Hi- I am looking for computer speakers to run without a separate sound card in the 550-$150 range. I prefer not to buy things made in China. Any ideas?
thats a tall order in todays market.Though they say might say made in the USA or wherever. The parts used most likely come from china and assembled elsewhere.Face it, you can't get away from the sleeping GIANT.
you would have to buy some older 1990's minimonitors and use those but then you'll need an amp.. like PSB, JBL control series, Paradigm, or JPW made some very small very good speakers with 4" cone.. used around $100 pair. OR get the Bose powered single 4.5" drivered thing, AR, JBL and I think Advent (?) made a small powered speaker to use in a portable fashion also. ebay.
If $200 to $500 then IMO you're best off with a People's speaker such as Audioengine (watch the annoying 6 dB bass bump) or M-Audio. If $2000 then check out Dynaudio 110A (would be my choice) and there's a few other higher end ones. There's a lot of others but you run into size issues. I'd be interested in hearing what you go with. B&H has a lot of mid-priced speakers but I haven't heard that many recommended such as the genelec for example. You eventually have to ask yourself what you're trying to accomplish. I have two nice systems and I ask myself how much do I want to work on an audiophile computer setup and possibly drop two or three grand on it. Well, actually the answer is yes, I would but...
I believe some of the Mackie powered speakers are made in the USA, while others are made in Italy. No direct experience with them though. As Shipo indicated, that doesn't mean parts are not outsourced from elsewhere.
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