solbergg
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Alright, so I have been trying to figure out a good solution for my AV rig. I use speakers during the day, but switch to headphones at night due to the fact that I live in an apartment complex. Right now it is a pretty modest setup, but here are the particulars of what I want to do:
1. Run my headphones off of one headphone amp from the various sources without having to constantly switch out cables for each source. The sources are:
DVD, VCR (eventually to be replaced by HTPC), Playstation 2, possibly an sacd player later on.
2. Be able to control volume with a remote. Source switching via remote would be a huge plus, but is not absolutely required.
3. My TV has a few RCA inputs and one S-vid. I would like to run my DVD player and playstation2 through s-vid, but currently I have to disconnect one to run the other. I may just have to suck it up and run the dvd video through RCA, as I don't have the stock ps2 cable anymore and I don't wish to purchase another one. On a tangent note, I was in Best Buy the other day and wanted to purchase a singular RCA video cable, and they didn't have any for sale! My, how the times have changed.
4. The only space I have available in my TV stand is 17.5" wide x 5.75" tall x 16" deep. The depth of a unit can be a little longer, as the stand has an open back, but obviously the height is the major limiter in this particular situation. The TV stand I have is made for flat panels and although my TV isnt one, it still takes up too much width to put any electronics beside it. I thought a solution might be to get another short stand to open up about 8" beneath the TV, but I wasn't able to find such a product.
5. I dont have a full home theater, but instead only a pair of speakers. It would be nice to have the functionality of a receiver to power the speakers and use preouts to the headphone amp, but I doubt a receiver would be able to fit in the space I have available.
A solution may not exist for my problem, but I just wanted to see if any of you thinking types might have an idea of what I can do. Also, if it helps at all, I do have a t-amp to run the speakers, but I would eventually like to run 5 speakers for home theater, but that is at least a year away. Thanks in advance!
1. Run my headphones off of one headphone amp from the various sources without having to constantly switch out cables for each source. The sources are:
DVD, VCR (eventually to be replaced by HTPC), Playstation 2, possibly an sacd player later on.
2. Be able to control volume with a remote. Source switching via remote would be a huge plus, but is not absolutely required.
3. My TV has a few RCA inputs and one S-vid. I would like to run my DVD player and playstation2 through s-vid, but currently I have to disconnect one to run the other. I may just have to suck it up and run the dvd video through RCA, as I don't have the stock ps2 cable anymore and I don't wish to purchase another one. On a tangent note, I was in Best Buy the other day and wanted to purchase a singular RCA video cable, and they didn't have any for sale! My, how the times have changed.
4. The only space I have available in my TV stand is 17.5" wide x 5.75" tall x 16" deep. The depth of a unit can be a little longer, as the stand has an open back, but obviously the height is the major limiter in this particular situation. The TV stand I have is made for flat panels and although my TV isnt one, it still takes up too much width to put any electronics beside it. I thought a solution might be to get another short stand to open up about 8" beneath the TV, but I wasn't able to find such a product.
5. I dont have a full home theater, but instead only a pair of speakers. It would be nice to have the functionality of a receiver to power the speakers and use preouts to the headphone amp, but I doubt a receiver would be able to fit in the space I have available.
A solution may not exist for my problem, but I just wanted to see if any of you thinking types might have an idea of what I can do. Also, if it helps at all, I do have a t-amp to run the speakers, but I would eventually like to run 5 speakers for home theater, but that is at least a year away. Thanks in advance!
