Surround Sound on a shoestring

darkblackcorner · 10-24-2008, 11:15 AM

Hey

I'm trying to put together a surround sound system for nothing. Basically I'm just recycling old speakers, and hooking them up.

But here's the tricky part. I need a way of amplifying the separate channels. First I thought a mixer/amp would do it, but that's a bit dumb on account of the mixing part. I can probably get a mixer for cheap/free, so it would be good if there's a way to hack it together. My other concern is how I'd best fit the bass into the system.

So, basically I need an amplifier capable of amplifying a bass, and up to seven separate satellite speakers (so 4/5 channels?)

Thanks ;)

darkblackcorner · 10-26-2008, 04:58 PM

Ok, I've revised the plan a bit.

I'll be getting mostly computer speakers anyway, so I reckon I could strip out the amps of these, and power them as a single unit using a computer power supply....

We'll see how it works.

daz75 · 11-16-2008, 11:38 AM

Hi.

Sounds interesting,

The surround system that ive got is just a dvd player that came with the speakers, its a "paific 5.1", it's nothing flash but it does the job. I bought it brand new about 3.5 years ago for £60, im sure on ebay they'd go for next to nothing now.

Daz.

10-24-2008, 11:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
darkblackcorner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 40 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	Surround Sound on a shoestring Hey I'm trying to put together a surround sound system for nothing. Basically I'm just recycling old speakers, and hooking them up. But here's the tricky part. I need a way of amplifying the separate channels. First I thought a mixer/amp would do it, but that's a bit dumb on account of the mixing part. I can probably get a mixer for cheap/free, so it would be good if there's a way to hack it together. My other concern is how I'd best fit the bass into the system. So, basically I need an amplifier capable of amplifying a bass, and up to seven separate satellite speakers (so 4/5 channels?) Thanks ;) __________________ darkblackcorner - in the dark since 1986

10-26-2008, 04:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
darkblackcorner Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 40 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	Re: Surround Sound on a shoestring Ok, I've revised the plan a bit. I'll be getting mostly computer speakers anyway, so I reckon I could strip out the amps of these, and power them as a single unit using a computer power supply.... We'll see how it works. __________________ darkblackcorner - in the dark since 1986

11-16-2008, 11:38 AM	#3 (permalink)
daz75 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: u.k, yorkshire Posts: 51 OS: xp home sp 3 My System	Re: Surround Sound on a shoestring Hi. Sounds interesting, The surround system that ive got is just a dvd player that came with the speakers, its a "paific 5.1", it's nothing flash but it does the job. I bought it brand new about 3.5 years ago for £60, im sure on ebay they'd go for next to nothing now. Daz.