Estiui
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I'm planning on buying a couple of JBL LSR305 to be used as PC speakers, but the volume wheels are on the back of the monitors and it is not confortable to be moving both wheels from there.
Therefore, I'd like to control them (volume basically, on/off would be a plus) physically from a more confortable position. I've seen expensive solutions, as USB wheels or dedicated controllers, but there are priced over 60$, which seems a bit expensive to me for a beautiful potentiometer.
So I'm wondering if it would be worth to upgrade another component, as for instance an external sound card (I'm currently using the integrated in the mother board), like a Creative X-Fi 5.1 Pro, which has a nice wheel.
It is important to say that I would like to connect a digital piano to the speakers too, so in case I bought some component, I'd like to be able to have 2 inputs (computer and piano) going through the same output (JBL monitors).
Currently, the most feasible option is controlling the volume with the PC keyboard and mouse. It's not the most sexy approach, but it works. However, I cannot switch the power on the monitors, and still is not as fast as a physical dedicated controller would be.
I'm a bit lost on this, so I'd appreciate some expertise here
Therefore, I'd like to control them (volume basically, on/off would be a plus) physically from a more confortable position. I've seen expensive solutions, as USB wheels or dedicated controllers, but there are priced over 60$, which seems a bit expensive to me for a beautiful potentiometer.
So I'm wondering if it would be worth to upgrade another component, as for instance an external sound card (I'm currently using the integrated in the mother board), like a Creative X-Fi 5.1 Pro, which has a nice wheel.
It is important to say that I would like to connect a digital piano to the speakers too, so in case I bought some component, I'd like to be able to have 2 inputs (computer and piano) going through the same output (JBL monitors).
Currently, the most feasible option is controlling the volume with the PC keyboard and mouse. It's not the most sexy approach, but it works. However, I cannot switch the power on the monitors, and still is not as fast as a physical dedicated controller would be.
I'm a bit lost on this, so I'd appreciate some expertise here