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Yin Yang Chiken
10-05-2006, 06:53 PM
Does anyone have experience building a Media center pc? I was thinking of building one to replace this whole stack of electronic gear, (4 feet high) in my TV room.

I can build an ATX pretty easily, but the cases are limited and expensive. I was considering a micro ATX form factor....any input would be appreciated.

The other concern I have is I have heard that Bose is the only surround sound speaker that connects directly to a sound card. I am not a big fan of Bose speakers...
Clepto Chiken
10-05-2006, 07:03 PM
they make soundcards that are adaptable for any speaker. They get expensive though. Ones I was looking at were between 150-200 bucks.
GunslingerChiken
10-05-2006, 09:27 PM
Yeah I have one of those :D
NemesisChiken
10-06-2006, 05:37 AM
they make soundcards that are adaptable for any speaker. They get expensive though. Ones I was looking at were between 150-200 bucks.
That why I just kept my receiver. It had a million input and output jacks on the back and I just feed my Media Center PC audio (and video for that matter) thru my reciever and let it do all the cross connecting between input and output devices.