- Sep 30, 2013
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Hi there. I just recently joined not too long ago to the Tomshardware community to ask a question that's been bothering me for awhile.
Simply put, I'm trying to figure out how to hook up these three pieces all together, to play the sound from a desktop. The receiver, the speakers to the receiver and then finally to the desktop
I come from the land of PC grade 2.0s and 2.1 configurations, but based on my growing taste in quality audio, they seem to be lacking. Alot of the 2.1 set ups I've come across seem to dump some of the midrange frequencies into the sub, leaving the left and rights sounding quite lacking, and tinny perhaps. I believe it's because of a Crossover doing this? Something more along the lines of laptop speakers paired with a subwoofer that doesn't play bass drum strikes and bass guitar tones together well, and ends up sounding like rumbling (Depends on the genre I listen to and recording quality)
I'm what you could say a growing audiophile of sorts. I primarily listen to Heavy Metal and many of it's most popular genres, Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, and Power Metal. I also listen to Classic Rock and Hard Rock as well, maybe with just a very slight touch of Blues in the mix. Because of the nature of Heavy Metal, it's very fast paced and there are alot of sounds going on, and without the right speakers, it makes it tough to make distinctions between instruments and their sounds, and things could end up sounding like a jumbled mess on the wrong pair of speakers.
I recently searched high and low throughout the internet to simply plug a cord or however many is required, from the back of the desktops audio jacks (weather they be from a built in sound card or a dedicated), and to the AV receiver. Then the speakers, weather 2.0 or 2.1 set up into the AV Receiver as well, and in the proper spots.
My thought would be that someone please provide a detailed, yet not too complex description of how this is set up, and what cables are involved. I know a bit about some set ups, for example that banana plugs on thick gauge wiring is good for speakers provided with enough slack on the wires, and that the wiring should be oxygen free to help minimize any kind of distortion.
I also understand about speaker placement can change sound quality and should be tinkered with if possible, and the size of the room, and what other objects reside in the room as well.
I'm not looking to connect HDMI cables or SPDIF cables from the PC to the receiver (alot of threads I checked up on here were merely addressing inconveniences others were having about their connections), since I'm oldschool and believe graphics cards should only be left alone to handle the graphics, and my sound card should handle my sound. And that all-in-one PCs are convenient, but still prefer a stand alone monitor, computer and other peripherals.
If anyone could please explain this to me it would be of an incredible help. I currently do not own a receiver or higher grade speakers to connect to it and to the desktop, but having this information would be of very high value to me. Better to know what you're doing right off the bat so you don't mess anything up.
Pictures to help aid in the description would be of great benefit as well. Also recommending some good quality brands that sell quality receivers and good sounding speakers that pack some bass (but not too much) and firm midrange frequencies that are pretty flat and clear (none of this has to be perfect), and clear highs with fairly well room filling sound in a 2.0 package at least, would be amazing from you guys. 2.0's sound best to start with, since some good left/rights can pack plenty of bass to go around, as a subwoofer might not be needed.
Once again, would be an amazing help from you guys to educate this young poor sap with the know-how.
Simply put, I'm trying to figure out how to hook up these three pieces all together, to play the sound from a desktop. The receiver, the speakers to the receiver and then finally to the desktop
I come from the land of PC grade 2.0s and 2.1 configurations, but based on my growing taste in quality audio, they seem to be lacking. Alot of the 2.1 set ups I've come across seem to dump some of the midrange frequencies into the sub, leaving the left and rights sounding quite lacking, and tinny perhaps. I believe it's because of a Crossover doing this? Something more along the lines of laptop speakers paired with a subwoofer that doesn't play bass drum strikes and bass guitar tones together well, and ends up sounding like rumbling (Depends on the genre I listen to and recording quality)
I'm what you could say a growing audiophile of sorts. I primarily listen to Heavy Metal and many of it's most popular genres, Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, and Power Metal. I also listen to Classic Rock and Hard Rock as well, maybe with just a very slight touch of Blues in the mix. Because of the nature of Heavy Metal, it's very fast paced and there are alot of sounds going on, and without the right speakers, it makes it tough to make distinctions between instruments and their sounds, and things could end up sounding like a jumbled mess on the wrong pair of speakers.
I recently searched high and low throughout the internet to simply plug a cord or however many is required, from the back of the desktops audio jacks (weather they be from a built in sound card or a dedicated), and to the AV receiver. Then the speakers, weather 2.0 or 2.1 set up into the AV Receiver as well, and in the proper spots.
My thought would be that someone please provide a detailed, yet not too complex description of how this is set up, and what cables are involved. I know a bit about some set ups, for example that banana plugs on thick gauge wiring is good for speakers provided with enough slack on the wires, and that the wiring should be oxygen free to help minimize any kind of distortion.
I also understand about speaker placement can change sound quality and should be tinkered with if possible, and the size of the room, and what other objects reside in the room as well.
I'm not looking to connect HDMI cables or SPDIF cables from the PC to the receiver (alot of threads I checked up on here were merely addressing inconveniences others were having about their connections), since I'm oldschool and believe graphics cards should only be left alone to handle the graphics, and my sound card should handle my sound. And that all-in-one PCs are convenient, but still prefer a stand alone monitor, computer and other peripherals.
If anyone could please explain this to me it would be of an incredible help. I currently do not own a receiver or higher grade speakers to connect to it and to the desktop, but having this information would be of very high value to me. Better to know what you're doing right off the bat so you don't mess anything up.
Pictures to help aid in the description would be of great benefit as well. Also recommending some good quality brands that sell quality receivers and good sounding speakers that pack some bass (but not too much) and firm midrange frequencies that are pretty flat and clear (none of this has to be perfect), and clear highs with fairly well room filling sound in a 2.0 package at least, would be amazing from you guys. 2.0's sound best to start with, since some good left/rights can pack plenty of bass to go around, as a subwoofer might not be needed.
Once again, would be an amazing help from you guys to educate this young poor sap with the know-how.
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