ok i think i finally picked my 5.1 system need some feedback

[gregshin]

Ok folks this unit is gonna be in my bedroom and connected to my computer.

My sound card is a SB live value and i plan to use the pioneer DVD-rom in my puter....can i hook up this unit to it?

this is the unit i want to buy

or this one

 

[Goi]

Don't know much about HTIBs, especially Pioneer ones, but I've heard good things about Kenwood HTIBs.

 

[BCYL]

I'll go with the 2nd one...

In the first set the subwoofer is not powered, so it's going to be pretty weak... but in the 2nd set it has a powered subwoofer...

 

[Woodchuck2000]

The fact that the subwoofer isn't powered in the first one simply means that the amplifier is in the main unit, rather than in the sub itself...
Silly question perhaps;
If you're planning to use the DVD drive in your PC, why are you buying an HTIB which has a DVD player built in?

I'd go for the second one BTW - The satellites look much better than those in the first one. It has a 6-channel input so you can hook your SBLive up to it.

 

[Stealth1024]

http://www.paradigm.com/Website/SiteReferenceProduct/RModels/SystemChoice/Studio100System.html

 

[Goi]

Dude, you do know that that's in a completely difference price range from what he's considering? You might as well be linking to some JM Labs Utopia or Dynaudio Evidence setups.

 

[Stealth1024]

about $4800 + another few grand for the amp + signal processors + source equipment.... bet hey you gotta dream and reference against something

 

[Goi]

Hehe, well then dream of something even more grand then? Like a pair of JM Labs Grande Utopia fronts, 2 pairs of side Utopia surrounds, a Center Utopia, 7 Mark Levinson No.33 monoaural amplifiers, a Theta Casablanca II Prepro, an Enlightened Audio Designs DVDMaster 8000 Pro DVD player, a Sony SCD-1 SACD player, and a Linn Sondek CD12 CD Player,