Dell - Audigy 2 ZS

klingsoula · 09-29-2005, 01:33 PM

I just bought a new Dell with a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, I want to use it as a main computer linked to my TV in my bedroom.

I am thinking about buying a Bose speaker system (not because of the quality but because of the size) to put a 5.1 speaker system driven by my computer. My speakers will be about 30 feet (10m) from the computer. I will hook up a seperate VGA or DVI cable to my flat screen TV.

My problem lies in that I don't think that the sound card will run the bose system and I want to see what my option are for amplifying the sound from my computer. I want something small since my computer will be my main music and DVD outlet.

Do you have any solutions other than buying a (rather large) amplifier, running the sound card to the amplifier and then from the amp to the speakers?

Do in line computer amplifiers exist?

Look forward to your answers.

Andrewtrance85 · 11-03-2005, 08:57 AM

First of all, what model are your bose speakers?

vortmax · 11-07-2005, 05:19 AM

All speakers need an amp to run. Computer 5.1 speakers have a weak amp in the sub that runs the other speakers.

What you're probably going to want to do is buy an actual home theater reciever with a built in amp or a preprocessor (reciever -amp) and then get seperate amps for the speakers. It will cost a little more, but if you want to drive a home theater type system with good sound quality and power, it's the only way to go. A good reciever will have optical ports for you to patch your computer sound into as well as video ports, so you can switch back and forth between watching DVDs to your computer video/sound with a push of a button

09-29-2005, 01:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
klingsoula New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1	Dell - Audigy 2 ZS - Bose: Amplification? I just bought a new Dell with a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, I want to use it as a main computer linked to my TV in my bedroom. I am thinking about buying a Bose speaker system (not because of the quality but because of the size) to put a 5.1 speaker system driven by my computer. My speakers will be about 30 feet (10m) from the computer. I will hook up a seperate VGA or DVI cable to my flat screen TV. My problem lies in that I don't think that the sound card will run the bose system and I want to see what my option are for amplifying the sound from my computer. I want something small since my computer will be my main music and DVD outlet. Do you have any solutions other than buying a (rather large) amplifier, running the sound card to the amplifier and then from the amp to the speakers? Do in line computer amplifiers exist? Look forward to your answers.

11-03-2005, 08:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Andrewtrance85 New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7	First of all, what model are your bose speakers? __________________ Asus P4P800 Deluxe P4 2.6GHz 4G of Ram ATI Radeon X800 PRO 256MB 1800G of HD Dell 19 inch LCD Monitor Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum Pro Marantz SR9300 THX Ultra2 7.1 Channel Digital Surround Receiver (Connect to sound card via optical) Bose 901, 301, 161 Speakers Boston PV900 Subwoofer (Connected to receiver via monster cable)

11-07-2005, 05:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
vortmax Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 26 Posts: 619	All speakers need an amp to run. Computer 5.1 speakers have a weak amp in the sub that runs the other speakers. What you're probably going to want to do is buy an actual home theater reciever with a built in amp or a preprocessor (reciever -amp) and then get seperate amps for the speakers. It will cost a little more, but if you want to drive a home theater type system with good sound quality and power, it's the only way to go. A good reciever will have optical ports for you to patch your computer sound into as well as video ports, so you can switch back and forth between watching DVDs to your computer video/sound with a push of a button __________________ Asus A7N8x delux Nforce 2 AMD Athlon 2800+ (barton core) 512 meg Corsair DDR 400 Gainward G-force FX 5200 Dell 6000i Intel Pentium M 725 (1.60 GHz/2MB Cache/400MHz FSB) ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300 64MB HyperMemory 1 gig DDR2 PC2-3200 Music server: AMD K6 500 MHz 128 Meg RAM Onkyo HT-R520 Reciever 6.1 DTS ES & Dolby Digital EX

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