Ok here's my situation:
Right now I have a $300 Pioneer AV receiver. Nothing fancy, but it does it's job well. My speakers are only some Sonys that came with my wifes old Sony CD changer shelf system that died. They sound ok, but not a lot of bass (not that I want a lot). I thing I like about having my receiver is that I can hook a couple game systems, a DVD player and some other stuff up to it an switch between them with ease.
Now here's where things get complicated. Right now I live in CA. I'm going back to school in 3 months in FL. Then after I graduation (hopefully) 9 months later, I'll probably move back to MI. Now when I move from CA to FL, my wife and I are only taking our two cars (Camry and Corolla) and filling them with our "important stuff" UHauls and such are way to expensive for traveling across the country. So anyway, I have to cut back on what big stuff I take with me.
The receiver (and speakers) would eat up a lot of car space. And I don't really want to sell them because I probably would only get a fraction of what it's worth to me.
So I'm wondering if I should just leave it behind for a year (at my in-laws') and just use my PC as my main AV device. So I'm looking for recommendations on what I should do.
Do you think I should leave behind the reciever? (I don't really want to buy a new one in FL either)
Should I just by some nice PC speakers?
Need some recommendations for speakers around the $100 range.
How should I hook up all my equipment without a reciever.
Here's what I'm looking to have at FL:
My PC (taking with me)
17" or 19" CRT monitor (buy in FL)
21" - 25" TV (buy in FL)
My Dreamcast
May buy and extra DC in FL. (one to hookup to TV, another w/ VGA box)
Possible Gamecube (buy in FL)
I will be using my PC for movies, TV recordings, music, and gaming (few PC games, mostly emulation)
I'd also like to be able to display movies from my PC on my TV screen.
I probably threw too much info out there, but hopefuly I can get some advise.
Right now I have a $300 Pioneer AV receiver. Nothing fancy, but it does it's job well. My speakers are only some Sonys that came with my wifes old Sony CD changer shelf system that died. They sound ok, but not a lot of bass (not that I want a lot). I thing I like about having my receiver is that I can hook a couple game systems, a DVD player and some other stuff up to it an switch between them with ease.
Now here's where things get complicated. Right now I live in CA. I'm going back to school in 3 months in FL. Then after I graduation (hopefully) 9 months later, I'll probably move back to MI. Now when I move from CA to FL, my wife and I are only taking our two cars (Camry and Corolla) and filling them with our "important stuff" UHauls and such are way to expensive for traveling across the country. So anyway, I have to cut back on what big stuff I take with me.
The receiver (and speakers) would eat up a lot of car space. And I don't really want to sell them because I probably would only get a fraction of what it's worth to me.
So I'm wondering if I should just leave it behind for a year (at my in-laws') and just use my PC as my main AV device. So I'm looking for recommendations on what I should do.
Do you think I should leave behind the reciever? (I don't really want to buy a new one in FL either)
Should I just by some nice PC speakers?
Need some recommendations for speakers around the $100 range.
How should I hook up all my equipment without a reciever.
Here's what I'm looking to have at FL:
My PC (taking with me)
17" or 19" CRT monitor (buy in FL)
21" - 25" TV (buy in FL)
My Dreamcast
May buy and extra DC in FL. (one to hookup to TV, another w/ VGA box)
Possible Gamecube (buy in FL)
I will be using my PC for movies, TV recordings, music, and gaming (few PC games, mostly emulation)
I'd also like to be able to display movies from my PC on my TV screen.
I probably threw too much info out there, but hopefuly I can get some advise.