We Used To Be A Society In Which PC Gamers Had Little Speakers On...

If you're tired of always wearing headphones while you play games, here are some great Cyber Monday sales on desktop speakers.

Remember those beige computer speakers everyone used to have on their desks? It used to be normal to play PC games with speakers, before we got obsessed with positional audio and wanted headsets with microphones so we could yell at each other over TeamSpeak.

But you don't have to shrink your aural experience when you're all by yourself. Let your ears breathe!

Below, I've recommended deals on two sets of desktop speakers I've actually used and like. My current pair is the Audioengine HD3, which don't go on sale all that much, so the current sale price at Amazon and at Audioengine is a genuine deal.

These are the speakers I currently own. They look great, and sound plenty good for the size. The connection options make them very versatile: Bluetooth, USB, RCA, and 3.5mm aux. Get a bigger pair of bookshelf speakers if you're building an audiophile hi-fi setup, but for a warm sound in a stylish form that's easy to stick on your desk and connect to your PC or phone, I'm very happy with these.

Key specs: 60 Watts | 65 Hz-22 kHz frequency response | Auxiliary, Bluetooth, RCA, USB

I used to use a set of these cool/goofy-looking Harman Kardon desktop speakers, and liked them a lot. The vertical tubes don't take a lot of desk real estate, and the subwoofer will get your chair vibrating, assuming there's no one living below you to complain.

Key specs: 140 watts | 40Hz-20kHz frequency response | Bluetooth, 3.5mm aux input

Audioengine also makes a set of desktop speakers that are specifically labeled as such, the Audioengine A2+ Desktop, which are a little cheaper at $223 on Amazon right now—I haven't used them, but I imagine they're very similar.

I've also found a good sale on the Harman Kardon Soundsticks. You might recognize them, as the design has been around for a long time now, and there aren't many other clear tubes full of speakers on the market that I know of. I liked my set a lot, but I had an older version and eventually swapped to the more traditional-looking Audioengines.

Source: PC Gamer