Can someone recommend some good speakers for iMac?

Why would I want a chatroom with someone who hijacks a thread about computer speakers and then uses it to post thinly veiled flaming insults directed at a participant?

now now, be nice 😉

Sorry, I have a fever 🙂

If you have a Best Buy, Circuit City, Staples, CompUSA, Apple Store (etc etc) within a reasonable distance, I'd suggesting taking a listen to some of the computer speaker sets they have.

It definitely doesn't sound to me like you want true "Studio Monitors", you just want speakers that sound good _to you_, and the best way to find them to to audition a bunch at a store if possible.

and, though totally OT:

I've got a fever

And the only cure is more cowbell!

You're gonna want that cowbell in there!

My favorite cowbell is in the song "All Things to All Men" on the Cinematic Orchestra CD Every Day. Again the the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 system's tweeter/horn makes the snare, cymbals, and the cowbell on this song sparkle. I need sparkle! 😉

Just in case you didn't know, the cowbell reference is from an old Saturday Night Live skit with Christopher Walken as the producer for Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper. It was really funny.

I like sparkle, too 🙂

Just coming back from the holiday to see this guy is still ranting about it ... but no, I won't answer that. 🙂

Still with the insults yet? Please give it a rest!

Spider, I would love to hear you talk more about using the Klipsch system for monitoring/mixing. I am curious as to how you feel that system stacks up against 2.1 systems better designed for the task, such as Blue Sky's Media Desk? How well do your mixes translate?

(Spider, my last word on this:
- I never insulted or flamed you.
- I didn't "hijack" this thread, but I replied to one of your earlier posts - to the parts that had very little to do with the thread's topic (which I nevertheless found interesting).
- I find it perfectly okay to stray away from the literal topic of a thread a little, something that you do all the time (again, which I find interesting, though I might not agree).
- You should be able to tolerate an opinion that differs form yours. Take it easy.)

I only use the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 system for general listening (CD's, iTunes, etc.) They are after all a multimedia computer speaker system. They are not designed for nearfield studio monitoring or mixing, and I have them connected to the audio out port on my Mac. For monitoring and mixing in my studio, I use a pair of JBL 4206 nearfield studio monitors, powered by an Alesis RS300 Reference Amplifier, and a Yamaha YST-SW305 active subwoofer. The JBL's and the Yamaha are connected to a Tascam US-428 audio/MIDI interface control surface which I use with Logic Express 7. I will eventually upgrade to a JBL studio sub, because the Yamaha is actually an air woofer instead of a true sub.

Drösser,

Perhaps you might find the time to visit www.amptone.com and educate yourself on the subject of producing guitar tone. There is excellent information about guitar speakers among other subjects. Amptone is a wonderful resource for musicians. I would hope that you would not find the knowledge contained therein to be rigid, trivial, and monolithic as you accused me of being. You don't know anything about me; and I did find your use of the "three words" insulting and objectionable because they felt like attack words instead of an expression of a differing opinion. And your post about ranting, just more of the same, because you were referring to me as if I weren't present. I found that to be hit-and-run, passive-aggressive crap. You can disagree with someone without using an insulting tone, attack words, or passive-aggression. I think you disagree with people just for the sake of disagreement, and that is being polemic, and is not constructive at all. Music is about harmony.

Matt,

I am happy that you got the Logitech speakers you wanted.

John (Spider Closet Studios)