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Dominoes: Sep 20, 2007

I've been using this setup for my PC, mostly for games:
-Onkyo 507 receiver connected to my video card via HDMI
-A pair of Polk AUdio TSI 500 front speakers
-Polk Audio TS2 center channel
-A pair of Polk Audio Monitor 40s for the rear
-Dayton 10" subwoofer

Sounds great, but takes up a lot of space.

Dominoes fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Sep 4, 2012

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Dominoes: Sep 20, 2007

Opus125 posted:

Gotta picture of your setup?

Rears aren't visible in this image.

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Dominoes: Sep 20, 2007

Turds in magma posted:

I play some videogames, listen to a lot of music, and also probably want a set of speakers to rout my piano through (yamaha p155).

I was thinking of getting these:pioneer sp fs51

Any reason not to?

Second, I know poo poo about recievers: what do I need to hook these up to my computer? And what's an easy way to switch over to my piano?

1: Don't use those, or any home theater or consumer audio speakers and amps with your piano: The low frequencies will clip the amp and damage the speakers. You need a PA, keyboard amp or bass amp.

2: To hook up the speakers you linked to your computer, you need an analog-digital converter and an amp. Generally, this means a receiver. (A receiver does that plus acts as a hub) You connect the speakers to the receiver via bare wire, and the receiver to your computer via HDMI or TOSLINK. In the setup I posted above, I connect the receiver to my video card using HDMI.

Dominoes fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Sep 24, 2012

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