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Great! Those speakers sound awesome, I'll definitely look out for them at nearby stores, hopefully a sale may come my way. Does that Sherwood receiver seem to have everything I'd need to hook them up the way I'm describing (to a universal audio jack for standard headphones and stuff), or are...

Thanks so much, you've been very helpful and provided a lot of really useful information. Ideally the receiver would be able to connect to a standard audio (headphone) jack, the kind found on ipods, androids, etc. I'd like for visitors to be able to plug-and-play their music as easily as...

Yep, that advice makes a lot of sense and I'm now seriously considering going with powered speakers, and maybe upping my budget to $500. But just for my own information/decision making, what's the minimum amount of equipment I would need to hook up a standard 2.1 system with unpowered bookshelf...

I really appreciate your advice, but I'm so unknowledgeable about this stuff that I'm not sure how to implement what you're suggesting. Do I actually need a receiver? Even the cheapest 2.1 receivers I can find run at over $100, which hits my budget pretty hard. What exactly would a setup without...

@shadyj I'm definitely not going for permanent hearing loss, nor to share my music with my entire block, I was mainly just checking that I could crank them up to a reasonable volume without damaging them. Given my inexperience with audio equipment, I'd prefer my first setup to be largely...

Thanks for the advice! The speakers got great reviews and seem much easier to set up than anything else I've looked at. Are there any disadvantages to self-powered speakers, beyond being unable to control their power intake with an amp? I'd also like to be able to use these to blast music...

Hey all. I'm going to be moving into an apartment this fall, and I'd love to upgrade from headphones to a decent-ish 2.1 sound system. I'll be using it primarily for music but some video, but I won't connect it to a TV. I'm willing to spend $300-$400 on the entire system, and I'd appreciate any...