Sell me on a real 5.1 system VS AiO kit.

[Mkilbride]

Onkyo HT-S9400 THX 7.1 Ch Network Home Theater Receiver/Speaker | Accessories4less

Mm, someone linked me to this, pretty good price. What do you think?

[jonnythan]

I think you would find that Onkyo setup staggeringly disappointing for your application.

[fuzz092888]

I think if you like your old setup you'll probably like the onkyo system.

[Mkilbride]

I think you would find that Onkyo setup staggeringly disappointing for your application.

Why would that be?

I was assured over at HiDefJunkies that it'd be like going from fast food to a 4 star meal. And much better than the S550.

Can you explain? Thanks.

[jonnythan]

For sitting at a PC? Not at all. Those speakers won't even fit on your desk.

[fuzz092888]

Because over here we strive to achieve the best audio quality we possibly can within our budgets. This means clean, accurate, balanced sound from speakers that measure well.

To us that onkyo system would measure badly, is clumsy and awkward for a PC setup and couldn't hold a candle to a real HT setup. That is the general opinion of the people on this forum and everyone may not agree with me, or have more to add, but that's why there aren't many people around this forum who would ever recommend a HTIB when for a similar price, someone could begin building a much better SOUNDING system. If you're not used to accurate, excellent sounding speakers then you can't possibly appreciate the differences we're trying to convey to you.

I'm not saying you can't EVER appreciate the differences, you have yet to own a pair or spend some real time listening to really good speakers so that you can begin to appreciate the differences. To us the HTIB is a waste of money and that's why, I at least, refuse to recommend it when people ask.

[markw]

Are you prepared to position yourself in the center of those five speakers so you get the full, correct effect of those few times you wil avail yourelf of that all-surrounding multi-channel sound? If so, then go for it. It's about as good as you'l get for that price.

If not, then face the fact that two channels is most likely all you'll ever need, or have room for, at a computer moniter, assuming you have any semelance of a life and any friends and/or family that you associate with.

[Beatmatcher247]

What are you doing on this computer that you want 5.1 for? Gaming? Movies? Music?

Very few games support true multichannel properly. Those that claim to often just put the same information out over all channels.

Do you have a multichannel system that you like the sound of now?

Does your video card support audio/video output via HDMI interface?

Maybe you would be money ahead to just put your PC next to your entertainment center and run the HDMI cable to one of your home theatre receiver's HDMI inputs, and display the PC's video signal to the TV.

Klipsch Ultra-Promedia was a half-ways decent sounding powered 5.1 speaker setup made to connect to a 5.1ch computer sound card, but they used cheap components and I had mine to an electronics repair guy a couple times.

[Mkilbride]

So are you ready to act like adults now and discuss this properly?

I'd really like to get this question answered.

Just got a nice setup for my living room, 2.1, as mentioned in this thread, and would like to get a good setup for my PC now:

Looking to buy 2.1 system for my living room.

Can probably wall mount most of them.

I was even thinking of becoming a Boston Acoustics fan and buying one of their 5.1 setups + a Receiver.


Something like this, maybe?
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Then I could snag a Receiver like this:

DENON AVR-1312 5.1 Channel A/V Home Theater Receiver | Accessories4less

Buy whatever wall mounts I need and put one in each corner of the room on the wall, the center where my current is, or right above it. Subwoofer on my lower right where my current is.

Might be a good idea? Better than the AiO kit?

Or maybe this?
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it comes with the Wall mounts.

Trying to figure out what the difference is though:

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100$ more, "Special Edition" and at a glance, I can't tell why.

Thanks.

[jonnythan]

When asking people for help, I always make sure to insult my audience first.