Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 14:24 -0400, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: snip I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can be had for $300. That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that kind of cash on audio. I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking to upgrade to something that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best bang for at or under $300. Consider that you've been using your current system for 10 years. You'll likely use your new system for that long or longer. Spend a little extra money if you can, it's worth it in the long run. Good sound can really make the DVD watching experience. Go to a few audio stores that let you listen to systems - got to regular stores and maybe a higher end store just for comparison. Find some things that sound good, then go on ebay or amazon auctions or craigslist. Even used, $300 is going to be tough. Good luck. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
Gabe Rubin wrote: I got a nice ONKYO 6.1 all in one system last year from Fry's. Normally around $500, but on clearance for $250. Maybe my ears are crap, but it sounds real good to me. I am always seeing these systems on slick deals, so go there, or froogle for a comparable set-up. Also look at www.edealinfo.com Chris... -- Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -- Benjamin Franklin ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system formy MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable soundcards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'mwondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speakersystem with a digital optical input?Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works?I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound goodfor DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What doyou folks recommend? As far as speakers go, I have found that the HOME THEATER IN A BOX systems are very well suited to this. They come with a receiver with digital (optical and coax) inputs and 5.1 speakers and cable to hook it all up. All you would need is the digital cord (coax or optical) and the sound card. I am not the person to ask about sound cards. I use onboard NForce2. Good luck! ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
James Oltman wrote: I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker system with a digital optical input? Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do you folks recommend? As far as speakers go, I have found that the HOME THEATER IN A BOX systems are very well suited to this. They come with a receiver with digital (optical and coax) inputs and 5.1 speakers and cable to hook it all up. All you would need is the digital cord (coax or optical) and the sound card. I am not the person to ask about sound cards. I use onboard NForce2. Good luck! I'm specifically interested in WHICH home theater in a box folks on this list recommend. -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Hello all, I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker system with a digital optical input? Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do you folks recommend? Thanks! I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can be had for $300. Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Hello all, I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker system with a digital optical input? Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do you folks recommend? Thanks! I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can be had for $300. That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that kind of cash on audio. I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking to upgrade to something that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best bang for at or under $300. -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
Jesse Guardiani wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Hello all, I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker system with a digital optical input? Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do you folks recommend? Thanks! I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can be had for $300. That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that kind of cash on audio. I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking to upgrade to something that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best bang for at or under $300. I've bought from this place before and I love my JVC (not this model), but perhaps something like this: http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/538199270 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
Jesse Guardiani wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Hello all, I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker system with a digital optical input? Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do you folks recommend? Thanks! I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can be had for $300. That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that kind of cash on audio. I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking to upgrade to something that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best bang for at or under $300. ebay, hands down, for that budget. If you can buy stuff local and save on shipping, even better. Tom ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
$300?...buy a sub, provided you have DTS/Dolby Digital on your amp with a sub pre-out. Bang for the buck froogle ($175+$50 shipping): http://www.bicamerica.com/subs_specs.htm (Venturi v1220) Critical attributes: down firing (Wood floors ROCK!) 200 watts RMS 420 peak 23hz Speed costs, how fast do you want to go? goes for AV equipment. Any all in one kit is going to be a joke...particularly at $300. I would recommend keeping your existing setup (provided it is Dolby/dts + Sub out). It probably does 100hz+ relatively fine. Fill in the most important and weakest part of you current setup; the bass...you won't be disappointed. If you amp doesn't have these things. Buy the cheapest amp you can get with Dolby Digital/DTS ($200 these days). Run it 5 channel...if you don't have all the speakers yet, fill those in next (Reasonable Rears=$50, I like 911's from KLH)...the center can be fairly cheap ( $50) since it job is 95% mid-range. Then do the sub from above. That was my on-the-cheap home theater, and my friends who spent $1000 on all-in-one kits wish they hadn't...did I mention a strong sub (for the money) is critical? Todd - Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Steve Adeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: mythtv-users@mythtv.org Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price? Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Hello all, I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker system with a digital optical input? Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do you folks recommend? Thanks! I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can be had for $300. That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that kind of cash on audio. I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking to upgrade to something that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best bang for at or under $300. -- Jesse Guardiani Programmer/Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 02:48:32PM -0400, Tom Lichti wrote: Jesse Guardiani wrote: Steve Adeff wrote: On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Hello all, I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker system with a digital optical input? Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do you folks recommend? Thanks! I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone receiver, a good one can be had for $300. That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that kind of cash on audio. I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking to upgrade to something that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best bang for at or under $300. ebay, hands down, for that budget. If you can buy stuff local and save on shipping, even better. I was on your kind of budget, and went with the Logitech Z5500 system, which have the handy advantage of a built-in digital decoder, so I didn't have to buy a receiver (and who wants to have all that hardware lying around?). I just pass it the digital output from my onboard A7N8X-E, and it handles the stream appropriately, digital or not. HTH, Tim -- Morals? I eat communism and $h!t America, brother. --Seanbaby ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] best THX/Dolby digital speaker system for price?
I got a nice ONKYO 6.1 all in one system last year from Fry's. Normally around $500, but on clearance for $250. Maybe my ears are crap, but it sounds real good to me. I am always seeing these systems on slick deals, so go there, or froogle for a comparable set-up. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
