Sound Bottleneck?

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madrix

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I was just wondering, I am switching from realtek 97 to an x-fi card (should arrive soon I hope). I am using altec lansing vs2321 speakers, I love them to death! price performance is awesome. I was just wondering if they are going to be the limiting factor for my new x-fi card and if so, by how much? does anyone have these speakers? is it worth going out to buy klipsch promedia 2.1's ? Thanks
 
Try them out with the x-fi. Better speakers will sound better. THat is not to say your current speakers will sound bad.
 
Thanks for the quick response, sounding better is great news to me :D would hate to spend money on a quality card and see no increase. Just wondering how much if any would they hold me back, if you know.
 
madrix said:
Thanks for the quick response, sounding better is great news to me :D would hate to spend money on a quality card and see no increase. Just wondering how much if any would they hold me back, if you know.
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I'm one of those "audiophile" wackos. But, if you're willing to spend some time, you cannot beat these for raw pwnage-for-the-dollar.

http://zaphaudio.com/audio-speaker13.html

Parts should cost under $100/pr.

Alternately, get a pair of old Realistic Minimus 7ws (about $40 shipped on eBay for a pair in good condition) and a T-amp ($25).. These are classic studio monitors, and sound very good when they're not blown out, which does occasionally happen - however, for $40, you can get a pair in good condition, and maybe a pair of the spiffy walnut-cased 7w's.

If that's not enough bass for you, you can add a small powered subwoofer, too - keep an eye out on eBay. The 7W's are not bass monsters, but the quality is excellent.
 
madrix said:
I am switching from realtek 97 to an x-fi card .
I was just wondering if they(speakers) are going to be the limiting factor for my new x-fi card and if so, by how much?
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Yea, they(speakers) will pretty much be your limiting factor until you start getting into 1000$ speakers or 200$ headphones (in which case the card starts to show it's limits).

Instead of getting a marginal sound quality increase by going with another speaker setup, how about getting a nice pair of headphones? 140$ can get you a sweet pair.
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towert7 said:
Yea, they(speakers) will pretty much be your limiting factor until you start getting into 1000$ speakers or 200$ headphones (in which case the card starts to show it's limits).

Instead of getting a marginal sound quality increase by going with another speaker setup, how about getting a nice pair of headphones? 140$ can get you a sweet pair.
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Or build the suckers yourself. $800 speakers often have $100 worth of parts in 'em.
 
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