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Help needed for MONTROUS sound!
Brax:
I'd like to add a really nice sound system to my cabinet. Much more than computer speakers.
I suspect that you would use car amps and speakers. How do you interface them to the sound card? How do you power them?
Is there any write ups on this already? I haven't been able to find any yet.
Silverwind:
doesn't neccesarily have to be car amps... you can buy home audio amplifiers also..
i don't have a wealth of information on home audio.. but why not buy a reciever? You can probably pick up a decent one for a few hundred bucks.. maybe 5.1 or 6.1 with 100 watts per channel?
then just hook up some speakers.. have the line out on your sound card (or SPDIF output) go to the receiver and your all set..
how much are you looking to spend.. this will probably determine the likely setup
Spectrum:
Thats one way to go about it. As far as wiring it in you'd just need good amps that take RCA inputs. Get a 2.5mm to RCA converter and hook it up. For power, get an AC/DC inverter and wire that to the amp and your all set. Check out the examples page.
Another option would be to use the 2.5mm to RCA converter and run it through an old stereo system wired into your cab. Get some good speakers and you're all set. Might be cheaper this way if you have to buy all the components. If you have car audio stuff lying around however.... 8)
Robert
OSCAR:
To interface to a sound card to a car amp, you will need a stereo mini-plug to RCA adapter like this.
Car amps typically require a fair amount of current, and I would recommend a dedicated power supply for the amp. I wouldn
eightbit:
You can do the car amp thing but they make some killer speaker sets for PC's that sound great, have surround sound, with a decent subwoofer and can crank loud enough for your neighbors to get annoyed.
But if your looking for raw foundation rattling neighbors calling the cops :o kind of power then the car amp is probably the way to go. To me that much power is a waste. How often are you really going to turn it up that loud?
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