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| Thread ID: 81242 | 2007-07-21 21:26:00 | Listen to ripped music via Home Stereo Amp (Media Centre?) | Myth (110) | Press F1 |
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| 571007 | 2007-07-21 21:26:00 | Something I have often thought of (in concept only) but never actually started... I have a vast collection of music on harddrive (all ripped from my own collection of originals). I am wondering how one would go about connecting a pc to a home stereo amp to play said music at volumes higher than my pc speakers can handle (and with more control over bass, treble etc). I am assuming one would require a seperate soundcard, cable to connect the 2, and of course an amp. This also brings me to another question, would the cable have a maximum allowable length (like usb cable has)? At a guess, the current distance (without running underfloor) would be approx 15metres If money allows at a later date, I may set up a media centre near the stereo (and network it to these computers)... what sort of minimum specs would be required for a media centre (mainly for music initially, might rip my dvds to it later). OS would probably be Linux (if its possible to do a media centre based on Linux) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 571008 | 2007-07-21 21:44:00 | Listening to ripped music streamed to your stereo via Apple air port is very easy using iTunes. I do it myself. It works with both PC and Mac and doesn't require the use of an additional sound card or cable. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 571009 | 2007-07-21 21:52:00 | Myth Cable should not be a problem. I had my house wired by an Audio bloke years ago and he told me at the time providing the cable is up to standard and the connections are good quality and well fitted I should not have any problems. He has cabled up audio/video/network to several rooms up the walls, across the ceiling with wall sockets in each room. Any Audio shop sould have good cable or even Dick Smith most likely. For the PC you might need something like Sound Blaster Audigy with Dolby 5.1 or higher to output a good quality from the PC as opposed to a basic sound card with line out. At the moment i only use the cables between my PC and TV to send Audio and Video back and forth but the sound is fine. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 571010 | 2007-07-21 21:57:00 | Cables are a good alternative if your PC media centre is next to your stereo which would keep the cables out of the way or if your cables are already hidden in the walls otherwise streaming works very well. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 571011 | 2007-07-21 22:00:00 | A mate I chat to in IRC, has a mate who has some kind of media centre / streaming using some version of Linux. Its wired throughout the house. I'll ask him if I see him today what he's using.. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 571012 | 2007-07-22 01:35:00 | Logitech have these (www.logitech.com) available now. Then there is the "Bees Knees" of wireless audio system called Sonos (http://www.sonos.com) I've got a couple of them and couldn't live without them now. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 571013 | 2007-07-22 01:46:00 | Then there is the "Bees Knees" of wireless audio system called Sonos (http://www.sonos.com) I've got a couple of them and couldn't live without them now. Good choice.:thumbs: |
winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 571014 | 2007-07-22 03:14:00 | cheap (www.dse.co.nz) or the skys the limit | plod (107) | ||
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