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Edit 10/1/2013 : I would just like to apologise for my arrogance in many of my posts dated 2009. I didn't really know what I was talking about but stated it as a fact like I did. I've since learnt that there's nothing wrong in being the person seeking to learn from this forum as opposed to trying act as though I'm the person dishing out the information.



Theres threads for old hardware, cases, graphics cards, cooling, and modding but no sound systems that ic an find so here goes:D.

Post pics of your set up it can be your surround sound your stereo or a combo of the two just show us what you use to listen to stuff of your pc:D
Give a brief bit of info bout its specs too.

Well here goes, heres mine
Its pioner Seperates set up (for thoes who dont no before stereos were all prebuilt together like built in CD players, tape players radio etc they used to all be seperate and hooked through a amp, an these are very hard to come by now:D)
Its a 65 watt, not big i no, with huge response that most modern stereos carnt reach, IE it can get bigger bass and higher treble an all the frequencies inbetween, i have a vynl player, tape deck and radio currently in use.





the reasoning for this being in hardware is the fact sound systems is hardware and for a great gaming experience decent audio hardware is just as important as the rest of a computer
 
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nice sound setup, and thats a wicked dumbell in the backround
 
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haha cheers im a lucky fker to have it it was passed down from my uncle carn't beat a bit of bob marley on vynl :D
 
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come of guys show of your systems!!! if there anything like your rigs they'l be awsome
 
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i dont have a camera /cry..... not that i would want to show u my piles of rubbish infront of my logi z-5500s lol srsly...

but my sound system is very compact i can tell u that ^^ will try to get a pic soon.
 
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yea deffo the more the merryer haha an dnt worry bout the rubish mine aint the tidyest of rooms lol
 

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Got a Creative Inspire 5300 5.1 surround sound setup for the pc. Bought it off my uncle for $20. I got an Audigy II ZS with the Daniel_k drivers for my pc audio. I have an Altek Lansing 2.1 speaker system which I have hooked up to my 19" HDTV instead of the generic laptop speakers that are built in to the tv... sounds worlds apart.
 
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very cool man post pics haha
 
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Got a Creative Inspire 5300 5.1 surround sound setup for the pc. Bought it off my uncle for $20. I got an Audigy II ZS with the Daniel_k drivers for my pc audio. I have an Altek Lansing 2.1 speaker system which I have hooked up to my 19" HDTV instead of the generic laptop speakers that are built in to the tv... sounds worlds apart.

wheres the picture?? !!!! :D i know i dont have one but i was 1st and i said i dont have one :D lol
 
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the only problem with ma set up is to hear the bass so it rattle your chest you have to be downstairs
 
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mmm i have simmiler problem... the bass fails due to the acoustics of this room(did i spell that corectly 1st time ? :D) but it does rattle the leaves on the roof very nicely... scares the crap out of the possums lol!!!
 
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haha yea i love it im looking for another pair of speaker like mine coz it has another two outputs four all together dont no why but i want them all in use:D
AHHHH but does yours have the charm of being built in like the late 80's lol?
 
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lol, apparntly not but eh, i wouldnt mind a decent system but these were cheap and ready to go so.... there far from the best but there not bad ^^ i blame the acousitcs :D.
 
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hahaha yea, kwl the point of this is not to say one better then the other just to show of everyones system if that makes sense
 
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Theres threads for old hardware, cases, graphics cards, cooling, and modding but no sound systems that ic an find so here goes:D.

Post pics of your set up it can be your surround sound your stereo or a combo of the two just show us what you use to listen to stuff of your pc:D
Give a brief bit of info bout its specs too.

Well here goes, heres mine
Its pioner Seperates set up (for thoes who dont no before stereos were all prebuilt together like built in CD players, tape players radio etc they used to all be seperate and hooked through a amp, an these are very hard to come by now:D)
Its a 65 watt, not big i no, with huge response that most modern stereos carnt reach, IE it can get bigger bass and higher treble an all the frequencies inbetween, i have a vynl player, tape deck and radio currently in use. the reasoning for this being in hardware is the fact sound systems is hardware and for a great gaming experience decent audio hardware is just as important as the rest of a computer

I wouldn't say that's true. They still make all of those components seperately. Only junky units come together. I run a system that's all seperate components with an amp, equalizer, receiver, etc. However mines more modern and costs a few grand.
 
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fair enough lol my bad i havent looked at expensive stereos recently no need with this baby haha the beauty with seperates is if i wanted i could include a graphic EQ into the mix or a Digital Radio or anything plus this babys analuge not digital!!!!!
 

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I don't have a camera, but it looks like two regular speakers on a desk with a headset plugged it.
 
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Here's my setup at the moment. Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 speakers with a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum sound card. Speakers are decent, but the X-Fi Crystalizer added a whole new life to them, much, much better bass from the sub.

Might replace it with the Logitech Z-5500, I was going to get the Z-2300 as it has a big sub, but want surround sound so was going to get the G51 but the sub isn't as big, so the Z-5500 it is :D





 

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Here's my setup at the moment. Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 speakers with a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum sound card. Speakers are decent, but the X-Fi Crystalizer added a whole new life to them, much, much better bass from the sub.

Might replace it with the Logitech Z-5500, I was going to get the Z-2300 as it has a big sub, but want surround sound so was going to get the G51 but the sub isn't as big, so the Z-5500 it is :D

http://img.techpowerup.org/090314/Image1463.jpg

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dude clean your room:laugh:
 
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Bose Companion 5 series speakahs! Left speakah with my wireless antenna on top

Right speakah

Sub, which actually hits really amazing!
 
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just out of curiosity am i the only one here with a love for vynl or do you lot secretly listen to it too:D
 
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Oh man wish I could have a valve amp, so would my dad for that matter.

I'm currently using an X-FI XtremeMusic sound card connected to a Cyrus One amp driving a pair of Mission M30i speakers.
Sound is good, the amp is truely amazing, it's about 20years old as it was my dads (although technically haven't given any money for it yet lol ;p) for the size of the speakers they pack a punch, very bassy for their size.
I daren't go past 3 on the volume knob as it is stupidly loud for a 20W amp (very big peak current output I believe).

The Cyrus amp was originally driving a set of Mission 781's with lead filled cyrus stands. These are my dads and sound truely fantastic. Have recently brought them back into use at home as they sound far better than the compact bose acoustimas system. 781s and the bose are driven with a Cyrus 6vs2 amp fed by a marrantz cd player.

My system at uni:






781 speakers back at home:
 
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Quick pic, still havn't setup my other amp, dsp and eq, been lazy since I moved.

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