As always with me I don't really have one...
Basically I have a 46" TV coming tomorrow, the PC I'm talking about in this thread is going to be hooked up to so I'd like to get a decent 2.1 system for that for watching movies but also to play music on too. So I'm going to need the PC's soundcard and the tv's sound output connected to the speakers.
I suppose I'm looking at a $80-$120 soundcard so speakers to match the kind of quality I'd be expecting from that. I've always liked the look of the polk speakers, plus they're super highly rated. Bookshelf speakers are usually on sale at about $120 and the sub can be on sale at $80 so $200 for the speakers. So maybe my budget would be $300. But I haven't even thought about amps, preamps and receivers.... or even know whether I need any of those 3 things.
Basically I have a 46" TV coming tomorrow, the PC I'm talking about in this thread is going to be hooked up to so I'd like to get a decent 2.1 system for that for watching movies but also to play music on too. So I'm going to need the PC's soundcard and the tv's sound output connected to the speakers.
I suppose I'm looking at a $80-$120 soundcard so speakers to match the kind of quality I'd be expecting from that. I've always liked the look of the polk speakers, plus they're super highly rated. Bookshelf speakers are usually on sale at about $120 and the sub can be on sale at $80 so $200 for the speakers. So maybe my budget would be $300. But I haven't even thought about amps, preamps and receivers.... or even know whether I need any of those 3 things.