New system for a jail cell.

Marty913

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

RT1-Tubes Rule

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hhmmmmmmm maybe if you had that first computer the one with all those gorgeous tubes........what the hell was the name of that thing, the Unizac or something, the Gucher??? FluxCapicitor, hell I cannot remember now.

ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer,was a general-purpose electronic computer. It was a digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems. ENIAC was designed and built to calculate artillery firing tables for the U.S. Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory.

It was also the computer behind the term "Computer Bug" when a moths were attracted to the tubes (careful all you tube-aholics) and shorted several of them out. It was not nearly as powerful as the FluxCapacitor which of course could leap space & time. The Eniac and was limited to only 1943-44. Hope that clears things up.

disneyjoe7

Hmm... I don't know Ted, I replaced my Pioneer for an Adcom GTP-500 pre like it even better over the Pioneer. Still playing on how to mix it in for full WAF but its getting there...

mmadden28

mmadden28 wrote: »

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Just curious, have you tried the standard computer speaker setup (like this) yet?

I guess it really depends on what level you are trying to achieve and how much you want to spend.

TECHNOKID wrote: »

Potentially good for some portable if you are willing to sacrifice quality and the optimum experience. However, far from being "audiophile" set-up as the OP claims.

Cheers

I didn't see the OP requesting a high-fi or audiophile setup. The only three requirements I saw were non disturbing to neighbors, fill-up the room (large sweet spot), and sourced from a computer. Nothing about it having to be the best of the best.

I think a lot of the suggestions were the best case scenario for the situation, and without a budget provided. If the OP were able to get a satisfactory sound from a $200 set of computer speakers then why not? I'd think that would depend on if he already went that route and didn't care for it. My suggestions kinda offered both ends of the spectrum.

TheNovaKing wrote: »

...I'm sort of an audiophile, ......

I want a system that won't be disturbing to my dorm neighbors, and will fill up the room, I really want it to fill up the room. I don't want that awful phenomena that happens when you turn your head and you can hear a difference in the sound (If this is impossible to avoid, then by all means negate it from my request) It needs to be able to run from my computer, whatever hardware/software I need to install isn't an issue as I'm building my own.
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Face

Face wrote: »

HTPC SQ and receiver SQ, what's the difference?

If you want the closest thing to hi fidelity from a PC, rip your CD's to either lossless or WAV files and use an external DAC via USB or digital coax.

reeltrouble1 wrote: »

oh gawd........now I reeeeely am feeling ill.

Teddy, don't worry, I meant what's the difference as in they're both meager.

Ender

Whats your financial budget and your desktop space budget?

Also, is your room small (I assume because it's a dorm room)? If so, then you don't need particularly filling speakers.

As for headphones, head to Head-Fi. You won't regret it (but your wallet might). For now I recommend HFI-780, DT770, D2000 or D1001K for durable, but pleasant sounding headphones. There are other options but without a budget (also budget for amp), I cannot recommend more.

TECHNOKID

I didn't see the OP requesting a high-fi or audiophile setup. The only three requirements I saw were non disturbing to neighbors, fill-up the room (large sweet spot), and sourced from a computer. Nothing about it having to be the best of the best.

I think a lot of the suggestions were the best case scenario for the situation, and without a budget provided. If the OP were able to get a satisfactory sound from a $200 set of computer speakers then why not? I'd think that would depend on if he already went that route and didn't care for it. My suggestions kinda offered both ends of the spectrum.

I hear you mmadden28 however, the "sort of an audiophile" statement and his music preference also struck me. He wants the good while doing it with respect of peers. Without knowing what is budget is, you are totally right that he should be provided with those options.

And by jail cell, I mean college dorm. I'm sort of an audiophile, I love old music, I prefer the sound of records to .mp3's. I love Classic Rock, Rock, Jazz, Big band, Classica, Grunge, and Metal. ( I especially love the sound of Cello's and Violins)

Cheers