Amp or Sound Card? - Page 2

thaFunkster · 5th November 2009, 10:32 AM

Hey Ice,

Good news!

My Z-5500 sub is cutting out = excuse for refund (this is my second set of z-5500s from the same place) = money to buy proper amp to drive my Dream Speakers, and probably grab a 12" dream sub too.....

Happy Days

Omnomnom · 6th November 2009, 2:35 PM

Anyone got some recomendations for some passive bookshelves around ~400? Going out this weekend to go try some out and also have a Xonar STX on the way

Haillion · 8th November 2009, 1:28 AM

Don't get the first ones you hear that sound good. For 400 smackers look for solid 2 way with a decent crossover sized to Q.

hitman0042 · 8th November 2009, 8:33 AM

Well i had a amp but no sound card, and my audio was really bad!

So i would probaly first get a really good sound card then an amp.

It also depends how big your amp is. My one was a really big one, and with no sound card, it made a very loud humming noise.

ICEW0LF · 12th November 2009, 4:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thaFunkster

Hey Ice,

Good news!

My Z-5500 sub is cutting out = excuse for refund (this is my second set of z-5500s from the same place) = money to buy proper amp to drive my Dream Speakers, and probably grab a 12" dream sub too.....

Happy Days

nice!

what amp are you gonna get? (or have got already)

5th November 2009, 10:32 AM	#16
thaFunkster Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 336	Hey Ice, Good news! My Z-5500 sub is cutting out = excuse for refund (this is my second set of z-5500s from the same place) = money to buy proper amp to drive my Dream Speakers, and probably grab a 12" dream sub too..... Happy Days __________________ "Instant Gratification" - Funk on YouTube!

6th November 2009, 2:35 PM	#17
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8th November 2009, 8:33 AM	#19
hitman0042 New Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 113	Well i had a amp but no sound card, and my audio was really bad! So i would probaly first get a really good sound card then an amp. It also depends how big your amp is. My one was a really big one, and with no sound card, it made a very loud humming noise. __________________ *Main Laptop:* Motherboard: MITAC Corporation 9008D \| CPU: Intel Core2 Duo P8400 2.26ghz \| RAM: Corsair Gaming Memory 4GB (2x2GB) SO-DIMM DDR2 800mhz \| Hardrive: Western Digital Scorpio SATA 500GB\| Graphics: ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3470 series 256mb \| OS: Windows 7 Professional 32bit *Secondary Desktop:* Motherboard: Intel D845GRG \| CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz \| RAM: 512mb DDR 266 (1x256mb) Generic Brand \| Hardrive: 40GB IDE \| Graphics: Integrated \| OS: Windows XP 32bit

8th November 2009, 1:28 AM	#18
Haillion Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 907	Don't get the first ones you hear that sound good. For 400 smackers look for solid 2 way with a decent crossover sized to Q.