I have a pair of Klipsch R15PM's plugged into my computer. They're some pretty good powered monitors. I found them pretty recently in an electronics store called HHGregg just as they were about to go out of business for way less than they usually go for.
Everything else is plugged into a Pioneer receiver that I found on the open box shelf in Best Buy last year, also for way less than it usually goes for. I don't quite have what I want plugged into it, but it has two Klipsch bookshelf speakers and a sub that's frankly way too big plugged into it. I should note at this point that I don't have a particular affinity for any brand of speakers - the speakers and sub plugged into my receiver were Christmas gifts and I just happened across those powered monitors. At the moment, I don't remember exactly what model the receiver and speakers are.
It all sounds pretty good but I'm also fairly new to audio setups. Before getting that receiver, I just had a pair of those Bose companion speakers plugged into my computer and used headphones almost all of the time. I started getting into audio stuff because I was tired of using headphones for everything.
I'm also pretty tired of movies having really quiet dialogue and really loud everything else, but I'm still working on getting that right (seriously, I've been playing Dark Souls III and the voices are crystal-clear and I never have problems hearing them, why can't literally everything be like that when it comes to voices?). I need a center speaker, but I also need to make sure I have a place to put one and I need to find a remote for this receiver that actually lets me pull up a menu and customize everything and doesn't have a ridiculous price tag. The one I have just lets me change volume and input device, for some reason.
...anyway, yeah, that's what I'm using right now. When I need to use headphones, I just use these, which I've had for quite a while now and they haven't skipped a beat. I have an extension cable that lets me plug them right into the front of the receiver, so they get used for basically everything when I need headphones.
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