Philips Acoustic Edge

maddog252,

I have the PAE and it is a great card. I did not notice much difference in terms of sound quality between this and the Live!, but what I liked about it was its ability to output a true 5.1 signal (hooked up to an external receiver). The Live! 5.1 can do this but you are required to buy one of Creative's speaker packages (Cambridge DTT-something) for it to work (I personally think that they sound like cr*p). I can't tell you about its performance in games because I'm not into gaming. It is available for a good price at techstore.com/officeexpress.com with this coupon code: 936P ($79).

Thanks for the info. Im going to order one today. Can you recommend 5.1 compatible speakers. I don't believe that the Klipch Pro Media are 5.1 ready.

No they are not but man are they killer. $250 bucks and i have a great stereo. Use incanta on my broadband and have great sound. Any others out there know of other broadband sites for music???

<b> Fragg at will!!! </b>

Unless you want to spend bigger bucks on a home theater system, the Klipsch Promedias are one of the best computer speakers you can get.

If you are interested in getting a home theater system, I suggest you check out these two sites: avsforum.com and hometheaterforum.com as they have an excellent HTPC forum. There are some budget home theater "in a box" packages that cost around $500. While these are not top of the line, they will definitely blow away the Promedias. The Kenwood htb503 is supposedly one of the better packages available.

I got a set of the Klipsch Promedias for my brother on Xmas and they sound pretty nice, although the bass didn't really impress me -- loud, but I didn't "feel" it.