Z-560 in a Home Theater?

[przero]

Can I use my Z-560's in a Home Theater? Can I connect both my A/V receiver and my computer to play thru the 560's? If so, how?

 

[Muadib]

PC speakers are to home theather like a Yugo is to Nascar racing.

 

[NewSc2]

My ears hurt just by reading the title.

 

[Aves]

Your AV Reciever most likely puts out much more power than the Z's can handle, for one.

 

[przero]

It my particular case "Home Theater" is an oxymoron. I realize the quality won't be great, but it will be as good as the MP3's i listen to while I work on my computer. I am looking to simplifying my living room. Two sets of speakers (the other a set of Advent floor models) ain't getting it. Don't watch many movies and Andy and Barney will sound fine. The races on Sunday will be fine too (W/O the Yugo's of course). Now will it work?

 

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: przero
Can I use my Z-560's in a Home Theater? Can I connect both my A/V receiver and my computer to play thru the 560's? If so, how?

argh, no matter how much i'd NEVER do that, buy a mini 1/8" jack to dual RCA plug, plug the RCA side into the receiver...

wait, i'm not sure how the Z560s are like, but just mess around with those mini 1/8" jacks to dual RCA plugs, and you should come up with a combination, maybe you'll need a mini 1/8" splitter.. *argh my ears are hurting again*

 

[iam4u2nv]

Originally posted by: NewSc2
My ears hurt just by reading the title.

 

[przero]

I'm pretty sure the speakers would have to connect to a "line out", not a "speaker" out? Correct?

 

[przero]

Man you guys are beating me up here! So can I buy some home speakers and run my computer thru the A/V receiver?

 

[przero]

I just want to use 1 set of speakers for both.

 

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: przero
Man you guys are beating me up here! So can I buy some home speakers and run my computer thru the A/V receiver?

definitely, i do the same thing. I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, which has 2 outs (versajack and line-out). The VersaJack is set to digital out, which my speakers are running, and the lineout i used a mini-plug (1/8" whatever the hell those are called) to dual-RCA, hooked it up to an input in my AV Receiver, and right now I'm listening to mp3's on my HT setup instead of my computer speakers.

Edit: Although, it is kinda weird all the sound coming from the right of me...

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: przero
Man you guys are beating me up here! So can I buy some home speakers and run my computer thru the A/V receiver?

Yes. I did that for a long time.

Take a cable with a 1/8" headphone jack on one end and dual RCA's on the other, run it from the PC's line out into one of the AVR's RCA Inputs.

 

[przero]

Thanks!

 

[XCLAN]

przero

sounds like an excellent idea...in fact i had thought about gettin rid of my huge rack system, although these cant compete with my rack, i too want simplicity at a fair price and they will fit the bill.

 

[przero]

I'm gonna' try it. I can always hook the big boys back up!

 

[hans007]

my dad and i got a free sample of klipsh promedia 5.1 's at his work. so is it a bad idea to hook this up to our 56" sony hdtv (only has the stock speaker) or not a bad idea.

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: przero
I'm gonna' try it. I can always hook the big boys back up!

Yes you can do it and it will sounds fine. You won't get the same quality as a full set of speakers, but it'll sound OK.

 

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: hans007
my dad and i got a free sample of klipsh promedia 5.1 's at his work. so is it a bad idea to hook this up to our 56" sony hdtv (only has the stock speaker) or not a bad idea.

better than stock speakers, but a good JBL set at Costco or Sams would make it sound even better, and a step up from that, Energy Take system + Denon/Onkyo receiver will be probably the best thing you can get for ~$1000