Custom 5.1 system

[AsRock]

Aw, maybe it's hard to get the same details in speakers as you do in headphones. I'll also try going to a few hi-fi shops sometime, see what they have to say about it.

Take ya own music that you know you can hear all the sounds, and remember they are probably payed by commission and stuff is most likely cheaper online.

Have fun, wish there was HiFi shops around us some thing that i really miss about the UK ooh and real food haha.

 

[AsRock]

Best tweeters will only be the original ones which will set you back for each unit about $25 - $35 a piece. They modified any thing else ?.

 

[AsRock]

I would not think so as the originals would be balanced to match the cross over to the woofer, And if they have been tuned in it's probably by some ones ear and everyone hears differently so if that's the case the cross over has been modified too.

But if you are going for them Good luck.

 

[AsRock]

Ok, guess I won't bid higher then

I my self would take the chance on the Polk Audio although they been around some time now i was not born in the US so i never heard any thing of them until i moved tot he US some 15 years ago.

Plus i am a sucker for speakers with port holes and \ or rads lol.

Buy at your own risk but here's the link ( you might want to do some research on them 1st )
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pol...Sound-Great-/381349582346?hash=item58ca34d60a

 

[AsRock]

Totem are REAL nice speakers, quality brand. They are small book shelf speakers with a real open sound to them. Sounds like the price dropped since i last checked those out as they were around $500 some years ago.

Make sure none of the screws have been tampered with and such or if they have you be wanting to check if every things original with them

 

[AsRock]

I am not surprised, they are good speakers. Finding a matching sub might be a challenge.

 

[AsRock]

Wow, long time since i even heard of Cambridge never mind speakers ( or the other naim\rega, and no good speakers don't need a sub.

Anyways glad you did shop around as everyone's preferences are different, made me think of Castle speakers too they were really nice sounding speakers but they used foam surrounds and going back 15 so years going online and ordering replacements for them were not possible.

Upped your budget a little ?, yeah i bet you have for that kind of gear and you had no luck with finding any Totems in a shop ?. Shame it's so crap around here for HIFI gear really miss shopping around and being a different country too it's a real shame i guess i just live in a crap area for it lol.

 

[RCoon]

I think @BumbleBee is probably the best person to talk to here.

 

[AsRock]

A friend back in the UK was totally hooked on a old pair of Panasonic speakers, some times you can get surprised.

I liked them too although i like a bit of extra bass but it's got to be tight and inline.

 

[Jetster]

No, digital you have HDMI and optical which will do compressed 5.1 then you have analog also

 

[Brusfantomet]

IF you use optical/Coax for sound the sound card will need to support DTS connect/Dolby Digital Live if the material is not already encoded, like games. (the unlocked Realtek drivers that enables it can be found Here)

With HDMI you will not get any of those problems, BUT with AMD the HDMI output MUST output a picture to enable sound output, probably the same with NV, its not the biggest problem, just duplicate your desktop to the HDMI output.

 

[AsRock]

No, digital you have HDMI and optical which will do compressed 5.1 then you have analog also

^This^

How ever you might want to get a sound card that supports digital and analog as they both sound different for sure. The reason i went HDMI was due to gaming and comparability and as for my music i play it though a multi disk player, to me a record sounds better to a CD i think CD's loose depth but not everyone will agree with that but everyone's different.

I just took the easy way to get every thing working, one thing for sure i like analog over digital for music for sure.