Connecting PC to passive speakers

[tuzz]

Hello forum! I'm trying to set up a home cinema system. I have a few questions and I'd really appreciate it if you could guide me in the right direction.

I've bought and mounted a pair of Tannoy DC6 speakers after reading the review on this site. These are passive speakers that support bi-wiring. They have a recommended amplifier power of 20 - 150 watts and continuous power handling of 75 watts. I'd like to connect these to my media PC and nothing else.

Is there a small, cheap way to do this?

Would one of those $50 stereo amplifiers work?

Would bi-wiring make any noticable difference on a budget system?

Could I add an active subwoofer later without having to buy a new amplifier?

Should I bite the bullet and buy a proper AV receiver?

Thanks

 

[RobinKidderminster]

Difficult to understand what u r trying to acheive. Home cinema is normally 5.1 or at least 3.1 or a sound bar. Are u looking at music or is there a TV in the equation? Forget biwire. For stereo you will need an amp obviously - what connections does yr pc have? HDMI? RCA?

Confused

 

[tuzz]

Thanks for replying. Sorry - I'll try to be a bit clearer. Here's a picture:

http://s27.postimg.org/kbg3fuk9u/IMG_1137.jpg

As you can see, there's a projector screen and a left and right speaker. I might add a subwoofer to this later, but for now, I plan on running in stereo.

I haven't actually finished building the PC yet, so I can fit it with a motherboard that supports the audio outputs I need. It will also have a HDMI output.

 

[RobinKidderminster]

IMO a cheap av receiver (new or s/h) would allow u to add sub and maybe centre.and rears later.

I dont know what yr source will deliver in terms of picture (sd/hd) and sound (stereo/dd etc) but hdmi would seem sensible.

 

[tuzz]

Thanks for your reply. I was wondering whether one of these would work. They're relatively inexpensive and don't take up much room.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KBIV1WW

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JESRNKO

Would they be powerful enough? Would sound quality suffer a lot? Could I connect an active sub to a line out of my PC separately?

If not, I think I'll go with a s/h av receiver as you suggested.

Many thanks

 

[his dudeness]

you would be very limited with connections on those amps,a small av amp new or second hand will give you much better sound and future proofing if you want to hook up more speakers a center dc4lcr,would make a big difference and the ability to hook up lots of other kit,its the way to go.

 

[tuzz]

Ok, thanks. I'll go for an av amp.

 

[max337]

Yes the AV amp is a must in your case.

Spend as much as you can on it so when you fancy upgrading to a 5.1 (or adding to the 2.0) you can buy as good a speakers as possible gaining vfm.

Denon, Yamaha, pioneer, Sony would be good places to start. RV-X377 being an absolute bargain online.