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<blockquote data-quote="littlematt" data-source="post: 414869" data-attributes="member: 25302"><p>Just to throw a potential spanner in the works.... I have a dual channel power amp (parasound) running direct off my audio card. You can get some pretty good sound cards that provide a line level (1v) output. Ive got an m-audio revolution which I believe rates pretty high. Only lets you have two speakers, but you only got two ears right? Personally I think 5.1/7.1 is over rated. Especially for listening to music... With my setup I only need one remote, for mediaportal. I have to manually turn on my amp but thats no biggie for me. And best of all it keeps things real simple! And you can spend more on a good quality pair of speakers rather than the the same amount of 5 speakers. Mine are 15 inch cerwin vega 3 ways which kind of nullifies the need for a sub. Pretty huge but they do the job and some. Turned even halfway up you are hit by a wall of sound and the need for centre/back speakers becomes pointless as you're drowning in it ha!&nbsp; I think a 5.1/7.1 reciever just overcomplicates things. Everything you need (radio/dvd playback/music etc) is build right into mediaportal so why pay more for stuff you dont need? Dont have a cd player/dvd player or anything. Just my HTPC and power amp. Two cables to the TV (power and DVI)... still gotta get around to making a custom cabinet for them... better do that soon as my wee girl is gonna be mobile soon. Anyway thats my $0.02. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="littlematt, post: 414869, member: 25302"] Just to throw a potential spanner in the works.... I have a dual channel power amp (parasound) running direct off my audio card. You can get some pretty good sound cards that provide a line level (1v) output. Ive got an m-audio revolution which I believe rates pretty high. Only lets you have two speakers, but you only got two ears right? Personally I think 5.1/7.1 is over rated. Especially for listening to music... With my setup I only need one remote, for mediaportal. I have to manually turn on my amp but thats no biggie for me. And best of all it keeps things real simple! And you can spend more on a good quality pair of speakers rather than the the same amount of 5 speakers. Mine are 15 inch cerwin vega 3 ways which kind of nullifies the need for a sub. Pretty huge but they do the job and some. Turned even halfway up you are hit by a wall of sound and the need for centre/back speakers becomes pointless as you're drowning in it ha! I think a 5.1/7.1 reciever just overcomplicates things. Everything you need (radio/dvd playback/music etc) is build right into mediaportal so why pay more for stuff you dont need? Dont have a cd player/dvd player or anything. Just my HTPC and power amp. Two cables to the TV (power and DVI)... still gotta get around to making a custom cabinet for them... better do that soon as my wee girl is gonna be mobile soon. Anyway thats my $0.02. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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