| From: | Andrew Werchowiecki |
| Date: | 6 Jul 2001 at 14:19:56 |
| Subject: | Re: Quality of Paula (was: Napster gone?) |
Hello Robert
On 06-Jul-01, you wrote:
>> Well, you start to hear Paula's 8bit-ness (or even 14bit) on MP3s or raw
>> audio ripped from a CD when you have good speakers. I'm talking good as
>> in the HiFi link on http://www.zeusdev.co.uk/ - you can hear every little
>> difference.
>
>> A lot of people will have "200 watt" (i.e. watts PMPO, which will be
>> something like 5 watts RMS) plastic cased speakers on that PC, rendering
>> all the Soundblaster Live's in the world useless.
>
> Yeah, it's funny that - Must be one of the most overlooked parts of any
> computer system. So many ppl actually have bloody good soundcards, and
> these tinny speakers that'd put a laptop to shame. I can proudly say that
> I have *never* owned a set of computer speakers - I'm quite happy with my
> 4x50W RMS Amp, 2 Wharfedale speakers and 2 Sony speakers of matching
> wattages... I listen to everything else through them, so why not my
> computers? Though, having said that, a friend bought a new Dell for
> IR£3,000, and with it came a 5.1 surround set of Altec Lansing speakers
> that have put a crack in his ceiling. Pretty impressive :)
I'd rather have a set of Altec Lansings or Cambridge Soundworks for a
computer than anything else - I just like to segregate my things, home
cinema and computer in my mind should stay seperate, and I'm not to fussed
about showing off 'how I setup my computer to do x, y and z with my home
cinema and vice versa'.
Get the top of the range Lansings, and you'll have some of the best base you
could hope for from a very tiny size of speakers. TBH though I'm no sound
engineer, I'm sure there's better. I just haven't experienced it and am
happy with the price vs performance ratio.
> BTW, /Usually/ PMPO = 2xMPO = 2xRMS, so 100W computer speakers would be
> 25W RMS overal, 12.5W each for a pair...
Well, you can't even do usually, the ratings are really very manufacturer
independent, it's not a good idea to compare on voltages, just on sound.
PMPO isn't necessarily the devils workings, so you just need to go into the
shop and say you want to hear both play a CD you have brought in. If they
don't want to do it, you don't want to buy from there.
Regards
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