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Argas posted:Out of curiosity, any idea if it's possible to use Audioengine's speakers as part of a larger setup? I doubt I'll replace my old mediocre Z-5500s anytime soon but whenever I do replace them, I'm reluctant to have less speakers. It depends. The A2 and A5+ are active speakers. They have built-in amps. That's not to say that you couldn't use them as surrounds if you knew what you were doing, but you should never connect active speakers to an external amplifier or receiver like you would some "standard" speakers. The P4 are passive. There's no integrated amp to speak of- just a crossover, a tweeter, a woofer, and a cabinet. You treat them as you would any other regular speaker- in that you'll need an amp/receiver to drive them. titaniumone posted:I'm sure those are alright but aren't really comparable and why I told him to specify a budget.   Oh snap, your $750/pair bookshelf speakers with gushing reviews from Stereophile Mag are in a completely different league from my $330/pair bookshelf speakers with gushing reviews from Stereophile Mag. I'm sorry for making a suggestion. I've listened to the PSB minis. They're good, but also overpriced.
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I'd look at Tannoy Reveal 501A or 601A for pc speakers, and maybe a DAC if you don't have an okay soundcard already. You can connect active speakers to a surround sound system if your surround amp/reciever has line-level pre-outs. I'm also inclined to agree with Electric Bugaloo, $750 seems a tad steep.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:It depends. The A2 and A5+ are active speakers. They have built-in amps. That's not to say that you couldn't use them as surrounds if you knew what you were doing, but you should never connect active speakers to an external amplifier or receiver like you would some "standard" speakers. The P4 are passive. There's no integrated amp to speak of- just a crossover, a tweeter, a woofer, and a cabinet. You treat them as you would any other regular speaker- in that you'll need an amp/receiver to drive them. Your speakers have a built-in amplifier and a 2.75" woofer, mine need an external amplifier and have a 4" woofer. They are meant for different purposes, and hence why I said not really comparable. It has nothing to do with being smug. Why are you so ridiculously passive-aggressive? We can both offer suggestions. Argas: It is never a good idea to pair standalone speakers with a "home theater in the box" receiver like the Z5500's unless you have a good understanding of the power requirements of your speakers, and the power handling and resistance of your receiver. You can easily damage the speaker, receiver, or both. I used to have Z5500s, and I wouldn't want to try connecting anything but the Logitech satellites. titaniumone fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Oct 18, 2012 |
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titaniumone posted:Argas: It is never a good idea to pair standalone speakers with a "home theater in the box" receiver like the Z5500's unless you have a good understanding of the power requirements of your speakers, and the power handling and resistance of your receiver. You can easily damage the speaker, receiver, or both. I used to have Z5500s, and I wouldn't want to try connecting anything but the Logitech satellites. Dominoes fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Oct 19, 2012 |
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Dominoes posted:He doesn't need to connect the speakers to the Z550: They're both powered setups with analog inputs. He could plug in the standalones to his front speaker output of his sound card and the Z550s to the rear and center/sub outputs. I wasn't sure if he was talking about the passives or the actives. My advice was for the passives. For the actives, yeah, that would work great.
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titaniumone posted:Your speakers have a built-in amplifier and a 2.75" woofer, mine need an external amplifier and have a 4" woofer. They are meant for different purposes, and hence why I said not really comparable. It has nothing to do with being smug. Why are you so ridiculously passive-aggressive? We can both offer suggestions. The P4 are passive speakers that require external amplification and have a 4" woofer also. In retrospect, I realize that I hadn't been entirely clear with the model of Audioengine speaker that I was promoting. As I posted before, the company makes 2 active lines (the A2- with 2.75" woofers and A5+- with 5" woofers) and the P4, which are passive and have similar specs to the PSB minis. Anyway, sorry if I jumped down your throat a bit. I really thought you were simply dumping on the P4s for being cheaper.
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ratbert90 posted:
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Bottom Liner posted:Yet you can't use a thumbnail [img] tag? Mmm, giant blurry photo. I wonder if it spans all three (? honestly it's hard to tell) monitors? 
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It's also "an engineer" Here's my messy desk which I will be replacing with a smaller desk and a real computer monitor instead of that 32 inch TV on the left once I move into my new apartment. 
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 Forgive the messy desk; Specs: PC home built - ASUS P8P67 mobo w/ intel i5 2500k overclocked to 4.5 GHZ Logitech keyboard/mouse Logitech Z313 Speakers Logitech Attack 3 joystick HP G60 inside the notebook bag Some cheap rear end HP Printer iMac G3 below my desk leeds fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Oct 26, 2012 |
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SevenSocks posted:Expensive looking speakers, cut foam packing stands. Crafty. Dual widescreen monitors in portrait orientation for maximum eBook. Also crafty. Don't recognize the speakers but the monitors, mouse mat and keyboard are all nice. This person knows what to buy. Is that a Gnome desktop I see too?
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and wanted to know how good of a camera it is. Scale of 1 - 10
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That sir, is a very sexy setup! I need another monitor...actually I only have one monitor at home, so I need 2 monitors haha.
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Deutsch Nozzle posted:Not enough desk space for three monitors, so I solved that problem with an Ergotron dual mounting arm. It couldn't have worked out more perfectly. Heh, we have the same desk (z-something something?). Granted I haven't changed the layout in quite the while~ 
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 I used to hide my cable shame better but ran into issues when I had to add something to the bundle.
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I hate working from home. This used to be where I'd unwind. Now I have a loving Cisco phone.
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Oldstench posted:I hate working from home. This used to be where I'd unwind. Now I have a loving Cisco phone. Heh. I know how you feel. Now I have a server, a Yealink and two Polycoms. And soon to be another Yealink, couple more Polycoms and another server. 
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Ihmemies posted:Wow, 186x100cm, now I'm jealous. In Finland Ikea sells only 186x62cm tabletops so I had to buy a flimsier one elsewhere to get one big enough :/ This is so confusing... Finland and Sweden are right next to each other!
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Just grabbed a 24", so the 22" has become my vertical scroller. I didn't know how I'd feel about it, but I actually like it. A lot. Off to the left is my "DJ" station, where I pretend I know how to mix. Brown box is the last SSD (240gb Intel 520) to be installed in my THPC, and then all my OSes are on SSD. 
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Please tell me that stands for Tony Hawk's Pro Computer
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Tony Hawk is a goon. Confirmed. You saw it here first.
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Bucket Joneses posted:Please tell me that stands for Tony Hawk's Pro Computer heh, It don't. I'm just an idiot.
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Granbar posted:Tony Hawk is a goon. Confirmed. You saw it here first. I'd prefer Tony Hawks honestly.
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I know this thread is running a little slow, but I'm pretty impressed by a lot of these setup. I just built my new pc the other day and I'm graduating soon. So I'll be home a lot more. I never really had a home desktop before. I'm wondering if there are any recommended desks where I can put my pc on it. The reason for this is there is a potential for floods in my area and I wouldn't want my pc to be in water one day. Thanks in advance
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Pistol Packin Poet posted:I know this thread is running a little slow, but I'm pretty impressed by a lot of these setup. I just built my new pc the other day and I'm graduating soon. So I'll be home a lot more. I never really had a home desktop before. I'm wondering if there are any recommended desks where I can put my pc on it. The reason for this is there is a potential for floods in my area and I wouldn't want my pc to be in water one day. That's called 'flood insurance' not 'a special flood-proof desk'. Or, less snarkily: there's not a desk made that's going to guarantee that anything on it will survive a flood, so that's why you insure your poo poo.
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cstine posted:That's called 'flood insurance' not 'a special flood-proof desk'. I understand that. I'm not talking about protecting the desk though. I just want a desk sturdy enough to carry the weight of my pc case.
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Mitsune posted:Heh, we have the same desk (z-something something?). Granted I haven't changed the layout in quite the while~ *Gundam Wing Wallscroll* YES. Tasteful and Nostalgic. +1 Sir. (And don't think i can't see that Trigun poster down the back there too!) Dizeh fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Nov 26, 2012 |
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Friends rented out their spare room to me and, yeah...its kinda small (the tissues are so not for what you think they are)
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codo27 posted:Friends rented out their spare room to me and, yeah...its kinda small What keyboard is that?
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Argas posted:What keyboard is that? IDE peg it as one of those that comes with different fancy key sets. Something you don't want.
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My work office recently got a renovation, and now in addition to my spread of cables, I have ample wall space that I'm looking to cover with something sufficiently classy/technical for an IT office.   Any suggestions?
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This is a picture of my whole space, pretty much. The computer on my desk has changed and doesn't sit on top of the desk anymore, but other than that, mostly everything is as it is now. This picture was taken about a year ago.
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