Hello all. Im writing with a question to see if anyone can get me on the right road. I'm reviewing the forum posts as we speak, but not totally understanding the audio realm, I needed to see if anyone would respond to this post in the meantime...Being a very visual person, the more detailed you can be will be the most helpful. Shoot, even pics of what Im looking for would be superior! I just need to know what I should be shopping for. Thanks in advance.
We are converting our home theater and need some audio direction. The old set up was the standard projector hooked up your average "home theater in a box" setup. It worked great for our needs, but we have decided to move into the HTPC direction. I have everything working great using Windows Media Center but have no idea which way to go with the audio.
My brain wants to say, "hey, its a computer...just plug in a set of 5.1 surround sound speakers into the pc and place them around the room." But as soon as I say that, we cant find a set of pc speakers that will reach around the room.
Next idea was to get something like a receiver to run the existing speakers we have mounted on the wall, but how does that hook up to the pc? I just think we're looking in all the wrong directions or looking for the wrong things all together.
Needless to say, we cant spend thousands of dollars on audio, so for now, can someone direct us what we should be looking for to connect with the HTPC that runs Windows Media Center? Thanks again.
We are converting our home theater and need some audio direction. The old set up was the standard projector hooked up your average "home theater in a box" setup. It worked great for our needs, but we have decided to move into the HTPC direction. I have everything working great using Windows Media Center but have no idea which way to go with the audio.
My brain wants to say, "hey, its a computer...just plug in a set of 5.1 surround sound speakers into the pc and place them around the room." But as soon as I say that, we cant find a set of pc speakers that will reach around the room.
Next idea was to get something like a receiver to run the existing speakers we have mounted on the wall, but how does that hook up to the pc? I just think we're looking in all the wrong directions or looking for the wrong things all together.
Needless to say, we cant spend thousands of dollars on audio, so for now, can someone direct us what we should be looking for to connect with the HTPC that runs Windows Media Center? Thanks again.