Hello there,
This is Shibashis, my very first post, happy to be finally doing it!
Before going any further, I must say that I am a 'noob' as noobs go, I am not a genius with physics, and so DIY will not happen for me. That is not to say I am a dumb-head, but physics and electronics are not quite my forte. I can make sense of things if properly explained, but my laziness forbids me from going further
I like PCs, I started working at the age of 19, and since then have spent who knows how much on upgrading this and that (graphics card, RAM, Sound Card, speakers, the usual...). I mention this because I am inclined to use my PC as a source of music and watch movies. I appreciate good movies, listen to Blues, classic rock of the bygone era and others (Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Neil Young, Deep Purple, Leonard Cohen, Denver, Cash, Simon and Gurfunkel, Allman Brothers.....and many), with Indian classicals a lot. Sorry to be rambling, but this is a forum of well educated people in the subject, and my question will be regarding what I should purchase, so it is better to provide some idea of what I listen to.
Now, I am not an audiophile, not yet anyway, and quite someway from being one. But I DO appreciate clear and crisp quality audio, and my quest for that has lasted through the last decade and is still continuing. Started with onboard audio, it was an nForce chipset I remember, then bought the Creative SoundBlaster Live! 24 bit card, which to me still is far superior than anything Creative today offers in budget category. My father (an earnest government employee) bought me my first PC, so money was in short supply. Back in 2003 my first speakers were a Mercury 4.1 (I know!), but those sounded good to me then, in anycase they are better than any speaker in the sub 3K category today. Since then I have used variants of Creative inspire series (2.1, and 5.1), Altec Lansing (ATP3, adored the bass, but everything else was disappointing). These days creative have just forgotten how to make quality computer speakers for the masses. Gigaworks T3 is a joke, MX 6021 from AL does not make the cut, and the less we talk of Logitech for music is the better. I am now with Edifier DA 5000 for 2.5 years now. These are better than most in the sub 10K band, they are properly burnt in and to me does offer pretty crisp mids and highs. Has 6" driver in the sub, which is pretty big for cheap computer audio, but the amp is a huge let down. It is under powered, and the feel of appropriate bass is just not there (desperately made aware of the inadequacy when playing tracks like "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen or "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane) These perform admirably with 320Kbps MP3s, I have paired these with Xonar D2X. SQ was a marked improvement, but now I am looking for something more.
I like PCs, as I said before. I know going with a separate amp and FS will be the best for music, but I like to watch movies too. And I want to use the PC as the playback source (Audio, and Video - DVD/Blu Ray/ HD rips). Preference wise I will say Music:Movies = 60:40.
From all of you forum members, I am asking you to help me with a solution around 25K. That is not much to go with I know, but I have to be careful at this juncture and can not really go overboard with the spending. For the sake of movies, I do not wish to sacrifice too much on audio quality, I would still like to utilize my Xonar D2X, I quite love it, and retain a 5.1 setup if possible.
Is there really a solution for me? And if so it is likely to be miraculous in this budget perhaps! But one hopes, and I do so hope from all of you, help me then!
Thanks a ton!
And oh, I am from Kolkata, very impatient and impulsive in nature, hate to wait for things to get shipped, you get the idea
This is Shibashis, my very first post, happy to be finally doing it!
Before going any further, I must say that I am a 'noob' as noobs go, I am not a genius with physics, and so DIY will not happen for me. That is not to say I am a dumb-head, but physics and electronics are not quite my forte. I can make sense of things if properly explained, but my laziness forbids me from going further
I like PCs, I started working at the age of 19, and since then have spent who knows how much on upgrading this and that (graphics card, RAM, Sound Card, speakers, the usual...). I mention this because I am inclined to use my PC as a source of music and watch movies. I appreciate good movies, listen to Blues, classic rock of the bygone era and others (Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Neil Young, Deep Purple, Leonard Cohen, Denver, Cash, Simon and Gurfunkel, Allman Brothers.....and many), with Indian classicals a lot. Sorry to be rambling, but this is a forum of well educated people in the subject, and my question will be regarding what I should purchase, so it is better to provide some idea of what I listen to.
Now, I am not an audiophile, not yet anyway, and quite someway from being one. But I DO appreciate clear and crisp quality audio, and my quest for that has lasted through the last decade and is still continuing. Started with onboard audio, it was an nForce chipset I remember, then bought the Creative SoundBlaster Live! 24 bit card, which to me still is far superior than anything Creative today offers in budget category. My father (an earnest government employee) bought me my first PC, so money was in short supply. Back in 2003 my first speakers were a Mercury 4.1 (I know!), but those sounded good to me then, in anycase they are better than any speaker in the sub 3K category today. Since then I have used variants of Creative inspire series (2.1, and 5.1), Altec Lansing (ATP3, adored the bass, but everything else was disappointing). These days creative have just forgotten how to make quality computer speakers for the masses. Gigaworks T3 is a joke, MX 6021 from AL does not make the cut, and the less we talk of Logitech for music is the better. I am now with Edifier DA 5000 for 2.5 years now. These are better than most in the sub 10K band, they are properly burnt in and to me does offer pretty crisp mids and highs. Has 6" driver in the sub, which is pretty big for cheap computer audio, but the amp is a huge let down. It is under powered, and the feel of appropriate bass is just not there (desperately made aware of the inadequacy when playing tracks like "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen or "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane) These perform admirably with 320Kbps MP3s, I have paired these with Xonar D2X. SQ was a marked improvement, but now I am looking for something more.
I like PCs, as I said before. I know going with a separate amp and FS will be the best for music, but I like to watch movies too. And I want to use the PC as the playback source (Audio, and Video - DVD/Blu Ray/ HD rips). Preference wise I will say Music:Movies = 60:40.
From all of you forum members, I am asking you to help me with a solution around 25K. That is not much to go with I know, but I have to be careful at this juncture and can not really go overboard with the spending. For the sake of movies, I do not wish to sacrifice too much on audio quality, I would still like to utilize my Xonar D2X, I quite love it, and retain a 5.1 setup if possible.
Is there really a solution for me? And if so it is likely to be miraculous in this budget perhaps! But one hopes, and I do so hope from all of you, help me then!
Thanks a ton!
And oh, I am from Kolkata, very impatient and impulsive in nature, hate to wait for things to get shipped, you get the idea
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