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post #1 of 64
10/26/12 at 3:23pm
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im thinking of upgrading my speakers for my pc. i have boston accoustic speakers there very nice, but after looking at the swan M200MkIII speaker made me think of upgrading. has any one ever listen to them or own them? let me know what you think or if theres some thing better out there.
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10/27/12 at 6:12am
I used to have the Swan M200 MKII. A good set of speakers, but there are so many options out there. I still wouldn't consider a $400 set of active speakers, high-end. lol

What's your budget? You could go with passive, but that requires an external amp, not necesarrily a receiver.
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10/27/12 at 10:40am
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I used to have the Swan M200 MKII. A good set of speakers, but there are so many options out there. I still wouldn't consider a $400 set of active speakers, high-end. lol
What's your budget? You could go with passive, but that requires an external amp, not necesarrily a receiver.


did you think the m200 needed a sub? what would you get if you had about $1000 to spend. btw yes swan is a high end speaker.
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10/27/12 at 10:50am
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did you think the m200 needed a sub? what would you get if you had about $1000 to spend. btw yes swan is a high end speaker.

First off I wouldn't consider any active speaker "high end". The amps they stick in active speakers tend not to be the greatest. Also I would get a sub, it will fill in the lows much nicer then the pair of bookshelf speakers would.

Though if I was considering spending as much money as your on this deal I would get a nice pair of klipsch bookshelf speakers or even one of the higher end polk bookself speaker if the price was right and a nice amp and a sub. Setup like this would sound much nicer then what your planing.
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10/27/12 at 2:54pm
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now the seakers are going to be about 3-4 feet from my ears, arent the swans a near field type speaker (monitor style) . if i go with a 100 watt amp and a set of polk wouldnt it be a little loud being so close also the soundstage to.
just asking im not sure?
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10/27/12 at 4:12pm
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now the seakers are going to be about 3-4 feet from my ears, arent the swans a near field type speaker (monitor style) . if i go with a 100 watt amp and a set of polk wouldnt it be a little loud being so close also the soundstage to.
just asking im not sure?
If you're going to be listening that close, a coax or dual concentric speaker such as a KEF monitor/bookshelf would be a much better choice.
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10/27/12 at 4:15pm
For $1000, you might consider grabbing a pair of KRK Rokits and a BIC H100 with a nice USB interface for your machine; your ears will love you for it.
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10/27/12 at 4:20pm
I've also had the Swan M200 MKII. It was meh IMO. Going high end on a PC is no win situation IMO. Just get something decent and be done with it. I'm currently running some Emotiva Airmotiv 6's and they sound amazing near field. I'd still rock a sub but they really pump out some great bass. Adam makes some great near field monitors as well.
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post #9 of 64
10/27/12 at 5:14pm
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Going high end on a PC is no win situation IMO. Just get something decent and be done with it.
I disagree. Computer rigs dominated most of the rooms at the last few high end shows I've been to...and many of those rooms(not all) sounded very good!

Besides, I'm a little biased having 3 rigs here built around a PC or laptop...
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10/27/12 at 5:19pm
Get a pair of KRK 10-3's (it is what I had when I had this exact idea)

Got to listen to a pair of JTR Catalyst 8C's the other day, they were on par with the 10-3's and cost 1/4th the price.
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