Just bought my first set of speakers, Polk RTi A1s.
Dkim620
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in Electronics
Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to the audiophile and sound community.
After a lot of research, I finally bought a pair of Polk RTi A1 bookshelf speakers.
I want to hook them up to a computer that I have, so what else do I need?
From what I've learned, it seems I just need some speaker wire and a receiver or an amp?
Would a Class D or T power amp suffice? I'm a college student on a fairly tight budget, so I would like to go as cheap as possible without limiting the true potential of the speakers.
Any recommendations? Thank you very much!
I'm fairly new to the audiophile and sound community.
After a lot of research, I finally bought a pair of Polk RTi A1 bookshelf speakers.
I want to hook them up to a computer that I have, so what else do I need?
From what I've learned, it seems I just need some speaker wire and a receiver or an amp?
Would a Class D or T power amp suffice? I'm a college student on a fairly tight budget, so I would like to go as cheap as possible without limiting the true potential of the speakers.
Any recommendations? Thank you very much!
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How tight?afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
Well, I make a few hundred dollars a month, and can always save if necessary.
Part of the problem is I'm very inexperienced and don't know how much I should be expecting to pay for a system at a good price-performance point.
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Oh, and to add on, I'm perfectly willing to purchase used equipment.
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Link your local Craigslist.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
What sort of audio outputs does your computer have?afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
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This would work.
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ele/5301020461.html
According to the recently sold ones on eBay, it should be priced closer to $150 though so talk them down.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=marantz+1402&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=80439&_sargn=-1&saslc=1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&LH_Complete=1afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
Okay, I'll look into it, thank you very much for your help!
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https://baltimore.craigslist.org/ele/5244058004.html
Been listed for a month, if they still have it they'd probably take $100.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
Village Idiot of Club Polk -
Congrats on the new speaker. I hope you know it won't be the last one neither.Epson 3020 projector. Da Lite screen. Oppo 103. Yamaha CXA5000. B&K 7250ii. HSU VTF2. Def Tech Supercube 4000. Polk Rtia9 CsiA6 FxiA6. Monster hts 2600. Home theater.
Bedroom consist of NHT model 2 powered by Parasound hca1200ii coming from my computer.
Stuff laying around. Too much to list but don't want to sell either. -
Nice pick. You should get many hours of sonic goodness out of the RTiA1s!
H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music. -
Congrats on getting some nice sounding Polk speakers.
