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*Sorry if this has already come up, its not showing anything. Currently saving up for a surround sound at top priority (less than 8 months) but I'm wondering what to get given that I have niegh on no knowledge of the subject. I'm currently looking at a Dali Zensor 7 5.1 with a Denon AVRX7200W...

That is a very good point, stario dac's may be a little pointless. That said I'd be using it more for music than film (as silly as that seems) as a little side note, are any of the speaker and amp packages sold online (Denon AVRX7200W + Dali zensor 7 5.1 for example) to be trusted or are they...

I've been thinking a lot lately about getting a sound system. One of the things I've been tbinking about with this is whether an amplifier would make the same result out of a cheap USB sound card optical signal, as it would out of an optical signal from a more elite inboard soundcard? Or if its...

Would it be sensible or foolish to try the AVI ADM9.1s first and use them as a reference pair (due to having their own DAC as well as amp) and then test other DAC/ active speaker combos from there? Given that I know little about pairing I thought I might find it useful to hear a whole system...

Although, it does bring up further points like: "Would studio monitors be an okay audio solution when I was havinging a party" and "what are the best DAC/pre amps?"

Outboard DAC it is (also makes it easier to change source if I want to use a laptop or something) And I think I'm leaning on the active side at the moment, partly for the money reason. anything from the triangle color to the active's being suggested. Thanks for all the suggestions guys :) though...

Also, why a USB digital/analog converter rather than a good sound card? Surely the latter would give better results for the same money as you're not paying for it to be compact? :?

My main source willprobably be my PC (guess I'll need to invest in a good sound card and decent recordings too) and I'd also use my phone from time to time. As for seperates vs all in one, I assumed seperates but I don't really mind if any all in one suggestions are the better quality option.

I'm looking to buy a hifi system (my cheap "home cinema in a box" and P.C. speaker systems just don't cut it anymore) and I'm thinking of spending about £1000 - £2000 sometime in the next year (should be getting my first job soon, but living with parents means I'll still be getting at least half...