Hey Guys -
I got this Pioneer VSX-819H-K amp and installed speaker wires "directly" the to terminals, however, I noticed "no" imrovements in the sound quality...Actually degraded...compared to just using my logitech Z5500 alone with my usb creative x-fi 5.1 surround card...
1st off, this reciever is really tech savy... I couldnt understand the settings... but like I said, I got less quality out of using this reciever...
However, can you recommend a good reciever (great sound clarity) and home theater speakers (thx certified for music) that I could essentially hook up to my computer directly, that "would" actually" make a difference in sound quality...preferbably a reciever that can play SACD as well, however not neccessary... Or would it be better to just a good 60 disk changer cd player directly to the reciever and listen to music this way, however, I have alot of mp3's and flac lossless audio files on my computer and would be more managable to hook laptop up to the reciever...but i would still have to use the usb sound card since this has the digital output i need(toslink)
Im looking for something music worthy (thx) not some ganster wannabe bass thumping stuff. hehehe... but something that would have very good clarity, quality, sound, in the singers voice as well as instrumental ect...(THX certified)something that is 10x better than the lagitechs z5500...I guess this is what I get for getting "computer speakers" meant for 5.1 gaming, right?
I know someone who has a super duper cheap single speaker (stood a little bigger than knee high...maybe it was a loud speaker) with an reciever of some sort and had good sounding music...however the voices of singers on my logitech z5500 were better, the mid and low ranges suck...
