On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 02:48:32PM -0400, Tom Lichti wrote: > Jesse Guardiani wrote: > > >Steve Adeff wrote: > > > >>On Monday 24 October 2005 13:15, Jesse Guardiani wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hello all, > >>> > >>>I'm thinking about buying a digital 5.1 sound system for > >>>my MythTV setup. I saw some decent 5.1 capable sound > >>>cards on this list a few weeks ago for under $40, and I'm > >>>wondering what listers recommend for an inexpensive speaker > >>>system with a digital optical input? > >>> > >>>Has to work with linux/mythtv obviously, but they're mostly > >>>OS agnostic, right? Just so long as the sound card works? > >>> > >>>I'm looking to spend less than $300. I'd like it to sound good > >>>for DVDs, music, TV, and gaming, in that order. What do > >>>you folks recommend? > >>> > >>>Thanks! > >>> > >> > >> > >>I've yet to see a an all encompasing system for less than $500US that > >>was worth the money. If your at all interested in it sounding good > >>expect to spend closer to $1000US. My opinion, buy an Energy or > >>Paradigm satelite system, which will cost ~$500 and a standalone > >>receiver, a good one can be had for $300. > >> > > > > > >That's out of my league. I'll buy a flat screen TV before I spend that > >kind of cash on audio. > >I'm currently using an old 2.1 system from 1995. :) I'm just looking > >to upgrade to something > >that doesn't suck completely and doesn't cost more than $300. Best > >bang for at or under $300. > > > ebay, hands down, for that budget. If you can buy stuff local and save > on shipping, even better. >
I was on your kind of budget, and went with the Logitech Z5500 system, which have the handy advantage of a built-in digital decoder, so I didn't have to buy a receiver (and who wants to have all that hardware lying around?). I just pass it the digital output from my onboard A7N8X-E, and it handles the stream appropriately, digital or not. HTH, Tim -- Morals? I eat communism and $h!t America, brother. --Seanbaby
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