2.1 Hi-Fi suggestions?

willhub · 16 Dec 2006 at 09:49

2.0 Hi-Fi suggestions?

Hi, i am going to return my Creative X-Fi Fata1ty, the return should be about £145, also, i will be getting my EMA soon, so thats £245, so any suggestions on some good 2.1 gear for that price, also maybe a cheap but good sound card in that price too?, or maybe i can stick with my Intergrated AC97 audio and it will sound better with 2.1 than my z5500 would sound with the x-fi?

willhub · 16 Dec 2006 at 11:05

Sorry, i did not mean 2.1, just 2.0.

I want a nice set of bookshelve speakers, an amp for them that can be used with possibly more speakers and a subwoofer later on.

My first subwoofer for Hi-Fi will be the BK Monolith, so thats got its own power supply.

I would prefer to use Ebay, and possibly get some B&W's

willhub · 16 Dec 2006 at 12:17

Whats wrong with B&W, Dr.EM reccomended them to me, they dont seem bad.

I thought i might of been able to get something thats at least a lot better quality than my Z5500 for music and also can go preety loud, i would like some standmount speakers that can throw out quite a lot of bass, just enough to go with the music at a ncie level, and the B&W speakers that Dr.Em has seems to be good.

I have decided to return the X-fi abd buy 2.0 Hi-Fi because my Z5500 is really annoying me, it dont seem good for music now, too much treble, vocals are too quiet etc..

willhub · 16 Dec 2006 at 13:58

Ok, any reccomendations, throw sound card out of windows, i will be able to cope with my intergrated sound for now, i expect them to be better quality still than my z5500's.

willhub · 16 Dec 2006 at 14:42

Volume, Quality and bass if possible, when i say bass, i mean just good enough so its at the right level for the music, i dont want no bass so i am missing something from the music.

willhub · 16 Dec 2006 at 22:13

Do you know if any of these big shopping centers like the one in shefflied, leeds of manchester will have good places for speakers, as then i will go in and demo some.

Also on a note about bass, since i fell through the floor in the loft and made a hole in the ceiling in my room, i have had to move into a really small room, and in this small room, the bass from my z5500 is not as loud as when i wa sin a room 3 times larger than it :s, i thought it would be louder a lot louder :s