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Old 11-25-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default Htiab v.s. Z5500

Which would sound better? For music and movies only, a solid home theater in a box set up (HTIAB) or buying a great soundcard + z5500??
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Which home theater in a box system were you thinking of? And, if you were gonna get the HTIAB, would you be using integrated sound?
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Onkyo HT-S4100

http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-HT-S4100-Channel-Entertainment-System/dp/B0015S9UWU

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Onkyo HT-S5100

http://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-HT-S5100-Channel-Entertainment-System/dp/B0016KAU3U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1227641450&sr=1-1
Probably getting the HT-S5100 only because of the 1080p HDMI connections for me to use on my HD TV. What do you mean by intergrated sound?
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Integrated is when you use the built in sound in your motherboard instead of using a discrete soundcard.

Are you hooking this up to your laptop, desktop, or DVD/HT system? If you're doing a home theater system, then I'd go with one of those Onkyo systems, hands down.
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well i plan to use intergrated sound and use this for now by just using the HTS5100 and then one day get a nice sound card to do it. (i thought that is what you meant by intergrated just wanted to check)

I using this for desktop and DVD/HT set up. I plan on using the HDMI hookup for the DVD/HT setup, and optical for desktop.
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