anotherdaveguy Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 I visited this site to get answers to my question(s), and I didn't see any posts similar to what I'm asking. There appears to have been a fork in the road a few years ago, and I took neither path. After three years in exile, I finally received my Klipsch 15 year old HeresyII and Chorus speakers back from the EX. (I'm now officially a collector of multiple EXs - Nice work, if you can get it!O) Anyway, my Proton D940 receiver and 700+ CD collection sounds as they always did, GREAT! But, during these last 3 years, I managed to amass over 5,000+ .mp3 files, and find managing and listening to music from a RealOne playlist much easier and more convenient than fumbling with 100s of CDs. Therefore, my question is this: Is there a simple way to connect these two pairs of speakers to my PC output? Would I still need to wire the soundcard's output into an input of my receiver, or can I connect the speakers directly to my SoundBlaster Extigy sound card? Or is this why Klipsch (and others) now market separate lines of speakers for use with PC soundcards? Are not PCs becoming the managing tool for most home theater/entertainment systems? Thanks for any suggestions you can offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrake Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 ADG - Nice speakers. Good choice. Not sure I'd agree on the idea of collecting EX's though Yes, you will still need to connect your sound card to an external amp of some kind that in turn drives the speakers. The ProMedia series has their amp built into the sub, as you know, and that is why there are different speakers sets for PCs than for regular home audio use (but what defines "regular" these days is certainly anyone's guess). Perhaps you could run the PC output into your receiver as another AUX input, and control your PC remotely using one of the various doodads out there for that, if they are not in the same room. I'm not using my PC as a playback device, but I am driving an old pair of Polk Audio satellites/woofer that I use for PC audio with my old NAD receiver. They are Polks, I realize, but for PC speakers this sounds pretty good. DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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