Okay need some help. I'm building a killer water cooled Quad core HTPC and a custom case. I currently have a standard Yamaha A/V reciever/amp its nice, but well I like learning DIY stuff and its currently only setup to for the Analog Audio Inputs. I have a pretty standard 5.1 Speaker setup, I'd like to upgrade the amplifier to something to power a future DIY speaker project and accept the HTPC sound(optical preferred but not necessary), a mac mini sound, and possiby a stand-alone DVD player sound. Now I "believe" I'm looking for a solid state amplifier to do this job for me (tell me different if otherwise please). Most of the amp examples ive seen appear to be 2 speaker outputs only
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Now I'm sorry if this is uber-newb, but i've spent the past 3 days looking for ideas, trust me I hate when people don't search. I think what the problem is that I'm so new I don't know what I should be searching for. Ideas, threads, websites, books for me to read on?
Budget is around 1k to accept these inputs and power a 5 speaker system with a sub output, a KIT is quite preferred and if possible i'd like to try to incorporate the amps case into the custom pc case (base size: 17w 17d x "Y" tall). Thanks for any help,
Tyson
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Now I'm sorry if this is uber-newb, but i've spent the past 3 days looking for ideas, trust me I hate when people don't search. I think what the problem is that I'm so new I don't know what I should be searching for. Ideas, threads, websites, books for me to read on?
Budget is around 1k to accept these inputs and power a 5 speaker system with a sub output, a KIT is quite preferred and if possible i'd like to try to incorporate the amps case into the custom pc case (base size: 17w 17d x "Y" tall). Thanks for any help,
Tyson
one amplifier in one box to feed one speaker.
That's the simplest and most likely the easiest to build as well as standing a chance to be best sounding as well.
That's the simplest and most likely the easiest to build as well as standing a chance to be best sounding as well.
I'v been thinking about the same thing, a DAC for 2-5 chanels with 41hz amp3 and B3N speakers.
I'v looked at the Twited Pear Opus dac (2 chanels) with a active filter for a sub.
I'v looked at the Twited Pear Opus dac (2 chanels) with a active filter for a sub.
The amplifier part is the easy bit...
Solveing the 5 channel volume control gets more expensive...
You also have the digital side to figure out... I.e a DAC...
With some experience this project could still fall in the moderate difficulty range... but from where it sounds you are... I'd go out and buy something...
Solveing the 5 channel volume control gets more expensive...
You also have the digital side to figure out... I.e a DAC...
With some experience this project could still fall in the moderate difficulty range... but from where it sounds you are... I'd go out and buy something...
Hmm thanks for the ideas. I don't really want to go out and buy something I already have, defeats the purpose of wanting to try a DIY. Maybe what I need to look into is doing a preamp then going from there. Anything direction for were to start searching at least?
Thanks,
Tyson
Thanks,
Tyson
A 5 channel Gainclone would be the best approach. Let the PC handle the volume control, so you don't have to bother with some 5-channel pot or step attenuator. See the Chip Amps forum for more info.
The best payoff for the buck in DIY is building subwoofers: for about $500 you should be able to build a beast that will annihilate many commercial subs costing 5 times as much. [one or two 12" or 15" plus a third-hand "pro" power amp and some MDF]
The best payoff for the buck in DIY is building subwoofers: for about $500 you should be able to build a beast that will annihilate many commercial subs costing 5 times as much. [one or two 12" or 15" plus a third-hand "pro" power amp and some MDF]
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