GoG Posted March 19, 2001 Share Posted March 19, 2001 Hi there folks, I'd really appreciate your opinion on this. You see, in two months time I'm moving out to a college dorm room which will be say 5 x 3 meters (15 x 9 ft). So the problem is -- which set to buy? Go for the 2.1's or the 4.1's? I am sure both will have power aplenty, so I'm more like wondering about sattelite distances and all. Thanks in advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatKnight Posted March 19, 2001 Share Posted March 19, 2001 those dimensions sound slightly longer but skinnier then my room. i suggest you get the 4.1's. for $100 more you get 4 speakers for games and dvd's and louder max volume. i put my rear speakers on top of my bass amp directly behind my chair, which works well enough. you might want to think ahead of where you will put your rear speakers to see if you will need stands or not. oh, and some people might say "nah dont get them, you cant turn them up loud in a dorm room anyway", thats bs! you can crank em and rock all night long! heehee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beggohbee Posted March 19, 2001 Share Posted March 19, 2001 i dunno, personally i have 4 in mine, and it tends to be more of a pain than a plus. yes, it's cool having the 4 channel surround and all, but you really have to think about your limited amount of space to begin with. i'm considering selling mine and "downgrading" to the 2.1's for the next couple years... until i can get outta this closet and get a reall room hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paragon Posted March 19, 2001 Share Posted March 19, 2001 Not a pain at all.. once you get your rears set up.. no need to worry about them. I still need to get my stands. I love how music thru 4-pt surround is.. The music is in ur head and not in front. I have the 4.1 and SBLive! 5.1, this is the first 4.1 setup I have had and it is very simple once you get familiar with the soundcard. ------------------ All Your Base Are Belong To Us ------------------------------------- 1GHz TBird Abit KT7A-RAID FOP38 & CuShim Kingmax 256MB PC150 Annihilator2 32MB GTS Intel Pro100+Management NIC Promise Ultra100 IBM 75GXP 45GB ATA100 & Maxtor DMP6800 27.2GB ATA66 Plextor 16X10X40A Sony 12X DVD SBLive! 5.1 AOpen HX08 Full Tower 300W Sony CPD-G400 19" Triny ProMedia 4.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoG Posted March 19, 2001 Author Share Posted March 19, 2001 Paragon, that's the exact same reason why I would opt for the 4.1's, too - the "immersive" music experience. I don't really care about the volume but figure that $100 indeed is worth the two extra sattelites. So from what you guys are saying, the room won't be too small to support the four sattelites? Also, the distributor here doesn't import the wallmounts or floormounts. Do you know of a place (preferably with a virtual store) that exports them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janko10 Posted March 19, 2001 Share Posted March 19, 2001 oooh, exportin's a bit of a problem it seems. search the forum, there was a dicussion a bit back on sites that will export. i heard the shippings really steep though, so good luck. J ------------------ JOIN THE "AMY FOR PRESIDENT" CAMPAIGN. OUR PLATFORM: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!! PIII @ 1.08GHZ SuperMicro PIIISCD I820 Mobo 192MB Crucial PC100 Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm ata66 Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm ata100 Generic DVD 4X Creative 8x4x32x Burner GeForce256 32mb DDR (orig) 3Com 905B-TX Lan Netgear RT314 Gateway/Router Philips Acoustic Edge 425w Power Supply Triple Boot Me/2K/Whistler Build 2416 Klipsch Pro-Media 4.1's umm... a floppy. thats it, for now MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fawwaz Posted March 19, 2001 Share Posted March 19, 2001 Hey GoG ,still haven't got your promedia??? Get the 4.1(you'll love it) especially in games like this game UNDYINGs> with these surrond speakers it is really atmospheric and scary .I do admit yes if you sit all alone at night and play this games you are bound to jump a few times from place!!! Strange how something scary gives you pleasure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoG Posted March 19, 2001 Author Share Posted March 19, 2001 No, still haven't gotten my ProMedia's. The distributor sent me a note yesteday though that they had arrived, and are available from stock, so I'm looking at buying a set in the coming few months. As for the wallmounts, that I'll most surely be needing, if they're tough to import then what I'll do is buy them this summer. I'll be in the USA for over a month, anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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