Best Speakers for FLAC, Computer Speakers to appreciate FLAC Options

[Jp4ragon]

Hey everyone,

I have been wanting to appreciate the quality of FLAC files over mp3 while listening to them on my PC and have been looking into getting a new sound system. My wife surprised me for Christmas and got me a Logitech z-5500, but after doing some research, I am under the impression that this is not a good system for being able to appreciate FLAC (lack of clarity on z5500, made for gaming, etc). Is this true?

If so and if I return the logitech, my budget is between 300-600 dollars and i'm looking for a good recommendation on speakers I can hook up to my PC to listen to FLAC; 2.1 is preferred because the room I have isn't best for surround sound. Anyone have any good recommendations? I'd really appreciate any input here.

[pawelq]

Make sure you try small studio monitors, these are usually very clear, transparent, capable of reproducing timbres very accurately. From tiny and cheap Yamaha MSP3 ($165 each, note that prices of studio monitors are usally per monitor not per pair) to serious Genelec or Adam-Audio there is plenty to choose from.
Two caveats:
- they usually take balanced XLR or TRS as input, sometimes RCA as well. You will need an adapter when connecting to a computer with consumer audio card, or to a CD player.
- they may have no volume control, or separate volume control for each speaker, sometimes on the front, sometimes on the back. Rarely, and AFAIK only in smaller and cheaper models (e.g. Adam AX3) can volume of both speakers be controlled with a single control. If you can't or don't want to control it at source, you may want to add something like this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/5939...log_Stereo.html