OK, we’ll admit that headphones—and headsets—have their place, especially when it comes to gaming. But when you’re ready to rock the casbah, you need a set of speakers driven by a no-holds-barred amp augmented by a beefy subwoofer.The gaming-speaker market has been so quiet lately that we feared Logitech’s budget boxes had driven everyone else away, so we’re happy to see two brand-new players enter the ring. The Antec and Corsair names are familiar enough to enthusiasts who enjoy building their own rigs. Antec manufactures a number of very solid power supplies, a host of CPU and case coolers, and a raft of enclosures. Corsair does the same, along with memory, SSD and USB storage, and the kick-ass HS1 USB gaming headset we reviewed in December 2010.Neither company has ever manufactured speakers, but they’ve both brought in development teams with plenty of experience. It’s also worth noting that each company already has deep knowledge when it comes to building two of the key components in a powered speaker system: the enclosure and the power supply. Will that be enough for these rookies to score? We connected both systems to an Asus Xonar Essence ST soundcard to find out.