Why I like Large Computer Speakers 01

 Ever seen those Internet Memes about people being all NOSTALGIC about those ALTEC LANSING speakers from the 90s?

I don't know about you but while the design of these speakers are indeed spot on,

I honestly wouldn't want to listen to Audio from these kinds of speakers anyway due to the size of these speakers as well as the fact that they most likely have little to no base response like I prefer to have.

And GOD FORBID if I ever had a computer that came with this style of speakers like these LABTECs below:

 

Or these CREATIVE LABS SPEAKERS from 1995

And one Redditor mentioned that these CREATIVE SPEAKERS remind him

of his crappy Labtecs.

Sure, they're advertised with a BASE BOOST button but a lot of use call these BASE BOOST a load of Balony.

That's because if the BASE BOOST were to work as intended, then if you cranked the volume too high, you might run the risk of burning out the Speaker Cones inside of these things.

I'm sure glad my Speakers from my Childhood were often of the more powerful or pro brandings.

How so?

Well, When my family got their first Computer: A COMPAQ PRESARIO 5477,

It came with these 

It's been a while but I've heard from people about how good these JBLs Sound even for their size.

My next computer, A VOBIS HIGHSCREEN SKY, 

We paired that PC with these speakers below

Ignore that plug on the left as that uses a plug that we in 

North America don't use.

Also, Pay not attention to these ENJOY Speakers next to the ZOLTRIXOUNDS.

These weren't your Good-Ole Rolands or JBL Pro Speakers like you want but I remember that these speakers did sound pretty good for your PC Setup.

Back when I had these ZOLTRIXOUNDs, I mostly played edutainment titles because PARENTS but if I was more comprehensible with my speech, I would have preferred to play some UNREAL TOURNAMENT, NEED FOR SPEED, or even HALF LIFE using these speakers.

When my family replaced our VOBIS with an MDG HORIZON PC in 2005,

I had these exact speakers below

Forgive the photo Quality. 

This was taken on my AQUA BLUE NINTENDO 3DS back in 2011.

Although the individual speakers were a bit of a downgrade compared to my ZOLTRIXOUNDs, the Woofer/Control Deck made up for them.

I remember how good these sounded on our WINDOWS XP machine and made many a game and YOUTUBE video sound decent on these speakers.

When my family replaced our SAMSUNG monitor with a Viewsonic, they decided that I didn't need the speakers due to the Viewsonic having it's own built in so I stuck with that for a bit but like any FLATSCREEN LCD Monitor, the speakers on my VIEWSONIC SUCKED BALLS so we eventually brought the SUPERWOOFER speakers back.

For a good while, I moved to laptops and stuck with the speakers built in to them but after 2021, I wanted to get back into using Desktops on my own setups once again so after a SYLVANIA speaker crapped out on me, I went to London Drugs and bought this

This thing was a real toss up as it's meant to be used as a portable speaker but It was decent for it's size.

But on CANADA DAY 2023, I replaced that speaker with these Logitechs

This was an interesting system.

The Main Speakers were still small but where the real punch came was from the Superwoofer which is meant to go underneath your desk.

And it has a punch that puts both my ZOLTRIXOUNDs & SUPER WOOFERS from my childhood to shame.

Currently at the moment, I now use my MACKIE CR3-X Speakers with my Ryzen system.

So I just mentioned the speakers I use but that doesn't really give clues as to why I prefer large Computer Speakers.

Well for starters,

I just have a thing for LOUD VOLUME WITH POWERFUL BASE RESPONSE.

Sure, I'm Autistic but I'm not Sensitive to Audio unless it's annoyingly high pitched to a point I worry I might go deaf.

My NEURODIVERSE ears actually have a craving to hear the loudness of explosions, the rumble of things like motors, car engines, and even the percussion of the soundtrack.

Most of it is because my ears are used to the loud nature of the speakers used in Movie Theaters like the various CINEPLEX & CINEMARK cinemas in the Vancouver area I grew up in.

And with that, I want to recreate that feeling with my own Speakers at the house.

And some people out there don't even like the cheapo Altec Lansings or whatever cheapo speakers come with pre-builds.

I've seen builds from other people which I'll share once I get the chance to update this post in the near future 

And from what I can gather, it straddles between whether they have small but capable speakers like those nice little CREATIVE PEBBLES

or

whether they like loud base response like my MACKIES or some Edifiers that some people use.

or 

They have a Subwoofer

or 

They just decide to forgo Speakers altogether and instead use Headsets.

It depends.

For me, 

I like ROOM FILLING LOUDNESS because it's those MOVIE THEATERS that made me fall in love with LOUDNESS with speakers.

I hope this post explains it all.