Just an FYI, if you really are doing a 5.1 surround sound setup you can
run the optical output from your mini to a standard 5.1 decoder receiver
so when you play a DVD you get all the surround-sound goodness. Other
than that, what speakers sound good is a pretty subjective thing.
Personally I like my old JBL 4408 studio monitors.
CB
On 4/26/13 12:13 PM, Marc Rocheleau wrote:
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
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