Just been thinking recently about my setup compared to what everyone else seems to be using. Right now I have my x-fi xtreme music with a little miniplug -> 2x RCA connectors, both going into the sub then to the monitors all of which are self-powered so I don't have an amp/receiver. I do think they sound great though (had the monitors for a year now and the sub for 6 months), thing is I have never heard any other 2.1 setups to compare it to, all I know is that this single old computer speaker i've had to live with for a month is KILLING ME (living in an retirement center while I attend some summer courses >.>)
so yeah, am I dumb and would have been better off with regular bookshelf's instead of studio quality monitors, considering the highest quality audio that ever get's played are 320kbps mp3's?
another quick semi-unrelated question.. is it possible to damage speakers by turning the volume up too loud? because the way everything is configured right now if the windows volume is turned all the way up it's like boom! (aka when noobs go on my comp and hit up youtube and spin the volume dial on my keyboard -.-) .. I have heard stuff about how trying to max volume speakers that don't receive enough power from the amp = bad but not much otherwise, I guess apart from the drivers physically breaking, which is a pain now cause the monitor drivers don't really move with the sub connected and behind that grill it's hard to see how much the driver is moving at a given time.
so yeah, am I dumb and would have been better off with regular bookshelf's instead of studio quality monitors, considering the highest quality audio that ever get's played are 320kbps mp3's?
another quick semi-unrelated question.. is it possible to damage speakers by turning the volume up too loud? because the way everything is configured right now if the windows volume is turned all the way up it's like boom! (aka when noobs go on my comp and hit up youtube and spin the volume dial on my keyboard -.-) .. I have heard stuff about how trying to max volume speakers that don't receive enough power from the amp = bad but not much otherwise, I guess apart from the drivers physically breaking, which is a pain now cause the monitor drivers don't really move with the sub connected and behind that grill it's hard to see how much the driver is moving at a given time.