IBall's wooden speakers!

i dont think u shud go with iball stuff they aint that good

u may go for creative..........

I have I-BALL wood pecker 2.1 speakers(offcourse made of wood).They are not good(weak bass,decent sound quality in spite of wooden casing).I too sugest u go 4 some creative model.I got them bundled with my branded pc.

Also, can someone suggest the best soundcards? (2.1 soundcard, money no bar)

The best soundcards are The Creative X-Fi series.
The X-Fi Elite Pro if for 20k
X-Fi Extreme Gamer for 8~9k
X-Fi Extreme Music is for 7~8k
Creative Audigy 4 : 5k
Creative Audigy 2 value : 1.8k
CMI X Meridian : 16k

Normally you do t need any dedicated sound card as onboard one is good enough unless you have good(costly) set of speakers

You are right..............
Even onboard soundcards support 7.1 channel speakers these days...........

Going for the XFi Elite Pro............looks sweet, and I'll bet sounds as
sweet...........

For that you should have good speakers like Logitech Z-5500D costing arnd 25000/-

^yeah i second that.whats the point using cheap speakers on a high end sound card.

Better get Bose, senheisser, or clipsch 5.1.
Clipsch pro Media Ultra 5.1 is a gr8 choice. Much better tha Z5500 or Megaworks M550 or Giga G750.

X Meridian is better on pure sound quality but it loses out to elite pro on features and connectivity options.

*www.guru3d.com/article/sound/399/

i have seen a creative audigy + altec lancing atp3 in action.. sound real cool..

^^ did ATP3 with sound card make any difference??.. i think onboard HD soundcard is enough for it..

^^ +1

Go 4 Logitech Z4
OR
Logitech Z-2300
OR
Altec Lansing MX-5021

i'll suggest buy and use ATP3 on onboard sound chip.
Then if feel u can always buy a sound card later.