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For a good mod, I would suggest: 1. Buy new drivers. 2. Design or calculate a reasonable enclosure for these drivers. 3. Build the enclosure. 4. Install the new drivers in the new enclosure. 5. Transfer the Klipsch logo from the 2.1 to your new enclosure.

Hence, the word "If". Compilation is ridiculously scalable, for instance. Most users available today. >99% will not be gamers. Probably >99.9% Personal opinion, can't argue that one. Cheers, Mitch

Either you need to scale, and have apps that can use N cores, or you don't. If you don't, an Atom + ION is probably fine. If you do, then Magny-Cours is the badboy to get. I can't wait to upgrade my Q6600 when availability, mobos, and prices are right.

Klipsch Promedia 2.0's are decent plastic if you can find them, some class-D amp is integrated. PartsExpress Dayton T-Amp will make just about any set of unpowered speakers sound good for $30. Find some old bookshelf pair on craigslist or kijiji, peeps practically give away their old speakers...

Hrm. Their 2.0 set is nice, because they use a class-d amp, so its clean. They quote power figures at 5% THD, so you never want to turn the volume to 11. Also, the crossover is at 5KHz? Thats very strange, right in the middle of the musical frequencies where it will mess with phase and other...

Keep it real man. $600 for a pair of speakers? Thats F.U. money territory. Thats the sort of money I'd spend if building a cherry-wood set of floorstanders with exotic drivers. Not for some plastic desktop shit :-)

Try the T-amp, it will open your eyes (or ears), if you haven't heard a class-D amp before. Surgically clean sound, but not much power. Your speakers are listed at 90 sensitivity, which is pretty high, and you won't need a lot of power to get loud music out of them. If you hate the T-Amp...

I've been staring longingly at my Ultrasound MAX in the parts drawer. I'm thinking of building a tiny no-case system around it, and a socket A athlon xp-m mobo with an ISA slot. That would be very retro. How does it sound? The Crystal 4321 seems like a quite nice DAC. 16 bit, low thd+n...

SET THD+N, check the first graph here: http://hotvalves.blogspot.com/2009/05/regulus-set-total-harmonic-distortion.html At normal listening levels of 1-3W, very low distortion. Efficiency is only important if you're blasting your NSync at 5000W from your riced honda civic...

Your big new rig probably has onboard HD audio. Thats pretty good right there, unless you're hurting for FPS. Which is unlikely.

The thread hasn't turned into a tubes all tubes, i mentioned it as one of the three possible "good amplifier" options. And recommended a place to get a good class-D amp for cheap. Another guy recommended a place to get a tube amp. There's some over-reactions following that. Tubes, especially...

No way to know for sure, the speaker manufacturer doesn't really list a lot of specs for that speaker, but it looks potentially decent. Bi-amplification is a good sign for a 2-way monitor. Depending on how good those internal amps are. In general, most HD Audio onboard sound cards are fine...

Hi Newbie, Your problem is strictly related to your sound card settings, via your OS. I imagine you're running Windows. Change your volume settings, and take down the microphone level.

It makes no sense to get a better sound card, if your amplifier and speakers are the limiting factor. The average onboard sound these days will have very good output signal. And unless you have a tube SET amp, a digital amplifier like the T-Amp, or a very expensive solid state amp, its the...

For the Amplifier: el-cheapo T-Amp: http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=300-380 Don't turn the volume over 50%, and you'll have some of the best sound quality available for any money. For the Sound Card: your onboard audio is probably more than adequate. If you...

If you have to ask "What is the best way to spend $1500 on a speaker setup", the clear answer is: Don't. You'll be just as happy with a $200 set. If you really like audio, get into it in small steps, and don't do it by spending lots of money, DIY. Then down the road when you're ready, you...