I'm looking for the best setup for playing ~192kbps mp3 quality music from my pc into a rich, multi-speaker setup in my room.
I currently output from a Soundblaster Live! card over 7m phono cable to a 10 yr-old, but fairly decent all-in-one hifi with 2 speakers.
I do not want to play games, watch dvds or anything fancy with this setup & the main aim is to get good quality MUSIC (or as much as you can from 192kbps mp3s) - but ideally through 4 or more speakers dotted around the room to give a rich sound from wherever I stand & wrap around me.
1. Does anyone know of good technology that gets the most out of this lossy audio format?
2. Does anyone know of a great way to create a subtle, non-music-ruining surround-sound/similar effect to work with mp3s (recorded in stereo) or is it not worth bothering?
3. What would people recommend doing? Using an all-in-one soundblaster x-fi card or similar, or having an average sound card output to an hi-fi amp?
4. Speakers?
Budget: £300 - £1000.
2007-07-16
22:42:44
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russell_p_preston
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