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What model are those balling studio speakers shown in the video?

19 hours ago, DamirB said:

Those wallmounts look good.

 

Honeslty for receiver I wouldn't spent extra for something that has two sub-outs. Some have it, some don't but don't pay extra for it. dual-subs is rarely worth it. 

 

If the kef's are a bit too pricy (they're on promo often though) maybe Klipsch or Magnat has some good deals.

Can you list a configuration that doesn't go past $900 that is also available on Amazon?

Speakers, Sub, Receiver and any other else needed.

Just for movies, the projector screen is 110"

1 minute ago, DamirB said:

In addition, bookshelfs will be plenty loud for this room I'd say. If wallmounting I would recommend porting the plugs at least a bit to prevent boomy bass, front ported (or sealed) speakers would be best

I was looking at this type of mounts:

For this area: (the sides)

Just now, DamirB said:

There's no local marketplace to check for good second hand deals? If you can check before buying returning would not be an issue right? 

 

If sound quality is the main priority I'd say maybe go for a pair of KEF Q150's since they're on promo quite often. Onkyo recently went bankrupt so that might be a good amplifier deal. Dali has some good budget subwoofers, maybe Polk or Edifier for a sub.

The local marketplace of good speakers is virtually zero, I live in a very small town and its usually cheaper to buy in the US new than used here, the same config here would cost around $1600 or more.

Whats your recommendation on the receiver? I would like to be able to have two subs in case one is not enough (my current speakers have 2 woofers) and I'm used to it.

3 minutes ago, DamirB said:

It all kinda depends on the budget you have. I'd say if it fits in your budget definitely go KEF for the bookshelfs (the new subs they make are great but really expensive) Honesly I would recommend looking for second-hand speakers. Often a great deal but make sure you can listen to them.

 

Other than brands, personally I prefer bookshelfs with sub (or maybe a standmount speaker) over a tower speaker. Usually they are just better untill you get to a certain price point.

I can't go with anything second hand, I'm from Venezuela and having second hand is to risky for me because I would not be able to return it, I usually purchase at amazon and use a freight forwarder to send the purchases to my country.

I forgot to mention I'm trying to have just 2 speakers (2.1) so going with the bookshelf's would mean the flood-standing speakers wouldn't go.

About the budget: $900 is the max I would go.

Hi,

This is the measurement of my room:

15 ft deep (have in mind that the desk measures 3 ft) meaning the room deep is reduced to 12 ft
10'8 ft wide

Roof height left side: 10'8 ft
Roof height right side: 8ft

I currently use the two speakers that are below the desk, those are very loud but I don't think they sound good, each one is self powered and I often have issues with the left and right balance. its basically two big woofers (15") and a small but very loud tweeter or horn, I believe those are more like "party" speakers.

I'm aware a receiver will be needed, I have zero experience with this stuff, but I would like the option to have 2 subs in case 1 is not enough for my taste.

I was looking at this configuration: 

Like I said I'm noob at this but I think bookshelf speakers would not be enough loud? a wall mount would be necessary as I don't have where to put them and those shelfs on my room pic it would be behind the projector screen but I'm open to recommendations.

Any help will be much appreciated Thanks!

I hated that Linus kept going with the VR porn jokes, Lucas is a skilled young man who obviously wanted to be taken serious on this project.

18 hours ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

It would have 2 rca inputs so that using the one speaker it would play back the sound from both channels, essentially turning stereo into mono bit giving you all the sound at least. Otherwise it would only be able to play one channel or the other which can and would likely lead to sound being left out. Not an issue in your application with using two of them but as its intended to be used as just a single it would be necessary in that situation.

That makes a lot of sense now

38 minutes ago, BrianTheElectrician said:

If I understand correctly, each speaker has both left and right rca inputs? If so and your only wanting each speaker to playback one channel then it should be fine. Whether it's any less loud or not depends on the speaker. 

 

The adapter you linked to is just a 3.5mm headphone splitter which will still carry both channels. I don't see any issue with how you've set it up wiring wise.

You're technically correct, the best kind of correct.

Each speaker has both left and right RCA inputs (I don't know why a single speaker would have left and right input)

I purchased both speakers separately (so I guess they are not meant to be used together)

But I use them together to watch movies, so I wanted to separate the left and right channels to have stereo sound (not mono) so I did what I did in the OG post. But since I'm a noob at this of sound I wasn't sure if what I did was wrong (disconnecting an RCA cable on each speaker to force stereo sound)

For peace of mind I just ordered this: https://soundmatters.com/product/left-right-channel-stereo-splitter/?fbclid=IwAR3dIUsg2ucqXnPfW-KUBzviT9wWqVJlMKUlf3mM_aEX_r4ShBVa6UWa79w to have both RCA cables connected but split the signal with that cable adapter.

I have two of these speakers and I'm trying to get stereo sound (left and right)

So I disconnected the White cable on the right speaker and disconnected the Red cable on the Left Speaker and its giving me stereo sound, (I'm using this adapter: https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B00LM0ZGK6)

My question: What I did was wrong? is it bad to disconnect one of these cables? will the speaker sound less loud? or not at 100%?

6 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

Yeah, either board would be fine with it. The A pro is cheaper but the aorus has more features. 

B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 looking really good and its cheaper than the B550-F

Just now, Brok3n But who cares? said:

For what chip? Either the B550-A pro or the B550 aorus elite. The B550-F has pretty doodoo vrms, they're si 639's in a 4x3+2 config 

5600x

7 minutes ago, Brok3n But who cares? said:

You should go 2x16, that should work the best. Also if 3200mhz cl16 is cheaper go with that, it's the same speed. Also, uhh b550-f ;_; not a super great board

What board you recommend?

I'm looking for 32 GB of ram, the only two kits I found of 4x8 GB are:

G.SKILL Trident Z Neo 32GB $219

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB $266

The question is: Can I mix TWO kits of 2x8? 

For example: Crucial Ballistix

Some one told me: 

Quote

 

main issue since they are sold as 2x8 rather than 4x8 if it refuse to work with 4 the manufacturer will reply

"we sell them as 2x8 not our problem"

 

That's my fear.

Or should I go 2x16GB Instead? I noticed those are WAY cheaper: TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Za 32GB $159

Main use of this build is Gaming, Photoshop and Web Design.

6 hours ago, Nena Trinity said:

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (CMK32GX4M4D3600C18) - PCPartPicker

Cheap, not b-die...

G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (F4-3600C18Q-32GVK) - PCPartPicker

Cheap, not b-die...

G.Skill Trident Z 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3733 CL17 Memory (F4-3733C17Q-32GTZSW) - PCPartPicker

Expensive, probably b-die.

Thanks for the links, I see none of them is cl16, is because it could cause issues with that specific motherboard?

18 minutes ago, Nena Trinity said:

Actually want 3733MHz for Zen3 if memory serves right and if wanting to push it to the limit a kit that can OC to 3800MHz so the FCLK is at 1900. ^w^

3 hours ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

It would work, but 3000 is really slow for a 5600x. I would sell it and buy some new ram. (Noticible perf increase)

I'm having a hard time picking the ram, I was looking for a 4x8gb kit 3600 cl16

none of the options I found at Amazon is on the list of the supported ram here: https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b550-f-gaming-wi-fi-model/helpdesk_knowledge

Can you guys give me a hand?

27 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

Not necessarily. A good kit of 3200 cl16 or 3600cl16. 

Pair that with something like a b550-f gaming motherboard, turn on xmp, your good to go.

I just realized that the RAM I currently have is DDR4 3000mhz but its "old" you think it will work with a Ryzen 5600x? 

https://www.newegg.com/corsair-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820233849?Item=N82E16820233849&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL040516&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL040516-_-EMC-040516-Index-_-DesktopMemory-_-20233849-S2A3C

12 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

A 5600x would do waaaaaayy better than a 4core 5th gen. 

12 minutes ago, KingofMemes said:

yes, blth of those are why i prefer amd. 

what RAM should I be getting for the 5600x? I'm looking for 32 GB, I need the best ram possible for PUBG. I heard Ryzen CPUs need the fastest ram?

1 minute ago, KingofMemes said:

6 cores will be just fine for what u want to do. what 4 core cpu do u have?

5600k, the thing is I don't want it to do fine I want it to do better. the GPU is a gtx 1080 non-ti

6 minutes ago, KingofMemes said:

totally agree. the 5000 series excell in single core performance. 

I believe single core performance is way better for Photoshop / AdobeXD which is what I use, but I was aiming to 8 cores because consoles are using that, I'm wondering if I should go with 6 cores instead for better single core performance.

my 4 core cpu gets to 100% in PUBG and its causing performance issues.

33 minutes ago, HelpfulTechWizard said:

TBH for this neither. Ryzen 5000 has superior single core perf, superior gaming perf, and in general the motherboards are cheeper. (And you can find r5 5600xs at MSRP)

 

If you have a motherbord, get the 10900f, it has higher clocks. (Unless it's a z series motherboard, which in that case get the 10700k so you can oc it)

I was considering going Ryzen, I had my eyes on the 5800X (I'm aiming to 8 cores minimum.)

But that chip costs $450 and performance is almost the same as the 10700K at $328

35 minutes ago, brentdahamster said:

Depends if you really need the 2 cores and 8 threads and need overclocking support. That really about it. What res are you editing at? If you are at 1080p or lower then probably the i7 would be fine and a i9 10900F if you are editing at 4k or higher.

 

I'm editing and gaming at 1080p (144hz) I'm not planning to upgrade my monitor soon or in a while unless it suddenly dies and in case it does I would go high refresh rate at 1440p or 1080p but not 4K

Just for the record I don't do any video editing.

10700K $328

10900F $364

Which one and why?

Main use: PUBG and Professional Photoshop / illustrator & AdobeXD

Anyone knows a solution to this?

4 minutes ago, Coolmaster said:

Why not duplicate them and just turn off the ones you aren't using?

it causes some kind of issue, because of the different resolutions and refresh rates, for example the monitor is 1080p at 144hz but the TV is 4K at 60hz

If I set it to duplicate it caps my monitor from 144hz to 60hz and TV will stay in 1080p not 4K

Duplicate+ setting the resolution to 4K is even worse, it caps everything to 30 Hz

1 minute ago, Coolmaster said:

What do you want to do once you have them all connected? To switch between displays you move your mouse off the edge of one and it'll go to the next.

That's what I'm trying to avoid, I don't want them to connect on a same desktop, I don't want to move the mouse off the edge to go to another screen. I want to use a screen at the time depending on the situation.