[QUOTE="Bozanimal"]Over the years I've come to appreciate 2.1 over a superior quality 2.0 set for gaming. If it's for music, I'd take the 2.0, but for gaming I want that lower-range extension for gunfire, bombs, the rumble of an oncoming army, etc. NVIDIATI's setup is a good one. Just be sure that you have a 3.5mm male to male cable to connect your PC to the Dayton amp if one is not already included. Alternatively, you might consider the Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers. They're not quite as good as that Dayton setup, but they'll take up less space and it'll be a bit easier to set up, since all the instructions are included with the package. Both setups are great, though I'd personally go with NVIDIATI's if I had space. Happy gaming, BozHeirren
But a 2.1 setup at $200 is not going to get you real bass. It is gonna give you boosted frequencies around 60hz.
Nope using audacity generated frequency tones testing by ear I get bass extension at good volume down to 35hz before it really begins to roll off in volume compared to the rest of the sound spectrum(bear in mind human hearing gets less sensitive the lower the frequencies are so more spl is needed for the same percieved volume) on my Dayton sub 1200 not bad for a $100 sub + shipping. I highly doubt any $200 2.0 speakers that aren't bought used or custom built could match it in bass extension and raw output at the lower frquencies in the same room.
Quality of the bass is good clean and tight how I have it set up at my main listening position. If it sounds boomy or one note then its set up improperly. Beyond the cross over and gain settings the location of your sub and the postion of your main listening location makes a huge impact in how the bass will sound in both quality and decibel output.
My listening position at my computer desk puts me in the center of the room and its a bass weak zone so decibel output is not that good and I need to use a high gain on the sub to compenstate but on the plus side it is very tight and not boomy/one note bass and don't need much eq to get nice flat bass response. If I lie down on my bed which is near a wall the bass gets a huge boost in output but for my current sub position(near the corner of the room) its some of the worst sounding bass I have even heard super boomy with huge peaks in the response its actually disgusting listening to it if I use it with the same settings as my desk listening position.
Using Heavy EQ settings for my bed (for comparasion my Desk EQ settings) to lower the bass down and tame the peaks in the response it sounds alot better less boomy and not as overpowering but not as good quality as when at my desk. Where I previously had my sub when in my bed lowering the gain a bit sounded tigher and cleaner and was still very powerful impact wise.
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