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While for audio I've got a Sound Blaster AE-7 that goes into stereo Bose speakers and my 5.1.2 Vizio soundbar on my TV via digital optical. I've also got a Astro A10 Gaming Gen 2 wired headset too.
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My secondary display is a ACER H274HL 1080p 60Hz
I have a very ghetto sound setup..... Its a no name mini hi-fi I picked up at the opshop for 10 dollarydoos.... With the computer pugged into the AUX IN and I use that as my speakers...... I dont listen to music and its perfectly fine for video game audio so it does the job for me.......
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Speakers: Logitech Z120 Speakers + Some crappy old Dell soundbar (used to be attached to a 17" monitor)
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Sometimes I use headphones - nothing special there either (currently a pair of Bitmore earbuds that I got in a pack of two pairs plus a headphone splitter for a fiver), since I'm way past the age of being super-fussy about the audio gear I use; I got sick of the cables on Sennheiser over-ear headphones failing way more easily than the cables on discount earbuds regardless of how carefully I handle my stuff and realised what a con it was, so I switched and never went back - it's saved me a hell of a lot of money, for not a lot of difference in audio-quality for what I listen to.
When docked at my desk, I use a Samsung S24D330 24" LED monitor (1080p @ 60Hz, over HDMI because that's what all of my hardware offers), and a set of Logitech Z120 speakers.
It's practical, it works, it lasts.
Last edited by Pengling on 2 September 2023 at 6:52 pm UTC
I have a set of cheap speakers, it was like less than $10. It has decent power and doesn't distort sound too badly. But mostly I use earphones or noise-cancelling headphones. Nothing fancy either, I don't really care much about audio quality beyond the bare minimums.
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The audio is Microlab M300-U 2.1 which isn't much on its own. But with the proper equalizer settings for different levels of bass and placing it in a wooden box, the neighbour below me constantly knocks on my floor when I crank up the volume and those from the first floor ask me how many thousand dollars I've paid for that audio system. They don't believe me when I tell them the price for it was $25 in 2017.
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What good are all those GPU cores that they shoehorn in there if you can't even drive a decent modern display setup? I'd have less of an issue if the vanilla M2 chip units were this bad, and you could have 3 4K displays on the M2 Pro ones. But this is pathetic... It's 2023 Apple! I shouldn't need a Mac Studio or Mac Pro to be able to fully use my display setup on your overpriced hardware. D:
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I use the cheap and ex-display monitor LED Dell C5519Q - 55 inch. It has built-in speakers that work with Linux through HDMI.
I have always been afraid to use a few monitors on Linux because they highly rely on the quality of the drivers. In this case, I knew that I waste hours if I encountered issues with it. The multi-monitor setup will probably never work flawlessly on Linux.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8deLZP1qLI
I just gave up on Linux in this area without even trying it.
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