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Onkyo 5.1 speakers w/dolby digital pro-logII $89

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420247

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Seems like fair deal cant be total junk like some cheap sets, at one time onkyo only made high end stuff. Plus it includes built in dolby digital/dts and unlike most dolby pro logic II can listen to anything in 5.1.

$89 at Outpost LINK

anyone gets it let me know I have a sound system just about every corner of the house but if its decent dunno maybe dog needs on in his dog house, lol
 
Prolly a good deal, it's not going to be a realistic feeling system (BOOM BOOM BOOM to the dino steps in Jurassic Park 🙂 ), but for a kid's room, small apartment, gaming system, or someone on a budget that wants the effects dolby brings: $89 is about what a movie night out costs for a couple these days (cheap non-fast food, tickets, concession stand).

I love movies at home better.
 
I'm interested in this too. I'd have to upgrade my sound card too. Any suggestions for a good sound card to take advantage of all the features of these speakers. I don't know much in the way of sound technology or related.

Here's one review that I found. review1
 
Originally posted by: aceO07
I'm interested in this too. I'd have to upgrade my sound card too. Any suggestions for a good sound card to take advantage of all the features of these speakers. I don't know much in the way of sound technology or related.
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Any card with SPDIF passthrough digital output will send DVD DD5.1/DTS to the speakers using appropriate DVD playback software. The speakers have 3 inputs: 1 coax and 1 optical digital inputs and 1 stereo input.

Gaming in 5.1 sound is much different. These speakers can do all channel stereo, but that is not 5.1 output. The speakers don't have 5 channel analog inputs like most computer-oriented 5.1 speaker sets do (Z-640 for example), so unless you have an nforce/nforce2 with DD5.1 output (MCP-D/MCP-T) you are not going to get 5.1 output in games. There are 2 rare exceptions: games using Dolby Pro Logic II or games using streaming multi-channel sound from the game disc (DVD). But otherwise, the speakers are limited to stereo (2.1 or all channel stereo) with games without an nforce/nforce2 chipset, which encode 5.1 channel output to DD5.1 in realtime. No current stand-alone consumer sound cards can do this right now.

I've had these speakers for about a month now and I'm very happy with the sound quality. Maybe it would be OK for a bedroom too, but I doubt most people would be satisfied with the sound in a larger area like a living room.
 
I bought that system about a month ago. I'm no audio expert, but I think it sounds great. I use it in a small room. If you have a large room, or like it really loud, I would go for a better system. However, I think it is perfect for a bedroom, or just for a cheap great sounding system.
 
I'm going to make the purchase. Been looking for a cheap, but good speaker system and this should work good in my small apartment.

Only problem though is they want $22 bucks for shipping...anyone know of any free shipping codes or discounts at outpost?
 
pxc, thanks for all that information! It was very useful for me.

I have an old SB Live value, but my Asus P4B533-V also has a C-Media 6 Channel audio chip. Is the SB Live value better? Or is the C-Media better? I can use the SPDIF off the C-Media if I decide to get those speakers, right?
 
Everyone seems to be only interested in using these as computer speakers, but they can be used with a regular receiver too right? I'm not a major stereo guru so I just want to make sure. Thanks
 
Yes the company doesnt market them as computer speakers. But no you dont hook them up to receiver there allready powered with decoder just plug in your tv,dvd,computer ect..... Im sure its not as nice as a seperate receiver. Um heres the brochure I found
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Peace
 
Originally posted by: 420247
Yes the company doesnt market them as computer speakers. But no you dont hook them up to receiver there allready powered with decoder just plug in your tv,dvd,computer ect..... Im sure its not as nice as a seperate receiver. Um heres the brochure I found
LINK
Peace
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Cool, thanks for the info. I went ahead and made the purchase...seems like a great all around deal. Now I just hope I can hook it up ok!
 
i have a pretty slick stereo. check it out! i'm looking to add more bass but it doesn't have a sub out; instead it has one RCA out. i was thinking to RCA out into this onkyo sub and leave the satellites disconnected. i don't know if this'll work. anybody done this sort of thing? could you share experience, alternative solutions?

one concern i had was the sound from the stereo's speakers might cut out completely -- don't some of them do that when you have something connected to the RCA output? i don't have the cables so can't try. another concern is that the onkyo doesn't have bass/trebel adjustment (so i read).

thanks

btw... how much was shipping??
 
I bought this from Fry's a few months ago for $99. Got it hooked up to my TB Santa Cruz, very happy with the sound quality and power.
 
i have a pretty slick stereo. check it out! i'm looking to add more bass but it doesn't have a sub out; instead it has one RCA out. i was thinking to RCA out into this onkyo sub and leave the satellites disconnected. i don't know if this'll work. anybody done this sort of thing? could you share experience, alternative solutions?

one concern i had was the sound from the stereo's speakers might cut out completely -- don't some of them do that when you have something connected to the RCA output? i don't have the cables so can't try. another concern is that the onkyo doesn't have bass/trebel adjustment (so i read).

thanks

btw... how much was shipping??
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I wouldnt reccomend doing that, it could work. Im thinking that if you have an RCA out, it will output all the sound from the RCA outputs and leave no sound for your speakers. There is a much simpler way to do it. Buy a powered sub with speaker level inputs. What would happen is the speaker wire from your stereo goes into the sub. The sub will have a crossover on it, so any sound below a certain hz will be output to the sub, all the other sound will go to the speakers.

Do you have to aim the remote at the sub?
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Depends on where the "receiver" part is. If it is on the sub, yes, if it is a seperate component, then no. From the picture it looks like all the components are in the sub, so you probably do have to.
 
Just got these in yesterday. Very nice set of speakers. The ir sensor is on the sub, so yes, you need to point the remote toward the sub.

Definitely worth the $100 (including shipping)
 
Anyone know if this will take digital stereo inputs? or just dolby digital 5.1 and dts digital signals?

For example, a soundblaster live!'s digital output for stereo sound (2 channel). Will this be decoded? I'm guessing not, but just in case...

thanks!
 
Originally posted by: Floydian
Anyone know if this will take digital stereo inputs? or just dolby digital 5.1 and dts digital signals?

For example, a soundblaster live!'s digital output for stereo sound (2 channel). Will this be decoded? I'm guessing not, but just in case...

thanks!
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Yes, it does do PCM streams. I plugged it in my Audigy 2 using the digital output only and it works with stereo PCM fine.
 
I bought it at Fry's for $97, and hooked it up to my Apex AD-3201 DVD player's optical out, and it sounds great in my medium size apartment. I don't play things terribly loud these days (neighbor issues), and it has really made my setup sound better and clearer at low volume.

Definitely worth the money.
 
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