MrDill

I ended up buy a pair of 6" KRK Rokit Active speakers along with a 10" KRK Active Sub. I finally got the proper cables for them and have just started listening to them. They have no problem filling my 16' X 16' Living Room with sound. The sound also easily carries throughout the rest of my 16' X 76' Trailer House. They have a nice accurate sound. I have no idea what to compare them to though. They do sound much nicer than my Sony Book Shelf System that I formerly used. I'm running them through my old PC. If the CD player goes I should be able to replace it for $20 instead of $200 like my Sony. Thanks for all the suggestions guys. And to those of you that come upon this thread looking for the same information, make sure you buy the correct cables with your speakers. These ones took a 1/8" plug to double 1/4" to go from the back of the Computer to the Sub. From the Sub it took an XLR cable to go to each Speaker.

I would like to do one of two options. They are to either buy some nice 2.1 active speakers and a subwoofer for my old desktop which runs XP. And just plug them into the back and enjoy (if that is even possible). Or buy a new computer with a high end sound card and a nice set of 2.1 active speakers, along with a sub-woofer. I am wondering if trying this with my old computer is even wise, or should I just buy some cheap Creative Gigaworks T3 computer speakers? I could buy a new computer, but have no idea on what motherboards are recommended nor what sound card to use, being that there are so many to look at. I was looking at a variety of speakers at http://www.123dj.com/a_monitors.html They all look good, but I have no way to test them out. Is there a brand that is highly recommended? I enjoy listening to some classic rock, world, ambient, and new age. Don't want the speakers to sound too warm and flat, nor to bright. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.