Been trawling the net to find the best place to ask this question and here looks better than most. I'm newbie level so apologies in advance if I say anything 'silly'.
I've currently got a Logitech Z-5500 5.1 system set up in my computer room, hooked up via 6 ch analogue to a Creative X-Fi Xtrememusic soundcard. The speakers (or the control pod receiver) have started playing up recently and I have to fiddle with them to get them to work.
As far as audio goes, I only really listen to music on my pc. Maybe people will say I shouldn't listen to music as 5.1, but it sounds good to me (I mainly listen to electronic / dance music)
However, I also have some other equipment recently freed-up from another room; namely a Marantz PM7200 Amp and 2 x Bowers & Wilkins 602s3 speakers.
What would be the best thing to do:
1. Persevere with the Z-5500 set-up and find a new home for the other stuff;
2. Somehow hook-up the amp + speakers to my soundcard and have a 2.0 system (if so, how would I do that); or
3. Somehow mix the whole lot together and get a 7.1 system??
