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you're building your brand new pc when you realize you made a rookie mistake

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you forgot the speakers so you figure that you should go and buy some unless

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you want to spend all your time wearing an uncomfortable pair of head clamps

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it's not exactly hard to find a set of cheap speakers specifically designed for

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pc that have great ratings on amazon some of them even throw in a subwoofer

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or allow you to power them by a usb instead of running another cable to a

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power strip that lives in a tangled jungle behind your desk but hold on a

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sec despite the name pc speakers aren't necessarily the best way to get sound

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out of your pc a popular alternative is to buy speakers that look a little more

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something like what you'd find in a home theater or a dedicated stereo system the

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kind commonly referred to as studio monitors bookshelf speakers or satellite

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speakers you see although computer speakers and these other speaker types

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can look fairly similar they were designed with different groups of people

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in mind and there are two aspects in particular where pc speakers differ

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number one convenience setting up computer speakers

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is typically as easy as just plugging them into that weird little green port

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on the back of your motherboard and then turning the volume knob that's built

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into the speaker itself no other setup required unless you're setting up a

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subwoofer two pc speakers tend to be tuned a specific way in order to sound

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impressive they often emphasize the bass

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and sometimes also the treble it's similar to the v-shaped sound

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signature you commonly get with mainstream headphones as exaggerated

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bass and treble can make music sound richer and crispier and who doesn't like

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hard-hitting bass when an explosion goes off during a game

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or always throwing grenades in but the problem is that designing your speakers

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this way means you're sacrificing the accuracy of the sound not to mention

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that some of the cheaper pc speakers simply aren't built well enough to sound

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clear in the first place and while there are definitely some very good pc

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speakers out there a set of bookshelf or studio speakers could possibly give you

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clearer more accurate audio that reflects what the artist or game

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developer wanted their creation to sound like thanks to larger drivers and

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generally better build quality but you still have to be careful when choosing a

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sure you're paying attention to whether the speakers you're considering are

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active or passive active speakers simply mean they have a built-in amplifier to

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power them so you'll plug them straight into the wall socket kind of like you

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would with regular pc speakers passive speakers on the other hand they require

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an external amp for power you connect the speakers to the amp with speaker

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wire and then the amp to your computer to get a signal so yeah there's another

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thing you gotta buy although active speakers can be a bit more convenient

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passive speakers allow you to upgrade later at a lower cost as passive

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speakers are usually cheaper than the equivalent active speakers since you're

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not paying for a built-in app opting for a good quality external amp can also

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allow your speakers to get louder without much distortion and even prevent

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that annoying hissing sound when you turn them up

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but remember you can't just pair any passive speaker with any app you need to

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make sure your amp can put enough power into your preferred speakers without

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blowing them up we'll link a calculator in the description that can tell you how

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powerful an amp you need by entering the speaker's specifications but the good

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news is that for an average desktop pc setup where you're sitting just a few

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feet away from the speakers and inexpensive 20 or 31 amp is likely all

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you need also remember that most studio and bookshelf speakers and amps use rca

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connectors for audio rather than the 3.5 millimeter jack common on computers so

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there's a good chance you'll need to pick up one of these y adapters but

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aside from speaker wire that's really all you need in terms of extra equipment

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so don't be afraid to experiment when picking out your next audio setup unless

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you really need that extra RGB

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you don't so thanks for watching guys if you like this video hit like hit

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