Midi Hi Fi vs PC speakers

Peter450

Peter450

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I have an Aiwa Midi system, that i'm planning on hooking up to my Soundblaster extreme 7.1

I don't really want to go to a surround sound setup as it's going to be to many speakers and the room were my PC is does'nt really have the space for all that

My past experiance with PC speakers is that they were a pile of junk, one of the best things i ever did was hook up my old PC to a Hi Fi the differnace was massive

Anyway back to present day and i have a Midi system spare for use with the above soundcard, i was planning on getting a y piece cable and hooking the lineout up to my midi system and hey ho some decent sound

However on my soundcard installation sheet it only has instructions for connection up to 2.1, 4.1 etc systems, A 2.1 system is a sub and pair of speakers right?, my midi system only has two speakers, no sub although there is a small powered sub in each speaker.

My question is are PC speakers still generally a bit dire?, this was a long time ago when i last used them and i can see from the stuff in shops etc things have come along an awful lot since then with surround setups etc, would a 2.1 system rival or even beat a 150 odd quid midi system or is Hi Fi still best for stero non surround sound outputs?
 
A 2.1 pc speaker system connects using one input the analogue stereo out on the sound card.
To answer your question, yes they are still pretty bad for music as most of them have small satellite speakers and no midrange.
But compared to a Midi system ? I take it by that you mean the all in one units you had in the 80's/90's the aiwa ones and that ?
then some pc speakers would probably sound better yes.But then you already have a sound solution so why bother ?
A quality set of headphones is where it's at for the PC.
 
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If you had a decent make of midi hifi, then I'd say yours will be better. But Aiwa is pants, so it's a closer call. I'd still give your aiwa as better sound quality though. Had a aiwa in the past.
 
Stick with Hi Fi (if the Aiwa fits the bill). I have a Sony separates stereo system for music and threw in 3 satellites and the sub from Creative Inspire Digital 5700 speakers (on their last legs. Doesn't decode DD any more and will only take up to 4 channels analogue) for gaming, giving a cheaters 5.1 system. The Creatives do the job for movies and gaming but I keep them off the rest of the time.

I have a set of Logitech z680s in the other room and I'll be moving them in here for a cheaters 7.1 system, using my Sonys as the front main speakers.
 
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i have always found that a hifi setup will bang out FAR better sound than pc speakers, unless its the 200 quid ones lol

I have a marantz SR 5.1 series amp running on optical into my external SB card, sounds fantastic :)
 
Yeah, try the Aiwa out it'll be ok, better than tiny wee pc speakers (some pc speakers are good, but not many). Get a splitter like c64 said.
 
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