I'm going to use a PC as the video and audio source in the kitchen.
What are peoples thoughts on a good amplifier/speaker solution?

The simplist thing would be to buy a PC speaker set but even the
'expensive' ones look too cheap to be any good - is there anything
i've missed? Otherwise I've got a sony stereo amp i could hide away
with the PC and drive from the PC's volume control (or get a nice USB
volume knob) but i could do with a sub/sat solution to replace the
bookshelf speakers i have at present. These all seem to be 5.1
solutions which is overkill for terrrestrial TV and mp3s (i'm not
going to be watching dvd movies). A 3.1 solution would be good but
then what do i do for an amp?

Buy an amp, take an audio signal from your soundcard and voila.....i have
split the audio signal frrom the PC 3 ways, i) to t.v (av amp when I get
it), ii) PC speaker kit and iii) amp & speakers in the kitchen.
I use all Mp3 files for my music and am very happy with most of them.....i
have 5882 Mp3 files - 25.54 Gig's worth ;-)

Paul.

"anthony james" wrote in message
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I'm going to use a PC as the video and audio source in the kitchen.
What are peoples thoughts on a good amplifier/speaker solution?

The simplist thing would be to buy a PC speaker set but even the
'expensive' ones look too cheap to be any good - is there anything
i've missed? Otherwise I've got a sony stereo amp i could hide away
with the PC and drive from the PC's volume control (or get a nice USB
volume knob) but i could do with a sub/sat solution to replace the
bookshelf speakers i have at present. These all seem to be 5.1
solutions which is overkill for terrrestrial TV and mp3s (i'm not
going to be watching dvd movies). A 3.1 solution would be good but
then what do i do for an amp?

Buy an amp, take an audio signal from your soundcard and voila.....i have
split the audio signal 3 ways, i) to t.v (av amp when I get it), ii) PC
speaker kit and iii) amp & speakers in the kitchen.
I use all Mp3 files for my music and am very happy with most of them.....i
have 5882 Mp3 files - 25.54 Gig's worth ;-)

Paul.

"anthony james" wrote in message
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I'm going to use a PC as the video and audio source in the kitchen.
What are peoples thoughts on a good amplifier/speaker solution?

The simplist thing would be to buy a PC speaker set but even the
'expensive' ones look too cheap to be any good - is there anything
i've missed? Otherwise I've got a sony stereo amp i could hide away
with the PC and drive from the PC's volume control (or get a nice USB
volume knob) but i could do with a sub/sat solution to replace the
bookshelf speakers i have at present. These all seem to be 5.1
solutions which is overkill for terrrestrial TV and mp3s (i'm not
going to be watching dvd movies). A 3.1 solution would be good but
then what do i do for an amp?

anthony james wrote:
I'm going to use a PC as the video and audio source in the kitchen.
What are peoples thoughts on a good amplifier/speaker solution?

Leave the PC out of the kitchen, put a TV of some sort in there (TFT in a
kitchen cupboard door is a cool trick) and get a Hauppauge MVP. Either use
the TV audio or something like a creative 2.1 speaker set or similar (about
30 quid).

Then you have a nice user interface, network audio / video, all for about 90
quid for the MVP - in fact put one in every room...

"Tim S Kemp" wrote in message ...

Leave the PC out of the kitchen, put a TV of some sort in there (TFT in a
kitchen cupboard door is a cool trick) and get a Hauppauge MVP. Either use
the TV audio or something like a creative 2.1 speaker set or similar (about
30 quid).

That's one way of doing it but
- i still need to put the pc server somewhere and this is an
additional cost
- the tft screen *should* give better pictures driven by a pc graphics
card than via the MVP though a S-Vid or RGB connection
- something like MyHTPC will give a freindly user interface anyway.
- i'm not convinced a £30 speaker system will give me the quality of
sound i want. I'd happily spend £200 or more on amp and speakers.

I can always relocate the PC later and replace it with a 'media
player' of some kind. Since it's a network it doesnt really matter
where it is.