I've got a low-end Creative 5.1 system that's a few years old. I know it's not the best, but it does the job. I'm not an audiophile.
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When playing games or watching anime or other TV series by myself, I use headphones. Sennheiser PX100. They're cheap and portable (they can be folded into a hard plastic container)
That they're portable is important to me, because I often visit my parents on weekends and I sometimes have to play a game on my old PC there, or want to watch something after my parents went to bed.
I never use speakers when I'm playing UT2k4 because my speakers are actually standing behind me, so it sounds a bit weird. Plus, I often use Teamspeak while playing.
When I listen to music I use my speakers (Tannoy Dual Concentrics, 20 years old and apart from a single small irregularity in one of the speakers' surround, still in perfect shape) because the sound quality beats the crud out of those cheap headphones. Also, I enjoy annoying my housemates to an astounding degree.
I guess this wasn't much use to you, martinblank, but I'm just not much of an audio connoisseur, so practical concerns are more important to me than audio quality.
(of course, I threw my cheap Logitech speakers with built-in amp out the window as soon as I got my hands on those Tannoy speakers, but I'm guessing even a deaf person would hear the difference between those)
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headphones AKG K-240s if theres sleeping ppl, speakers logitech z560s if not...Comment
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Headphones: Convenience, WAF (Wife acceptance factor
) and sound quality for the money. Speakers just sound odd now.
My current setup is Digital out from the Audigy 2 to a Perpetual Audio P1a Upsampler/P3a DAC then to a Channel Island Audio VHP-1 headphone amp finally ending up in a pair of Grado RS-1's on my wee noggin. Sweetness but then my head-hifi cost me enough to stop any pc upgrades for quite a while 
Martin definitely consider the VHP-1. It's got a great smooth sound, 125db SNR and an impedance button specifically to allow you to switch for ultra low like the Grados or high like your Sennheisers. Here's Stereophile's review (Matched with a pair of 650s) http://www.stereophile.com/headphones/1005channel/Comment
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i use headphones if i want real volume or want to talk, really if i'm playing seriously, or especially if i get on teamspeak, because then i can't have my speakers on
I use speakers if i'm not going to be playing for long.Comment
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It depends, but most of the time I use a headphone. In the past when I just started to play Unreal I always used the speakers, though I always had to turn dow the bass or the whole house would shiver on it's foundation, so I bought myself a headphone and I quite like using them.Comment
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Nice, almost the same as my setup, except I won't have the amp till july.Originally posted by 0verclockedComment
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Headphones because of feedback, excessive noise and positioning.
When it's still early and I am not on TS, I sometimes use my HiFi speakers through which my PC is connected. Speakers for movies except if it's quite late.Comment
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Speakers...I have a creative labs set that my sister says sounds better than her stereo. I live in an apartment above a washroom and no neighbors on all walls. I jam it up no matter what time of day or night.
Headset set to mic only if I am on ts.Comment
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They're awesome-sounding headphones and undebatably the most comfortable.
Light on your head, cup your ears perfectly, with gorgeous treble and bass.Comment
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... lol :noob:Originally posted by placebo 3.0Comment
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Headphones.
Always preferred headphones to speakers for games.
Usually my wireless Sennheiser RS110s, or for matches when i'm actually using voice, then my Senny PC-150s.Comment
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lol, yet another cheeky headphone elitist who's never tried them.Originally posted by martinblank
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