1031tensai
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i can hear people groaning: "aw, not a thread on this topic again!" sry, but please bear with me
anyway, hi, i have been looking through the threads on head-fi for awhile, but this is my first post!
...*checks wallet*
after a fair amount of research and inspiration from my "audiophile" friend, i have finally decided to buy the gilmore lite and emu 0404.
following these purchases, i want to buy a decent pair of speakers (2.0) for my computer. My preferred budget for the speakers + preamp(if necessary) is around 500-700$, but i can go up to 1000$ at best if it's worth it, but I'd say around 600$ is the best.
the question i have here is:
1. will the gilmore lite be good enough to serve as a preamp for the speakers? or should i buy a separate preamp for them?
2. should i buy active or passive speakers? (my room is pretty small: 12ftx12 (4mx4m)
3. what will happen if i plugged in "active" speakers into a preamp(gilmore lite)? will it improve the sound quality?
4. any recommendations for what speakers I should buy? because i dont need huge speakers for a small room, im considering maybe the M-Audio BX8s or swans m200s. I havent put much research on passive speakers, but if there are any that are good, please recommend (and if i should buy a separate preamp, please recommend that as well).
im sorry for being such a noob, but im learning as quickly as possible from head-fi. im more than glad to be a part of such a great forum.
anyway, hi, i have been looking through the threads on head-fi for awhile, but this is my first post!
...*checks wallet*
after a fair amount of research and inspiration from my "audiophile" friend, i have finally decided to buy the gilmore lite and emu 0404.
following these purchases, i want to buy a decent pair of speakers (2.0) for my computer. My preferred budget for the speakers + preamp(if necessary) is around 500-700$, but i can go up to 1000$ at best if it's worth it, but I'd say around 600$ is the best.
the question i have here is:
1. will the gilmore lite be good enough to serve as a preamp for the speakers? or should i buy a separate preamp for them?
2. should i buy active or passive speakers? (my room is pretty small: 12ftx12 (4mx4m)
3. what will happen if i plugged in "active" speakers into a preamp(gilmore lite)? will it improve the sound quality?
4. any recommendations for what speakers I should buy? because i dont need huge speakers for a small room, im considering maybe the M-Audio BX8s or swans m200s. I havent put much research on passive speakers, but if there are any that are good, please recommend (and if i should buy a separate preamp, please recommend that as well).
im sorry for being such a noob, but im learning as quickly as possible from head-fi. im more than glad to be a part of such a great forum.