I am soooo lost with what I need for good audio, I've been trying to do some research, but it is so overwhelming that I am having extreme issues trying to figure it out. I'll try to explain what I want basically:
-I want speakers that I can run through my PC & TV (doesn't have to be at the same time, but being able to switch easily would be great). This is my biggest concern here. Cable length isn't a problem since they're almost side-by-side in my room. But being able to use my speakers for my TV & PC is a big thing for me.
-5.1 preferable
-Okay, you ever play Call of Duty 4, or Left 4 Dead, or any game really I guess, and you just sit there? With no music, no moving, no gunfire? There is that low idling hum/howl that you hear? I love that. It sounds really powerful and atmospheric. Like a really slow wind. Do you know what I mean? I want that. When I played FPS games on my brother's THX 2.1 logitech speakers, I heard that on almost everything.
-Something ~$350 or less, preferably
Here's some info on what I have right now:
I'm pretty lost, and I hope I'm making sense here. What do I need?
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/devices/224&cl=us,en# I like this, (it's $300 on newegg), but I don't understand what I'm looking at in terms of hardware or specs. Would this work for me? Under compatibility it says "PC/Mac, CD, MP3, DVD, PlayStation®, Xbox®" does that mean it won't work my 360 and ps3? Because they're talking about the last-gen consoles. Can I plug it into my TV too? It doesn't say anything about using these for TVs anywhere. Daaah!
I'm just ssoooooo so lost. I'm usually extremely tech savvy, but with audio I have no idea what I am talking about. Can anyone please give me some advice or pointers?
-I want speakers that I can run through my PC & TV (doesn't have to be at the same time, but being able to switch easily would be great). This is my biggest concern here. Cable length isn't a problem since they're almost side-by-side in my room. But being able to use my speakers for my TV & PC is a big thing for me.
-5.1 preferable
-Okay, you ever play Call of Duty 4, or Left 4 Dead, or any game really I guess, and you just sit there? With no music, no moving, no gunfire? There is that low idling hum/howl that you hear? I love that. It sounds really powerful and atmospheric. Like a really slow wind. Do you know what I mean? I want that. When I played FPS games on my brother's THX 2.1 logitech speakers, I heard that on almost everything.
-Something ~$350 or less, preferably
Here's some info on what I have right now:
My TV is a 32" Sony Bravia (About a year old), and has a digital audio out (optical), and regular audio out (left and right), it also has audio jacks (left and right) under my HDMI inputs that I don't know what are for, and a single 1/8th stereo jack audio input under my PC-in. The rest of my inputs are taken up by devices. I have a BUNCH of consoles hooked up (360, PS3, Wii, Gamecube, Xbox, PS2, Genesis, N64) , along with a DVD/VCR combo, I don't know if that matters.
-Would speakers need to take the audio straight from my sources (consoles, dvd players, etc)? Or would it be okay if 5.1 speakers replaced my stock TV speakers?
-Do I need a receiver? Or some kind of box to put in all my sources? I know NOTHING about receivers.
I'm pretty lost, and I hope I'm making sense here. What do I need?
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/devices/224&cl=us,en# I like this, (it's $300 on newegg), but I don't understand what I'm looking at in terms of hardware or specs. Would this work for me? Under compatibility it says "PC/Mac, CD, MP3, DVD, PlayStation®, Xbox®" does that mean it won't work my 360 and ps3? Because they're talking about the last-gen consoles. Can I plug it into my TV too? It doesn't say anything about using these for TVs anywhere. Daaah!
I'm just ssoooooo so lost. I'm usually extremely tech savvy, but with audio I have no idea what I am talking about. Can anyone please give me some advice or pointers?
