On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, David Deutsch wrote: > Bose is known to color sound in a certain way. Its called the "bose > sound". In the end its down to whether you like it or not. You should > definitely do some thorough testing. > > Wanting "optimal" sound at 400$ plus surround sound is ludicrous. You > will indeed be far better off buying decent headphones for that money. > Beginner monitor speakers (not the hifi but studio speakers) barely > start around that price, 2.0 setups mind you. Of course if you are handy with woodwork, you can always build your own speakers and end up with a pretty impressive set. Eg. Look at http://www.zaphaudio.com/ for some speaker building plans, including cheap but good ones. You will end up with something far better than you could ever buy. Then buy a TransAudio T10.1 stereo amp and feed it off Maudio Transit sound card ( they do pretty well in my tests), and you will have your sub 400 very high quality system. Bass will be a bit deficient, but for that you would have to build yourself a real subwoffer for another $100 or so ( parts and materials) plus another amp. > > The 5.1 is most likely created by psychoacoustic effects, so it can > always only be simulated 5.1 - without a sub: no .1! ;-) > > Bill Unruh wrote: >> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Uli wrote: >> >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I wanna get rid of my 10 year old crappy speakers and I'm looking for some >>> really high class speakers and sound card. >>> I did some research and it seems that the Bose Companion 5 provides a very good >>> solution. It includes both - USB sound card and speakers - and people say that >>> it really gives the impression of 5 speakers - although there are only 2. >>> >> >> Sorry but I do not believe it. >> >> Your better bet is to buy yourself a good set of headphones a small amp and >> a good soundcard. Headphones are far easier to make "good" No small speaker >> ( and I assume you are not going to be mounting 20 litre speakers near your >> computer) can do bass ( simple physics) and no 2 speakers can do 5.1 (not >> that I have any idea what the usefullness of 5.1 is). >> >> >>> Does anyone have any experience with the bose companion 5? Is it known to work >>> with the usb-audio driver? Is the sound really 5.1? >>> >>> I saw that OSS has some bose specific support in oss/cs4232.c. Didn't see >>> anything in the alsa sources though...might that be a problem? >>> >> >> IF they comply with usb standards it should not be a problem. But many do >> not, and I have no idea if Bose does. >> >> >>> Wouldn't wanna pay 400$ for anything less than optimal sound. If you think the >>> companion 5 isn't it, maybe you have a better suggestion? >>> >> >> >> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Uli >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Alsa-user mailing list >> Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
