Why I like Large Computer Speakers 01+Desk Setup Comparisons to my own.

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 Baloney.

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 our 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 my family's WINDOWS XP machine and made many a game and YOUTUBE video sound good 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 out of temporary retirement.

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 Logitech's.

This was an interesting system.

The Main Speakers were still small but where the real punch came was from the subwoofer 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 Lansing's or whatever cheapo speakers come with pre-builds.

(I'm looking at you IBUYPOWER!!!)

I've seen builds/desk setups from other people.

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 soundbar

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.

Enclosed below is my Current Setup.

If anyone needs a refresher of what my specs are without going into my WIX Website, here it is:

CPU:

AMD Ryzen 9 9950x3D Granite Ridge 4.3GHZ 16-Core CPU

Cooler:

Corsair iCUE Link Titan RX 240 RGB AIO 

GPU:

16GB GIGABYTE EAGLE Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 

RAM:

32GB Corsair Vengeance 6000MTS Dual Channel DDR5 U-DIMM RGB RAM

Storage: 

512GB Silicon Power Gen 3 SSD for Windows 11 Pro OS

1TB Samsung 980 Gen4 SSD for Data and App purposes

2TB Lexar NM710 Gen4 SSD for my Games

18TB Western Digital EasyStore External HDD for Long-term storage

Power Supply:

Seasonic Focus GX-1000 1000 Watt 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular PSU

Chassis:

Fractal Design Pop Air Mid Tower ATX Case

Monitors:

ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL3A 34" 180hz Curved Ultrawide VA Display

ASUS TUF GAMING VG27AQ 27" 144hz IPS Display

WACOM ONE Creative Pen Display

Speakers: 

Mackie CR3-X Multimedia Studio Monitor Speakers

Operating System: 

Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

Keyboard: 

RK Royal Kludge R87 Hot swappable Mechanical Keyboard

Mouse:

Razer Basilisk V3 Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse

Webcam:

Creative Live! Cam USB 4K Webcam with Backlight Compensation

Game Controllers: 

8Bitdo Ultimate 2 Bluetooth Controller

SD Card Reader: 

Lexar 3-in-1 SD/Micro SD/Compact Flash Card Reader

Headset:

Razer Kraken V3 USB Gaming Headset with Microphone & THX Audio

Printer:

Canon Pixma TS3720 All-in-One Inkjet Printer with Scanner

Capture Device:

Avermedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus

Optical Drive:

LG Super Multi Blue Internal SATA 16X Blu-Ray Disc Rewriter

I hope this post explains it all.