Which set of speakers? - Page 2

So I didn't buy the Z-2300 yet. I was going to order them on Newegg, but I decided I wanted to go buy them from Best Buy. I liked the idea of having them the same day and not paying for shipping. So I got to Best Buy and saw that not only did they not have the display of the Z-2300 anymore, they didn't have any of them at all in the store. I talked to an employee about it and he said they stopped selling the Z-2300 and put a set of Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 in its place.

Now I have a new issue.

The BB employee told me that the Klipsch blew the Z-2300 out of the water. I listened a little bit, and I couldn't really tell a difference (probably because I didn't have a side-by-side listening comparison). Klipsch (still feel stupid pronouncing that) seems to have a better reputation as a higher-end company, and I would like to have your opinions on those, if you have any.

Thanks again!

yes exactly. Bass or low frequencies are less directional (ideally you should not know where the bass is coming from, it should feel like the bass is equal everywhere you go in the room. but this doesn't happen)compared to high pitched source, maybe that's why you thought it was the satellites.

Dude your an idiot, for sound card I suggest you start with an X-fi Xtreme Gamer. It's a nice entry level card if you like what you see maybe you'll upgrade to an X-Fi model with more X-Ram or decide you don't like Creative Labs and go down other avenues. I even have a PCI-E X-Fi Xtreme Audio card that came with my X58 motherboard I'm trying to get rid of it costs around $30-50 if you want me to sell it. It's functional and I've only used it to see what the driver control panel looked like in comparison to my previous X-fi models.

lol, didnt you see my massive klipsch speakers above? i used to own a klipsch 2.1 system before getting the z-5500. They are nice speakers but they have 1 major flaw (klipsch 2.1), the fuse in those speakers blows up real fast. also they overheeat a lot and burn up their amps. Also i personally think the z-2300 = klipsch promedia 2.1 in sound quality, they are not better not worse. But to be honest you cant go wrong with any of them. These are the speaker sets i have used in the past and they all sound very good for playing games, and music; they will give you loudness but not much defination

z-560 thx, klipsch promedia 2.1, klipsch promedia 4.1, klipsch ultra 5.1, z-5500....This is now i would rate them but they are all very very very very similar in sound and quality

Klipsch promedia 2.1 will have brighter sound, which is real nice. i dont remember if they use a horn tweeter in the promedia series, i had em 4 yrs ago.

z-5500 > klipsch ultra 5.1 > z-560 > klipsch promedia 4.1 > klipsch 2.1.

i am a big klipsch fan lol

Just so you know, a 44.1 kHz sample rate is enough to perfectly reproduce any signal with content up to 22.05kHz. Since even people with good hearing can't hear past 20kHz or so, 44.1 is perfectly adequate for any audio purpose short of testing the hearing of bats. 96kHz has some benefits, but in most cases, they are purely theoretical benefits, and are completely inaudible. 192kHz is pointless in every possible way (especially since no audio system on the market can reproduce up to 96kHz, the maximum frequency for an audio clip sampled at 192kHz). The Z-5500 certainly isn't a high end speaker setup (though it is nice for computer speakers), and it will make no difference whatsoever whether you send it 44.1kHz (CD quality), 48kHz (DVD quality), or 96/192kHz (pointless quality) as far as the sound coming out.

Actually, there's a good case to be made that the best choice is to send it the same sample frequency as the original recording, to avoid any resampling. For example, you just pass through 44.1 kHz when playing a CD, 48kHz when playing a DVD, etc.

Oh, and for you to be telling others to lose the attitude is rather priceless. Maybe you should take a bit of your own advice...