So I own a set of Klipsch ProMedia 5.1s which I bought probably five years ago. As I recall I got them from newegg and even got free shipping (w00t) . They're not currently with me anymore as I gave them to my cousin on indefinite loan because I moved away from where I was and didn't have the space to bring them with me. He's got them hooked up in his living room and they made a great small living room home theater setup.
I'm curious though, what happened to the PC speaker market recently? Klipsch has stopped producing the 5.1's, and only sell the Promedia 2.1s now, Creative's Gigaworks are no longer available, does Logitech still produce/sell good speaker sets for PC's? I am sure they all carry a bunch of low end stuff but do any of them produce any higher end units anymore?
If I were (hypothetically) in the market for a good quality 5.1 sound system for my comptuer today, what would my options be? What if I wanted a hardware 5.1 decoder? Or has all of that just been moved into software nowadays with the advances in processing power?
What speaker system(s) do you all use? Currently on my PC I have a set of Yamahas which are just a standard little 2.0 speaker set, nothing fancy. I do have a logitech subwoofer that I kept from an old 4.1 system I had, I kept it because the Yamaha speakers I have feature a built in crossover and thus I can plug the sub direct into the Yamahas and get subwoofer action from it (the sub output was originally intended for a Yamaha subwoofer that was sold separately). I don't have my subwoofer set up though as I don't need that kind of sound from my PC anymore.
Ruahrc
I'm curious though, what happened to the PC speaker market recently? Klipsch has stopped producing the 5.1's, and only sell the Promedia 2.1s now, Creative's Gigaworks are no longer available, does Logitech still produce/sell good speaker sets for PC's? I am sure they all carry a bunch of low end stuff but do any of them produce any higher end units anymore?
If I were (hypothetically) in the market for a good quality 5.1 sound system for my comptuer today, what would my options be? What if I wanted a hardware 5.1 decoder? Or has all of that just been moved into software nowadays with the advances in processing power?
What speaker system(s) do you all use? Currently on my PC I have a set of Yamahas which are just a standard little 2.0 speaker set, nothing fancy. I do have a logitech subwoofer that I kept from an old 4.1 system I had, I kept it because the Yamaha speakers I have feature a built in crossover and thus I can plug the sub direct into the Yamahas and get subwoofer action from it (the sub output was originally intended for a Yamaha subwoofer that was sold separately). I don't have my subwoofer set up though as I don't need that kind of sound from my PC anymore.
Ruahrc