esanthosh
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I was very, very hesitant to start a new thread. But, I was in a dilemma between hijacking someone else's thread and starting yet another thread and I chose the latter :ashamed:
What I have:
I have a Altec Lansing 251 and have been using onboard sound for a couple of years now (Had a Creative Sound Blaster Live! in my previous system).
Requirements:
My question is mainly with regards to watching movies. My (recent) taste in movies may seem a little odd and involves very old films viz., Kurosawa, Bergman etc., and as such has not required any "sound effects". But the odd new film I watch makes me want to upgrade the sound. But then it's only once in a while and I have not cared so much so far.
Music is not my main concern as most of the time, it travels with me inside S9/Clip+. I will however test the rips [or] play the odd CD and as long as sound comes nicely off the speakers, I'd be happy
Other facts:
What I have:
I have a Altec Lansing 251 and have been using onboard sound for a couple of years now (Had a Creative Sound Blaster Live! in my previous system).
Requirements:
My question is mainly with regards to watching movies. My (recent) taste in movies may seem a little odd and involves very old films viz., Kurosawa, Bergman etc., and as such has not required any "sound effects". But the odd new film I watch makes me want to upgrade the sound. But then it's only once in a while and I have not cared so much so far.
Music is not my main concern as most of the time, it travels with me inside S9/Clip+. I will however test the rips [or] play the odd CD and as long as sound comes nicely off the speakers, I'd be happy
Other facts:
- The PC is still running XP as of now with plans to upgrade to 7 later on.
- I am looking at Xonar DX having gone through some threads here.
- Would Logitech X-540 be an 'upgrade' to 251? (Z5500 is off my budget for now)
- Are there any good 7.1 speakers for < 10K +/- 2K?
- Reading threads, it seems like Xonar D2X may be an overkill for the kind of speakers I am considering. Instead, if I were to buy only a sound card now and build a good speaker system slowly later on, would D2X make a better choice? And are there any alternatives to D2X?
- Any external sound cards capable of 5.1? OR Is there a way to do Emu 0404 USB -> 5.1?