Altech Lansing 251's will no longer work:( Advice Needed

Anyone Else?

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Sounds like it's hard economically to be father and husband lol. Kinda grateful I'm still unmarried. I can buy anything on my whim.

I know you did not mention this brand, but the best I know of that you can find around that mark are the Bose Companion II set. They are not 5.1, but at that price point these are great stereo speakers rather than low end 5.1. I've had these at home and at work and they are exceptional for the cost.

I have to agree with the others here. For your budget, you'd be much better off getting a nicer set of 2.1 than a cheaper set of 5.1

5x crap is a lot of crap, but you should be able to get a decent set of 2.1 for $100 or so. Depending on your soundcard, I'd even suggest hitting a pawn shop or two and seeing if you can't find a used receiver and a couple of nice bookshelf speakers.

are you utilizing surround? i keep seeing massive complaints regarding pc games ever since vista virtualized audio, the best surround gaming audio would be on consoles

personally i hate speakers, the sound is never right (unless you make a perfect room with perfect positioning), bass will distract others (& i love bass), there is ambient noise, so i'm circumaural good quality headphones for life

that budget is iffy unless you find something on sale or used... or even find out how to repair yours or at least where the problem lies (maybe all you need is a spare woofer or one of the connectors)

side note: we (family) have had an altec that i never liked fail, something with the connectors in the woofer was causing connection loss to one or both of the satellites, i never bothered to open it up or i think i got stuck with screw sizes

I thought the Logitech Z506 5.1 Channel PC Speakers for $80 seemed a good buy,, thats half the price they are in other stores.