I find myself relegated to my home office/gaming room more and more, (becasue of my kids) and I got tired of the horrible Logitech 5.1 2 inch full range speakers plus the 6" sub they came with. Not to mention, I upgrade to a 43" UHD TV a while back, and even though I have a gaming PC with a video card not only capable of rendering 4K, it can render gaming in 4K, the only streaming service that streams to PC in 4K is Netflix.
Since this is a Smart TV I can get all the streaming content I am subscribed to in 4K, but I have to use the TV speakers to do that.
I did find a work around however, if anyone wants to try this it's worth mentioning.
I found a small DA converter that has both coax and optical inputs, and a headphone jack and or RCA's. I used that with headphones for a while, I needed a headphone amp, which I already have, but it's gets old wearing headphones all the time. Plus my headphones are cordless if plugged into my PC, so corded this way, which was an additional pain in the you know what.
So a while back I found a used Denon receiver, and over a year ago I bought Madisounds HDS MTM kit for a center channel, and the components for Troels kit in the title.
Let me say...I am NOT disappointed. These things sound incredible. And I built the Elsinore's, and Troels Nomex 164's kit, and all I can say, is DIY is the best experience one could possibly hope for.
I'm thinking I might add a subwoofer, and I think I would be even more floored. But, for a small bookshelf, it's hard to believe you can build something yourself, (thanks to people like Troels, Joe Rasmussen), and get these results.
IMO, for any Audiophile, they would be better off building one of these designs made by the DIY community, even if you had someone build it for you, they would be happier with the end result they most commercial speakers.
Now that's just my opinion, and you know what they say about that!
Since this is a Smart TV I can get all the streaming content I am subscribed to in 4K, but I have to use the TV speakers to do that.
I did find a work around however, if anyone wants to try this it's worth mentioning.
I found a small DA converter that has both coax and optical inputs, and a headphone jack and or RCA's. I used that with headphones for a while, I needed a headphone amp, which I already have, but it's gets old wearing headphones all the time. Plus my headphones are cordless if plugged into my PC, so corded this way, which was an additional pain in the you know what.
So a while back I found a used Denon receiver, and over a year ago I bought Madisounds HDS MTM kit for a center channel, and the components for Troels kit in the title.
Let me say...I am NOT disappointed. These things sound incredible. And I built the Elsinore's, and Troels Nomex 164's kit, and all I can say, is DIY is the best experience one could possibly hope for.
I'm thinking I might add a subwoofer, and I think I would be even more floored. But, for a small bookshelf, it's hard to believe you can build something yourself, (thanks to people like Troels, Joe Rasmussen), and get these results.
IMO, for any Audiophile, they would be better off building one of these designs made by the DIY community, even if you had someone build it for you, they would be happier with the end result they most commercial speakers.
Now that's just my opinion, and you know what they say about that!