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music source: flac or MP3 (320kps)
Decent AMP and Speakers
Soundcard: Asus Essence STX
Speakers are Boston Acoustics A26
Amp is Cambridge Audio Azur 350A
Answer
A subwoofer.
Those speakers are small bookshelf speakers. They cannot produce bass.
But that Cambridge Audio amp.... does not do bass management. This means you cannot add a self-powered subwoofer. You must buy a subwoofer with speaker level inputs and outputs. Then you run speaker wire to the sub, then more speaker wire from the sub to the Bostons.
You might also want a 'real' source of music. While .mp3's are popular - they are highly compressed and are considered the "FM Radio" of music.
Try this:
* Listen to some music on your car AM radio.
* Switch to FM after about 20 minutes. You should notice a big improvement.
* Switch to a music CD after about 20 minutes. You should notice a big improvement.
MP3's are random quality - largely based on the codec used to rip them. On average - they match the quality of a nearby FM radio station.
Your other problem:
You are using a PC sound card? That amp only takes left/right analog inputs. This means you need to make sure to use really good left/right RCA cables because there is a huge amount of noise behind a computer. (Optical is a much better connection type from a computer because the optical cable ignores all the electrical noise)
Look for RCA cables where each plug connects to a thick, round wire. Not stuff that looks like headphone wires - but something as thick/thicker than CATV coax.
My advice:
Get a self-powered subwoofer that has both RCA inputs and speaker wire inputs and outputs. This will help your music sound decent (because you will actually be able to hear bass).
Then hit your local Craigslist for a used but name brand AV Receiver. This should run $100-$300 but will give you bass management (and an RCA jack for the subwoofer) and will probably sound better than that Cambridge Audio no-frills amp.
Hope this helps.
A subwoofer.
Those speakers are small bookshelf speakers. They cannot produce bass.
But that Cambridge Audio amp.... does not do bass management. This means you cannot add a self-powered subwoofer. You must buy a subwoofer with speaker level inputs and outputs. Then you run speaker wire to the sub, then more speaker wire from the sub to the Bostons.
You might also want a 'real' source of music. While .mp3's are popular - they are highly compressed and are considered the "FM Radio" of music.
Try this:
* Listen to some music on your car AM radio.
* Switch to FM after about 20 minutes. You should notice a big improvement.
* Switch to a music CD after about 20 minutes. You should notice a big improvement.
MP3's are random quality - largely based on the codec used to rip them. On average - they match the quality of a nearby FM radio station.
Your other problem:
You are using a PC sound card? That amp only takes left/right analog inputs. This means you need to make sure to use really good left/right RCA cables because there is a huge amount of noise behind a computer. (Optical is a much better connection type from a computer because the optical cable ignores all the electrical noise)
Look for RCA cables where each plug connects to a thick, round wire. Not stuff that looks like headphone wires - but something as thick/thicker than CATV coax.
My advice:
Get a self-powered subwoofer that has both RCA inputs and speaker wire inputs and outputs. This will help your music sound decent (because you will actually be able to hear bass).
Then hit your local Craigslist for a used but name brand AV Receiver. This should run $100-$300 but will give you bass management (and an RCA jack for the subwoofer) and will probably sound better than that Cambridge Audio no-frills amp.
Hope this helps.
What are Satellite Speakers?
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I know I might sound like a real noob, but what exactly are satellite speakers? Are they wireless, or wired? If they are wireless, then are all the speakers that come in the set wireless? I'm building my own home theater this summer and I would like to have wireless speakers if possible to avoid the hastle of installation and cord management. I've looked at other answers and its still not really clear to me. Thanks for your input.
Answer
This is NOT a clueless question at all. Satellite speakers are the speakers that carry the mid-bass on up in a three piece system that consist of a pair of "small" speakers (the satellites) and the bass only speaker called the "sub-woofer". A vast majority have always been conventional wired speakers. I should also mention that over 90% of the sub-woofers in these systems are powered. That makes hook-up and general sound adjustment easier. Many times a satellite sub-woofer system can "blow the doors off" a pair of old style large floor speakers.
This is NOT a clueless question at all. Satellite speakers are the speakers that carry the mid-bass on up in a three piece system that consist of a pair of "small" speakers (the satellites) and the bass only speaker called the "sub-woofer". A vast majority have always been conventional wired speakers. I should also mention that over 90% of the sub-woofers in these systems are powered. That makes hook-up and general sound adjustment easier. Many times a satellite sub-woofer system can "blow the doors off" a pair of old style large floor speakers.
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