USS_Enterprise
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I use my PC as my main music player. Currently I have it hooked up to an old Goodman's 'Pro Logic' center speaker/amp from a surround sound system. It's switched onto Stereo mode and hooked it up to a couple of very, very old speakers from my parent's old stereo system. (The amp for that is wrecked.)
Thing is I also use that for my TV, as my old TV's built-in crap speakers don't work anymore. This means that the speakers are with my TV, while my PC is on the other side of the room.
As you can tell I could do with some better equipment. I'm thinking of just getting an Amp and set of speakers solely for my PC. So, I've been looking around at some entry-level stuff and So far I've looked at the 'Cambridge Audio A5' (Or perhaps the A1 model?) Amp. it seems to be relatively cheap and decent. BTW my budget for the whole thing is about £150. Is that realistic?
I could do with some suggestions for other speakers too.
Oh and I'm currently using the audio integrated into my Motherboard, is there any point upgrading to a standalone sound card? And if so what model? A Creative Sound-Blaster or an M-Audio model? (Linux compatibility is an issue here...)
Finally just a few questions about cables, what ones do I need to connect the Amp to the speakers, and is there any point shelling out for the expensive cables to plug my PC into the Amp?
Oh and does the A5/A1 have any kind of "circuit protection" to protect the Amp and/or speakers if I turn it up too loud?
Thanks for any help anyone can give, I know I've asked a lot of questions and I don't expect a single response to answer them all. (Although that would be nice )
Thing is I also use that for my TV, as my old TV's built-in crap speakers don't work anymore. This means that the speakers are with my TV, while my PC is on the other side of the room.
As you can tell I could do with some better equipment. I'm thinking of just getting an Amp and set of speakers solely for my PC. So, I've been looking around at some entry-level stuff and So far I've looked at the 'Cambridge Audio A5' (Or perhaps the A1 model?) Amp. it seems to be relatively cheap and decent. BTW my budget for the whole thing is about £150. Is that realistic?
I could do with some suggestions for other speakers too.
Oh and I'm currently using the audio integrated into my Motherboard, is there any point upgrading to a standalone sound card? And if so what model? A Creative Sound-Blaster or an M-Audio model? (Linux compatibility is an issue here...)
Finally just a few questions about cables, what ones do I need to connect the Amp to the speakers, and is there any point shelling out for the expensive cables to plug my PC into the Amp?
Oh and does the A5/A1 have any kind of "circuit protection" to protect the Amp and/or speakers if I turn it up too loud?
Thanks for any help anyone can give, I know I've asked a lot of questions and I don't expect a single response to answer them all. (Although that would be nice )