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shponglefan:

--- Quote from: Osirus23 on August 12, 2021, 12:15:27 am ---I'm getting back in to PC audio after years of just having stereo speakers. Going to rearrange my setup to have 4 channel surround. I'll have my AVR do a phantom center channel using the 2 fronts.

It really feels like a dying niche which sucks. If you search for PC audio stuff now 95% of the stuff you'll find is headphones, headphones, headphones.

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It's kind of sad how PC audio seems to have regressed since the 90's. I still remember how great 3D sound was back in the original Half-Life, and that's over 20 years ago. I don't think I've come across anything as good since.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 12, 2021, 02:00:06 pm ---Well that's because desktops in general are becoming extinct for everything except streaming...

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...Huh? I mean, if your PC use is limited to the tasks easily performed by a Chromebook, then I'd agree. But until the day comes when state-of-the-art processing, graphics and sound hardware easily fit into a tablet or laptop form factor, or single-digit-millisecond network latencies make cloud computing more attractive, the big metal boxes will still be with us. I still remember people saying that the PS/2 keyboard standard was dead, and it actually took 15-years after that time before it mostly happened.

I never did see the allure of paying more for something less powerful, more limiting and harder to repair, just so it could be portable and/or have a reduced footprint.

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: RandyT on August 13, 2021, 01:36:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 12, 2021, 02:00:06 pm ---Well that's because desktops in general are becoming extinct for everything except streaming...

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...Huh? I mean, if your PC use is limited to the tasks easily performed by a Chromebook, then I'd agree. But until the day comes when state-of-the-art processing, graphics and sound hardware easily fit into a tablet or laptop form factor, or single-digit-millisecond network latencies make cloud computing more attractive, the big metal boxes will still be with us. I still remember people saying that the PS/2 keyboard standard was dead, and it actually took 15-years after that time before it mostly happened.

I never did see the allure of paying more for something less powerful, more limiting and harder to repair, just so it could be portable and/or have a reduced footprint.

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Hey I didn't say I liked it, but tablets, notebooks and laptops are in while desktops are out. I didn't say they were going away but much like the humble cd it's firmly in the position of only being used by a certain percentage of the population. Like I said... gamers and only the hardcore at that are the only ones that buy desktop PCs anymore. Artists seem to prefer macs and businesses are rapidly shifting towards laptops or dumb terminals to accommodate working from home.

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on August 13, 2021, 09:05:54 pm ---I didn't say they were going away but much like the humble cd it's firmly in the position of only being used by a certain percentage of the population.

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I think you are looking at the situation sort of funny. Computers are and always have been tools. There have always been those who have needed to be able to use those tools in more than one location. Thanks to higher accessibility, and probably to a large part "American Excess", laptops have been sought out over desktops by many who do not need them, and either willingly or unwittingly make many sacrifices as a result. You wouldn't try to cut your winter's wood with a cordless electric chainsaw, but I see a lot of folks who buy lower-end laptops expecting to do similarly out of character things with them. When that realization hits and/or the device develops an issue, the laptop either gets shelved and seldom used, or it gets landfilled. Usually the latter, because the cost is usually too high to make it worth repairing/upgrading them even if possible to do so.

But all of that aside, a CD isn't a tool, it's a medium. It's the blade on the saw, and we are really talking about the saw. The fact that HF has helped to make decent quality tools more accessible to the masses has little to no bearing on the future viability of the tools which are used for real production. It just means that more people are likely to purchase those tools, when they may not have were this not the case. It also means that a fair percentage of those same people will realize that their needs aren't being met by those less-capable (and sometimes more costly in the long-run) tools and will move toward something more suited to the work they are doing. If there is a budget involved and portability isn't part of that criteria, it will be the big metal box.

Here's a good article on the subject. Be sure to read to the end.

Osirus23:
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