How to Choose Speakers for Your Computer

What should you look for when choosing speakers? Find out.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Speakers to look through

1. 2.1 vs. Surround Sound: 2.1 is a lot easier to set up and maintain, and is generally less expensive. Surround Sound, on the other hand, usually sounds better.

2. Style/Color: What's your style? There are wide variety of styles of speakers to match your personality. If you don't care, there's even more.

3. Wired vs. Wireless: Strangely, not all speakers have wireless remotes. In fact, a lot of speakers don't. If you want a wireless remote, however, there are plenty that offer that option.

4. Frequency Response: The frequency of sound humans can hear ranges from about 15-20Hz to 20,000Hz. The bigger the range of the speaker, the better.

5. Reviews: Reviews reveal everything regarding a product. Read as many of them as you can so nothing surprises you when you turn on your speakers.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you know what the return policy is before buying.
• For info on how to choose headphones for your computer, see the resources below.
• For a listing of some of the best speakers to get you started, check the resources below.

Resources

• How to Choose Headphones for Your Computer
• Logitech S120 2.0 Multimedia Speakers (Black)
• Logitech Z-2300 THX-Certified 200-Watt 2.1 Speaker System (Silver)
• Harman Kardon SoundSticks II 2.1 Plug and Play Multimedia Speaker System
• Logitech S220 2.1 Speaker System (Black)
• Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System
• Logitech X-140 2.0 Speakers

[kaseysviewblog]

on 11/14/2008 Good article, I could have used this the last time that I bought speakers.

[listenhere101]

on 11/13/2008 Great article. 5 stars!