[mythtvnz] hardware recommendations for dedicated box

[Rick Hudson]

On 17/08/2008 4:45 a.m., criggie wrote:

>> I also want the system to replace my home theatre system so is this as
>> easy as plugging in a speaker set into the audio out plugs on the
>> motherboard?
 >
> There are absolutely no cases that have integrated amps.  You will need 
> a separate amp.

I question the assertiveness of "absolutely no cases". :-)

However, when I considered something like this (reducing box count) I found 
there are subwoofers with integrated multichannel amps and decoders so you can 
just connect S/PDIF to the "sub" then the satellite speakers are driven from 
the sub's integrated amp. This seems like a better arrangement to me than 
trying to integate a multi-channel power amp with the computer. It you can 
live with analogue audio out and limited power then there are plenty sat/sub 
systems intended for computer connection from the likes of Creative and Logitech.

-- 
Rick Hudson
http://www.kpo.org.nz/                                        rick at kpo.org.nz