Looking for speakers with optical digital input

April 22, 2004 10:52 AM

I want to buy these speakers, but it seems they are only available from Japan, and other far-eastern countries. Does anyone know of anywhere I can buy some that will ship to the UK (Amazon JP don't), and have a site in English? (Or be easily decipherable by a stupid Brit?) Alternatively, can anyone recommend any 2.0 or 2.1 speakers available to the UK that have optical digital input?

That last link won't be very useful if your Google preferences are set to "English only".

posted by Mwongozi to Shopping (5 answers total)

These are are fantastic. If you have a bit more money, these are even better.
posted by Jairus at 2:03 PM on April 22, 2004

I'm assuming you're looking for monitor speakers, based on the Creative speakers you linked to. If you're just looking for a generic speaker system, there are more affordable options.
posted by Jairus at 2:04 PM on April 22, 2004

Not to be spammy, but the company I work for special orders stuff from Japan all the time. I'm sure we could easily get them for you.

You won't see them on our site but, like I say, we do it often. Please let me know if you want me to contact you.
posted by sugarfish at 2:12 PM on April 22, 2004

If you're looking for monitors, Sweetwater isn't always the cheapest, but their support is fantastic, especially if you buy a lot of equipment. They keep track of what you have and can advise you on setups and compatibility and are just great to work with. The even precision 8's are good but it really depends on what you want to do with them.
posted by headless at 4:15 PM on April 22, 2004

I have a pair of the Yamaha MSP-5s but they are about 2X of the Creatives and don't have any digital inputs. They do take XLR, which I use with my mixer.
posted by gen at 4:28 PM on April 22, 2004