Speaker/Mini home cinema help

[Wigan]

I think you two need to get a room

[butternutsquashpie]

I think you two need to get a room

oh yeah. you weren't around with the Mr. Mo + TJCoro nerd, geek -a-thon

[ValeTudoGuy]

yeah, I geek out easy On AV gear. Lol

[Edamski]

Haha something's just get a guy ticking

[Edamski]

I've just seen that the peak frequency for the Ae's is rather low compared to most other things at 16khz http://www.acoustic-energy.co.uk/#!aego/cgnd

Find this a bit confusing tbh

[ValeTudoGuy]

Human hearing tops out at 20kHz and once your 25 your lucky if you can hear beyond 16-18 at reasonable levels.

For example even the highest MP3 encodings cut off at about 15.5KHz (From memory).

Anything that goes over 20KHz is a gimmick as 20Hz - 20KHz is rightly considered full frequency.


Now if this was your main HiFi and was used to critically listen to music at reference levels then you would be bang on for worrying about this and I would advise you to get as close to 20Hz-20Khz as you could get.

In this scenario at this price range, IMO the best option is to get a setup that gives best performance for a wide and useable range.

I'm on days this week, if you want me to pop down yours after work one day and bring some equipment?

[PeeJay]

I would ignore all the statistics and get out and listen to some.

[ValeTudoGuy]

I agree with, buying with your ears. But not with ignoring statistics. They can be extremely important to determine wether the equipment is suitable and worth auditioning.

[Edamski]

Human hearing tops out at 20kHz and once your 25 your lucky if you can hear beyond 16-18 at reasonable levels.

For example even the highest MP3 encodings cut off at about 15.5KHz (From memory).

Anything that goes over 20KHz is a gimmick as 20Hz - 20KHz is rightly considered full frequency.


Now if this was your main HiFi and was used to critically listen to music at reference levels then you would be bang on for worrying about this and I would advise you to get as close to 20Hz-20Khz as you could get.

In this scenario at this price range, IMO the best option is to get a setup that gives best performance for a wide and useable range.

I'm on days this week, if you want me to pop down yours after work one day and bring some equipment?

Unfortunately buddy (as you can tell by the time) I'm currently working nights depending what time you're available I'll probably be in work

I would ignore all the statistics and get out and listen to some.

Agreed, Marc has kindly offered to help me out with some of this but other stuff just isn't widely available to listen too unfortunately

[Ross.Co]

If you were to take a jump with VTG, you shall not go wrong. All he has linked is some of the best bang for buck AV gear you will be able to get on your budget.

Those ADAM speakers are stunning for the price.....

[Edamski]

Ok so slight update.

Speakers ordered, looking at a DAC.

My question though is my pc is connected to my TV via HDMI. Will this circumvent the sound card?

If so what's the best way of connecting the pc to the tv and the DAC because I was going to use the tv as a hub for the PC/Playstation/TV

[ValeTudoGuy]

Which component has the HDMI? Motherboard, Soundcard or Video Card?

And does your TV have audio passthrough and a digital out? SPDIF or Coaxial?

[ValeTudoGuy]

PS what speakers?

[Edamski]

It's the video card that has the HDMI. Not sure I've seen a sound card with HDMI unfortunately [emoji20]

Tv has a digital output. Pass through not a clue.

AE Aego's [emoji6] ?110 delivered. Worth the punt I'd say

[ValeTudoGuy]

What TV do you have, model number too please. Lots of TV's only direct their own audio to the Digital out but some pass through all sound. If yours has passthrough you can put HDMI to the TV and then TV to DAC and have the TV acting as the central device as your after. If not you would be best taking sound out from the PC, Optical or USB and turning the TV down and using it as a monitor.

What else Will be in the chain?