Another Computer Question

[MikeStrat]

Since I listen to most of my music from my computer, can I get my computer speakers to give the same quality and volume of a good stereo? I know I can get upgraded speakers but do I need to do anything to power upgraded speakers? I want these things to kick! So what do I need to accomplish this?

[nateb]

I will say no... Unless you go for something like M-Audio reference speakers. What I would suggest, if you have a nice stereo setup and you wish to stream to it instead, Consider something like a xbox360, roku or other network devices that can link up a shared network connection to your stereo through a Television interface. It sounds badass and it is a nice visual interface. You could also go and get something like...

http://www.apple.com/appletv/

I haven't seen it but, it looks very nice. Usually, apple delivers. But, it definately isn't as feature rich as a 360/windows media center.

-Nate

BTW, morning coffee made me want to post... sorry if it is off base =)

[OnlineStageGear]

There are tons of PC speakers that will give you good home stereo sound. If you don't want to buy new speakers, a 1/8" stereo to dual RCA cable to the aux input of your stereo works fine.

[rjohnstone]

There are tons of PC speakers that will give you good home stereo sound. If you don't want to buy new speakers, a 1/8" stereo to dual RCA cable to the aux input of your stereo works fine.

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You can get full THX certified gear for your PC.
Will shake the paint off the walls.

[Nuclear Vampire]

Behringer makes some decent cheap PC speakers.

http://www.behringer.com/MS16/index.cfm?lang=ENG

I have these for now (until I get me some real monitors), and they sound decent to my ears. Nice and loud too.

[GWARGHOUL]

..a lot of the better sound cards on the market feature a digital audio connection as well...

So you could hook up to a real surround sound home theater system.

but there is also pc stereo packages out there that are almost on par... and I've even seen some 7.1 systems...