On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:01:50 -0400, Larc wrote:

On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:53:26 -0400, Michael Black wrote:

| And then computers came along, everyone wants sound, but doesnt' want the
| space. So instead of a decent sound system, they add horrible plastic
| speakers with just enough amplification to get some sound out of them.
| They aren't there for sound, they are there to get some sound.

Those tiny (and usually tinny) speakers don't interest me. The soundcard in my main
desktop feeds into a Technics digital receiver that powers a pair of floor-standing
speakers (old Wharfedales), a center channel speaker mounted in the back top of the
desk kneehole and 2 surround speakers. That setup does a great job on audio
including CDs, DVD movies and TV.

I've got a similar setup using Celestion Ditton 25 speakers with a Nad
amplifier. This is stereo only but the sound is better then the modern
surround-sound system I have in another room. Speakers date from 1969.
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Robin Bignall
Herts, England