limit but I'd like to keep it quite a bit lower than that if possible. >> - I'm in Canada... any links provided would be even more useful if >> they're from Canadian sites. >> - I want something easy to set up on the mac mini... I don't want to >> mess with a bunch of adapters. >> >> I think that's about it. There's a couple of two-speaker sets from >> Bosse on the apple store but reviews are so varied that it leaves me >> unsure. Many say that it has tons of bass too so I am reluctant to put >> out the cash for one of those. I have had a hard time finding other >> options though so I am hoping some of you may have recommendations >> and/or experience that could help me make a decision. >> >> Either way, thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer! >> >> -Marc >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
