Reddit reviews Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II Multimedia Speakers [PC]

haha, I look forward to it! Also, well ahead of you there, I just bought some decent speakers just for that reason.

The sidebar wont give you any options under £50 for powered speakers for a PC. The options are very limited and none will be that good. These are about the best sounding options for close to that price....

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-51MF1610AA003-GigaWorks-Multimedia-Technology/dp/B001IZZ2PE/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1496840378&sr=1-2&keywords=creative

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Behringer-MS16-Personal-Monitor-System/dp/B00181T20O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1496840400&sr=8-3&keywords=powered+monitors

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/8vv/Genius-HF-500A-Channel-Powered-Hi-Fi-Stereo-Speakers/B00308FQWG/ref=sr_1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1496840462&sr=1-8&keywords=powered+speakers

or a little larger but better sounding...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edifier-R980T-Active-Bookshelf-Speaker/dp/B06XGC7NTX/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1496840553&sr=1-3&keywords=edifier

These speakers are awesome, absolutely love them on my Xbox One, plus they look pretty stylish too.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001IZZ2PE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

Audio quality, bass and loudness is awesome and you have separate controls for each. You can either plug them into your controller via the Stereo Headset Adapter but I'd recommend buying a DAC (Digital to Analog Converter). It is USB powered, you plug it into the SPDIF port on the back of the Xbox One, then plug your speakers into it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IXN6L3G?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage

USB speakers as you mention won't work on the Xbox One they need to use the jack plugs for audio and not USB.

I had this problem and I couldn't really find any speakers that weren't absurdly expensive that had that kind of cable length. I ended up buying a monitor mount and mounting all my monitors above my desk and putting my speakers lying down below my monitors. Sorry for not being much help but just a suggestion :)

I'd recommend you check out /r/zeos. It's US-specific, but the same rules are going to apply.

Ideally, your setup for computer audio should be:

> Computer -> Digital-to-Analog converter -> Amplifier -> Subwoofer -> Stereo Speakers

But you're on a budget. We can skip the digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and just assume your PC's built-in audio-out does it good enough. We can also skip the subwoofer and just spend your money on a cheap amp and bookshelf speakers that aren't terrible.

The cheapest amp I can find for you is the Lepai TA2020+. I'm having a hard time Googling any cheap, UK-equivalent to the Dayton Audio B652's (very cheap, not-horrible US speakers) because Google wants to return me US-centic sites, even on Google.co.uk. But, you can try and look around.

Alternatively, you can just bite the bullet and buy a pair of these. They're powered and come with cables (review), and they are excellent speakers. It's a little over twice your budget, but they'll probably last you way over twice as long.

edit: After some more Googling, I have these super-cheap budget alternatives.

• £51.33 - Behringer MS16 (British review) (check out Amazon US reviews) (another review)
  
• £61.23 - Creative Gigaworks T20 Series II (See this review)
  
  Frankly, I'd pay the extra £11 over £40 and get the Behringer.

I've had these for a number of years, never a problem. They look and sound great.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-GigaWorks-Multimedia-Speakers-Technology/dp/B001IZZ2PE/

for £40 you wont get "proper" speakers but i used these for awhile and they were good https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-51MF1610AA003-GigaWorks-Multimedia-Technology/dp/B001IZZ2PE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1468596178&sr=8-2&keywords=2.0+speakers

If i was you i would save or just wait and get a decent set of bookshelf speakers and an amp

Creative

Logitech

Those are probably the best ones i could find around your price range, and you can probably get cheaper versions of those items