Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present! (part 2)

[Rhosfelt]

Thanks for the suggestion. Did a bit of looking around and while those look like awesome speakers, they're not compact enough. Maybe I should just get a bigger desk?

Seriously, though, what I need is something similar to the JBL Creature II's. (small satellite speakers and small sub) My only gripe with those was that the power button was on the sub, which didn't make any sense to me at all. I'm not in a big hurry to get speakers, so I'm open to more suggestions if anyone has any.

Honestly I'd recommend the creature II's they are small, sound great, and you can get them to match your mac to a T. Right now I am using a pair of Creatives (I-Trigue), they are pretty small about $80 and sound great..but the sub is huge (in comparison) and really heavy..

 

[ghostchild]

omg i have same setup lol same mbp mouse and keyboard

It's all good.

I love that drink. It's so good.

Yep. one of my favorites.

 

[Shotglass]

I'm basically just looking for the best sounding compact speakers that I can find for around $100-150.

Unless you really need Speakers, I would suggest spending the money on headphones. At that price, you can get awesome stuff.

 

[ghostchild]

Well you have choices here:

Swan M10
Logitech Z2300
Klipsch Promedia

All 2.1 with a lot of hype.

 

[vicious7]

Kaiser, what kind of 'stand' are you using? I've never seen it before. All I've ever seen is the iCurve, elevator, and the mStand.

It looks like a $305 USD Balmuda Floater stand. I guess money isn't too much of an issue

 

[Adokimus]

Kaiser, what kind of 'stand' are you using? I've never seen it before. All I've ever seen is the iCurve, elevator, and the mStand.

It looks like a $305 USD Balmuda Floater stand. I guess money isn't too much of an issue

I'll confirm that. I think I've only seen two instances, including this one, where someone shelled out the cash for it. There are some threads on macrumors regarding this uber-expensive stand. To save you some time, here's the cheaper option:

http://www.powersupportusa.com/products/macbook_dockingstand.php

Where did you get the white PS3?

Only place I've found them is
http://www.renchi.com/renchi/PS3_Co...mic_White_HDD_40GB_220V_Hong_Kong_Version.htm

And I'm a bit skeptical.

Cheers.

You could also go to http://www.colorwarepc.com and make a ps3 any color you want... for a price.

-Ado

 

[roker]

Thanks for the suggestion. Did a bit of looking around and while those look like awesome speakers, they're not compact enough.

Seriously, though, what I need is something similar to the JBL Creature II's. (small satellite speakers and small sub) My only gripe with those was that the power button was on the sub, which didn't make any sense to me at all. I'm not in a big hurry to get speakers, so I'm open to more suggestions if anyone has any.

What about these "JBL Spot Powered Satellite Speakers and Subwoofer"? I haven't seen them in the real, but they look similarly sized to the creature II's (don't know where the power button is on these but I think the volume definitely isn't on the sub).

 

[bluedoggiant]

Thanks for the suggestion. Did a bit of looking around and while those look like awesome speakers, they're not compact enough. Maybe I should just get a bigger desk?

Seriously, though, what I need is something similar to the JBL Creature II's. (small satellite speakers and small sub) My only gripe with those was that the power button was on the sub, which didn't make any sense to me at all. I'm not in a big hurry to get speakers, so I'm open to more suggestions if anyone has any.

bose companion 2s are small, powerful subwoofer, awing sound quality

 

[Shaduu]

Where did you get the white PS3?

Only place I've found them is
http://www.renchi.com/renchi/PS3_Co...mic_White_HDD_40GB_220V_Hong_Kong_Version.htm

And I'm a bit skeptical.

Cheers.

Colorware of course. Custom gadget colours FTW!

 

[eyemacg5]

Colorware of course. Custom gadget colours FTW!

But wouldn;t i get the ps3 with the american voltage and I want the english one?

 

[bluedoggiant]

What about these "JBL Spot Powered Satellite Speakers and Subwoofer"? I haven't seen them in the real, but they look similarly sized to the creature II's (don't know where the power button is on these but I think the volume definitely isn't on the sub).

they are not on the subwoofer, they are on the satellites, i tryed those out, they are pretty good, but i would pick bose companion 2s, i have those, i thought they were terrible, i was comparing them to the jbl spots... i was wrong, then i compared them to the creatures...... lets just say that bose is the best for its level and size, and pretty cheap

So I got my new iMac 24" 2.4ghz today!! Picked up a printer to go along with it thanks to the rebate too.

The screen on this baby is gorgeous!!!



24" Aluminum iMac 2.4ghz, 320gig hard drive, 1 gig ram
Lacie 500 gig external
2.0ghz Macbook 1gig ram

Here's the printer, finally found/made a shelf to fit...
http://photos-977.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v148/124/109/503744977/n503744977_174535_4635.jpg

is that the mp470? i have that one

Haha, i know right! It's killing me not to just go open it up right now. I actually have opened it up to check everything out, but I just taped the box back up.

why did you get the old imac????

My latest addition, the macbook pro and the wireless keyboard.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Crusader_69/1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Crusader_69/DSC00191.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Crusader_69/DSC00193.jpg

whats that black thing with the apple symbol on it?

 

[Brianstorm91]

The external harddrive with an Apple sticker?

 

[bluedoggiant]

omg....I think I found what I wish for christmas, that keyboard looks great, what is your evaluation of it? I'm looking around for a usb keyboard for basic keyboard practise for my music culture studies.

that is called the apple keyboard

The external harddrive with an Apple sticker?

oh, thats what it is, everyone does that then

 

[jeff3221]

how is the cannon mp470

I am thinking about getting the free mp470 with my macbook purchase this friday. How is it?

 

[bluedoggiant]

I am thinking about getting the free mp470 with my macbook purchase this friday. How is it?

FAST, cheap, print from memory cards, no usb cable, buy seperatly , sexy, awesome, hard to describe

 

[Crusader]

whats that black thing with the apple symbol on it?

That's a Lacie Ext. HDD with apple sticker that comes with the leopard purchase.

 

[Vagrant Pistol]

bose companion 2s are small, powerful subwoofer, awing sound quality

You mean companion 3's. The 2's are 2 stand alone monitor speakers without a sub. I have the 3s and have to say they are awesome. The clarity and punch I get is mesmerizing considering how small the speakers are. You can take them off the stand also; which is the way I have them

 

[bluedoggiant]

You mean companion 3's. The 2's are 2 stand alone monitor speakers without a sub. I have the 3s and have to say they are awesome. The clarity and punch I get is mesmerizing considering how small the speakers are. You can take them off the stand also; which is the way I have them

... i know the difference, maybe i should restate, the bose companion 2's are relatively small speakers, with a subwoofer built in, and awesome sound quality but they do not compare to the bose companion 3's, i was going to get those, but after seeing the power of the 2's in the store, im good, its really good, i have to say, the subwoofer is as powerful as a seperate unit, i used to have three piece, the sub built in is EXTREME. and FadetoBlack wants something in the price range of $100-$150, although 2's are on the bottom, of that price range, its quality tops the JBL spots, and creatures, in quality of speaker (material, durability), sound quality, efficiency, i have tryed all three including, the bose companion 3, the bose's were on the top, those spots and creatures were literally hidious, but to my opinion, nobody take me for wrong on that, the speakers will crackle if you bring your phone next to it, though the bose does the same, but you basically need to make it touch the speakers. and that does not mean the 2's beat the 3's, it means that JBL apparently, but maybe the ones in the store were bad, didnt compare to the bose, and the bose companion 3 was awing, but for what i saw, and heard, bose companion 2 was enough, im glad i didnt spurt out the extra 150 bucks, i like what i got, anyways, back on topic with the setups

 

[inkspirational]

Already posted my set-up, but just want to show a closer shot of the yellow sticker on my MBP. It's a "hello" sticker on the power button. It's like saying hello to my mac whenever I power it up. Are there any threads for this? Like personal touches to your macs.

 

[FadeToBlack]

I'm pretty sure that I stated earlier in the thread that my previous set of speakers were the Companion 2's. While they were good sounding speakers, I didn't think they sounded anywhere near as good as my old Altec Lansing 2100's, which were 2.1's.

If the Creature II's had a power button on one of the satellite speakers, they would definitely be my pick. They are the perfect size and match the Mac wonderfully. I loved the look of them.

Looks like I have a lot of choices when it comes to speakers. As I said, though, I'm just gonna keep looking around and get some eventually. Oddly enough, I'm actually pretty content with the iMac's built-in speakers. I didn't expect them to sound as good as they do.

I appreciate all the suggestions. Thanks, everybody.

 

[taylorwilsdon]

Man lets give the speaker **** a rest

 

[Tucom]

... i know the difference, maybe i should restate, the bose companion 2's are relatively small speakers, with a subwoofer built in

They actually only use one driver (the part that moves) to create all the sound that you hear. It's really impressive how much bass and clarity in the highs these speakers can produce, especially from a single driver.


Peace

 

[ClassicMac247]

Heres 3 pics from different times. i have 2 other macs but i dont have pics of them in action. they are in my "Dharma Bunker" aka basement...

 

[idesign245]

*stabbing myself in the eye with a spoon*

Enough with the speakers! Take it to the Peripherals forum PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE

https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/77/

 

[Killyp]

Most of these systems with 'subwoofers' don't have any form of subwoofer at all.

A subwoofer requires another kind of woofer to act above it (hence the 'subwoofer' name). Most of these 2.1 systems don't have any normal woofers, just 'subwoofers' and a pair of midrange/treble drivers (often a single cone).

The result is that you end up with a standard 'woofer', rather than a subwoofer. The end result is that you can hear exactly where the 'subwoofer' is, and ultimately the 'subwoofer' doesn't go as low as a subwoofer should. The other bi-product of these sorts of designs is that you end up with a huuuuge frequency gap in-between the woofer and satellites. This may not sound like much, but to give you an idea. If you played a tone starting very low, and ending up very high (a frequency sweep), there would be a point where you would hear NO sound at all. Not just 'slightly bad sound', but a huge amount of sound missing alltogether, and sound which is very very important.


The only reason 2.1 systems exist is because people don't listen closely enough. A good pair of 2.0 speakers are massively superior to any 2.1 system you'll find.

For the OP's budget, I'd recommend a pair of Samson Resolv 40As. linky

MASSIVELY superior to pretty much every 2.1 system on the market.

Really, take my advise.