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http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/biggrin.gif i'm serious. Although there are some stock car and low retail speakers that does have the name "Bose" on it for marketing/business purposes;...

I am the kind of person that uses 4 guage wires on a singer baby-D kicker amp, on a 10 inch Solo Baric using custom fiberclass. I'm the person that annoyingly retunes the winamp eq for different mp3...

A simple splitter won't work. Don't try it. There are available modules at places like radio shack.

consider: Is it worth it to invest in very nice speakers as opposed to "ok" ones when you really can't tell the quality differences by ear? Everyone's sound perception is different, too.

You forget that the Logitech brand is for computers. Superior sound comes from home theaters, like Klipsch. I'd love to go into details, but this discussion has been covered a hundred times. ...

My opinion is to get the Klipsch Promedia 5.1. It's a bit pricey but well worth it.

Bottom line: computer speaker brands can NEVER compete with home theater brands. Get the Klipsch solution. You won't be disappointed.

Bennyboy, you missed the point of the 37 phone wires = 1 cat 5.

Too bad 99.9% of amps that we all have and use are class D. http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/wink.gif

The only deciding factor is what people are satisfied with. If you're satisfied with...

no, the other cards don't decode Doulby Digital, rather they try to create their own algorithms.

wow... CAT 5 = 37 standard phone wires.

the CAT 5 must melt! I mean, come on, there are some limits to wire resistances. That's why there are such things as 0 guage wires.

The SB series is actually Doulby Digital authenticated.

Bennyboy:

I'd just flat out say that PC speakers can NEVER compare to home theater systems, because they just can't. And I'm not just talking about power. However, PC speaker quality only...

My humble opinion:

That yamaha thinggie is quite an impressive amp. The important part is what kind speakers you get for it. It's kinda expensive for a stereo solution, and it won't do the DD5.1...

Funny how Klipsch is known just for it's 400 watt rms. The fact stands: PC speakers will never be as good, as clear, as perfect as home theater sets. (Klipsch is a home theater company, by the way)...

there is a converter wire from the 1/8" connector to a miniDin or Coaxial that connects to the reciever. Make sure the connection is on the digital output plug on the card. Set the options in the...

All the decoding (ie. DTS) can be done by either the sound card by software or reciever by hardware. A nice typical setup would be to have the sound card doing digital output only and the reciever...

If price isn't a factor, get a decent home theater system. You'll never be happy with PC speakers.

yeah... it's all about resistance... and COPPER everything. The reasons I use 4 guage is because
1) its durable,
2) i might consider getting a bigger sound system so i'll have the wires already,...

yes you can

wow... i use 4 guage wires in my car... about the same for our hometheater set back home...

The only thing to really consider here is that computer speakers offer a small range of power. Unless...

The problem is the sound card itself. The MP3 5.1+ (assuming along with the rest of the Creative series) is a damn haven of problems and limits. Previous discussions touch on this topic.

oh, i forgot to mention that the internal S/PDIF connector is useful only if you take digital audio data from something like a DVD-ROM.

I'm pretty sure all modern audio cards have digital out capability. You only need a digital reciever, and change some setting in the drivers. The thing to watch for is what type of output...

digital comes in useful if your card has a digital out, your sound is set to "digital out only", and your speaker set has a digital reciever on it. And it's arguably the better way to go.

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