Soundcard thoughts /w Pictures!

[wibble1]

Hi Chaps,

Starting to think about improving my audio system on my PC.

Mainly watch a lot of DVDs & listen to music through my onboard soundcard onto my hd595's.

I also connect my PC to my TV sound via line-out into RCA splitter (the one with L & R). Which sounds baaaaad. I end up having to crank my TV volume up to nearlly 80% to get something which I can hear, and at this point the background music on the films is so loud i still can't hear any dialogue. Plus theres no real oooomphff to the sound.

Here's a picture:

So going to spend some money on a new sound system (~£500) including amp, soundcard (Asus Xonar D2X) & speakers.


Here's a picture of my proposed solution:

• Will this solve the audio balance issues I'm currently having?
• Am I going to notice any change with the audio output?
• Is it worth doing something like this?

Thanks for the help;

 

[wibble1]

Okay cool. When you mean its your telly, is that in regard to the unbalanced audio?

Plan to use the amp/speakers for playing music from my PC, is that also going to make a difference?

Do I need a stereo amp or an AV amp?

Had a look at a couple of speakers and the KEF KHF2005.2 really do look nice...going to try and demo them along side the mordant genie ones hopefully...

 

[wibble1]

On the pc the volume is turned up to 100% and end up having to turn my TV up to around 30 to be able to hear it. When doing this with movies etc the audio levels are so unbalanced, i.e. the actor is talking but i cant hear him cos of the ambient noise from the film lol.

Stereo or AV amp? If you have a tight budget go Stereo. If you have cash and the space to put in surround speakers and surround amp get that as it is great.

Want to spend roughly 150ish on the amp, I've heard rave things about the DENON AVR1907 for (£150) but would compare that with maybe a cambridge audio amp: Cambridge Audio AZUR 340A.

I plan to try and go and listen at the weekend to some gear, Really like the look of the KEF KHF2005.2 cos of their size etc but I hear they're not too hot with music????

Update:

I rang Richersounds up for some advice, they suggested going for the cheaper KEF speakers, 1005 range and then go with a semi decent amp (Yamaha AVX363) which would be better for my needs and budget!