farout Posted May 24, 2001 Share Posted May 24, 2001 I've just ordered a kick*** computer and I don't know if I should Wait 3 weeks for the 5.1 or go with the 4.1s. Will be gaming mostly but also will DVD on occations. Room size 15'x13' 11' ceiling . I already have a very good HT set-up in the den. Two 8" subs sound very tempting to wait for! Computer set-up: 1.33ghz T-bird 266, 512mb DDR2100, 60 gig HD, 16x10x40 Plextor cd-rw, 16x a-open dvd, SB Live 5.1 Platinum, Livedrive IR, Leadtek GeForce3 64DDR, 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060u. Any suggestions Very Welcome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quistes Posted May 25, 2001 Share Posted May 25, 2001 Looking at the system im guessing your a rich spoiled kid or an adult with a job. Either way money does not seem to be an issue for you so go with the 5.1's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Btrigg Posted May 25, 2001 Share Posted May 25, 2001 Why do people post their computers on bb's, no one cares about the setup, and it's ot from speakers. If you have a very good ht set-up, you should know enough about speakers to make your own decision on what to buy. The 8" will give lower bass, and just might give more accuracy since they are the right size for the job they are trying to do this time, instead of 6.5". Since it sounds like you want the very best, I'd recommend a 2nd harddrive for RAID, a 72x kenwood cdrom, a realmagic holywood plus decoder, and Klipsch 5.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farout Posted May 25, 2001 Author Share Posted May 25, 2001 Thanx for the info.I'm an adult with a job and the set-up minus the monitor was $1900. I'm even considered a 4.2 set-up. Thanx again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesw Posted May 26, 2001 Share Posted May 26, 2001 yea just buy the 5.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluegun Posted May 26, 2001 Share Posted May 26, 2001 No, you DON'T want a hardware DVD decoder card! But that's one HELL of a setup you got there! Btrigg, be nice! Hmmm... Lessee... if you want to upgrade THAT, you can sell the sblive and the livedrive, and get a Hercules Game Theatre XP. It comes with PowerDVD, which is a good thing... But be sure to get the 5.1's! And also, when WinDVD 3.0 comes out, get that, so you can have DTS... Hmmm. One thing that your computer is missing is headphones. IF you decide to get the Game Theatre XP (it has an AWESOME headphone jack, and sounds better than the sblive, and doesn't have as much bloatware), you may wanna get some... Go for the Grado SR-325's, at headphone.com Hmmm. I don't really see anything that you DON'T have...Wow....that's one hell of a setup... ------------------ "Feh." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farout Posted May 28, 2001 Author Share Posted May 28, 2001 Thanx for the replies, Yeh I got tired of upgrading ALL of the time so you do what you gotta do. So I can't wait for the 5.1s and I'll look into the gametheater xp but I think I'll wait for a little while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerv Posted May 28, 2001 Share Posted May 28, 2001 quote: "It comes with PowerDVD, which is a good thing..." well actually im not sure what you mean, power dvd's audio is pure crap, go with windvd all the way(LFE) and better surround accuracy. ------------------ Download the latest ver. of Klipsch 3d Animation: http://blake.prohosting.com/~swerv/subwoofer4.avi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twm1010 Posted May 29, 2001 Share Posted May 29, 2001 I have the Creative DXR3 Decoder, it has AC3/DTS out or soundblaster live passthrough, it has never been out of sync, and delivers a beautiful picture to my 32 inch Television, don't know what crack yer smoking? tom PS the DXR3 is the RealMagic, i know, cuz i use the RealMagic drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma43q Posted May 30, 2001 Share Posted May 30, 2001 go for the 5.1.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quistes Posted May 30, 2001 Share Posted May 30, 2001 low fat AND chewy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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