When I hear the term 'affordable surround sound', I usually think of those horrible $200 to $500 systems from the likes of Sony, Panasonic, or the myriad of no-name brands out there. While Sony and Panasonic are well known brand names, they certainly have their low end lines and, in my opinion, their 'cheap' surround systems sound just as cheap as they cost.
However, I just came across a very decently priced surround sound system from a company that has a pretty good reputation for fairly affordable and decent sounding surround sound.
Kevin writes: "Multi-GPU gaming was one of those things that seemed like a good idea for as long as it lasted. I mean honestly, the idea of a modular approach to graphics upgrades – be that SLI or CrossFire – was brilliant. I repeat, the idea was brilliant."
Im old school... when i hear the term SLI, I immediately think of 3dfx. I still have a pair of 12mb Monster V2's in an old rig. I never tried out the more modern take on SLI or Crossfire for that matter.
I mean, it was mostly for bragging rights. It was a very temperamental tech that improved with newer iterations, for sure. But folks like myself, who have used it, probably recall that troubleshooting was an integral part of the experience and the value that you got out of the setup was really low.
However, none of that mattered because it looked sick as hell on a well-built PC.
I remember doing my research at the time 😂 I got 2 GTX 460's, as they in SLI were meant to be better than the 480 at the time. Not all games were optimised at the time, which meant some games meant setting them up for 1 card alone. Never forget the time I came home from night shift, turned on my computer like normal, went and made a cuppa, come back and it was still off. Tried to turn on again, and one of the 460's caught fire... good times.
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Affordable =/ $1000+ bucks
I got an onkyo 6.1 receiver for around 300 bucks, and some infinity speakers from costo for like 250, so 550 bucks overall, and it has some pretty good surround sound, well good enough, I know it doesnt compare to the higher end stuff. I am going to get a harmon kardon 7.1 system once I upgrade to the 65" mitusbishi, but this isnt until after christmas
I got a 7.1 onkyo surround sound very good overall but the subwoofer is lacking power.
$1099 is still a little too rich for my blood...........but it looks like a good surrround system
@below....ya i saw that......but ima be streched pretty thin after this holidays game line up, im going to have to wait a while before i can something decent
I have two Onkyo Sound systems. A 6.1 in the living room and a 7.1 in the bedroom. I replaced the sub in the living room with an Infinite (500watt) and it is one of the most incredible sound systems I have ever heard. Everyone is blown away.
I had some friends over last night watching Transformers, we all had our mouths on the floor. My wife, on the other hand was not as happy and excited as we were....she was awaken to the sound of an earth quake and everything in the house shaking.
Get an Onkyo and you will never regret it! That is a promise!