never mind figured it out..for now at least..seems i can only plug in one source..until i can figure things out

I hope someone can help...been trying to search for an answer on this but i can't find anything that works. so i finally got my reciever and speakers and connected my computer (GTX 550ti) to my Denon AVR-1612 to my speakers all thru hdmi. I've gotten it to work when i connect my laptop to my...

ahh ok. thanks for the clarification.

Quote:   so by using the receiver as a go-between for my monitor and PC would the extra power/image rendering capabilities actually carry through? 

I plan on building a new computer soon and changing my active monitors to a passive setup. Before I go off spending money on my video card would feeding HDMI from my computer to HT Receiver (Denon AVR-1612) defeat the purpose of my video card - meaning would a $100 video card be any different...

oh nvm 

i'm looking at those kef iq30's...but i have a question about the wiring. so i've read that bi-wiring really isn't necessary, so how would i wire these? 

any recommendations or maybe some of the better "brands" when looking at receivers? i honestly don't know where to start. obviously i'd prefer to be a bit more frugal with my receiver so i can invest a bit more into speakers as long as the receiver is up to the task of powering my speakers and...

haha ok after looking around a bit more i've decided on going with a reciever and passive. it'll clean up a lot of clutter while also providing me some flexibility. thanks! cel4145..now on to choosing what i want :)

hah! very interesting..never crossed my mind to do that. now something else to consider hmmm..

wow! i just read about the xonar essence one and now i'm wondering if that might be the perfect pairing with the rokits. it has a separate volume control for my phones and a separate volume control for my speakers and has the xlr outputs and rca outputs. the only thing i'm wondering is if i can...

so the krk rokits have a rca unbalanced or trs or xlr balanced inputs. hmm so it looks like if i go with the krk rokits, i would actually be adjusting the volume of both the speakers and the sub. i like the current set up b/c i never have to adjust the sub. i 'm quite satisfied with the level on...

planning on replacing the A2 with the rockits and keeping the sub hopefully. 

oh i forgot to mention i already have a velodyne sub connected to the whole system thru my A2's sub. i guess i could also just get A5's and keep everything else the way it is. it would save me some hassle. 

I've been pretty content with my current speaker setup for some time and haven't really been staying current with much stuff here on HF but I'm planning on upgrading my computer and along with that also my speaker set up soon.   Currently I have PICO DAC --> Gilmore lite (as my HP amp) -->...