| advice about dumb things needed |
[20 Jan 2007|11:57pm] |
Guys, say hello to NEXT-GEN HI-DEF BLU-RAY BEDROOM GAMING RIG MARK II:
Yeah, I basically just moved in all the consoles from the living room that never got much playtime. My thinking was that maybe I'd play them more if I have them close by. Right, yeah, like I'm actually going to be playing the Saturn anytime soon. Pffff. Oh well, at least it gave me a reason to finally wipe the dust off of them.
I'm pretty happy with the way things are set up, though I'm not really feeling the Genesis/Sega CD just yet. Probably because it's so goddamned gigantic that it almost pushes the Saturn off the shelf, and I can't even plug it in yet because the AC adapters pretty much take up an entire room by themselves. Maybe I'll replace it with the Dreamcast at some point, I dunno.
The PS2 might also need to be moved to a lower shelf since some of my controllers have really short cords. Of course I only remembered this after I plugged everything in. Durr hurr hurr.
Anyway, hey guys, I need some advice. See, this TV, it's old, but it was free, as part of the breakup settlement. I want to like it more. It has decent video output (composite and RF only, but whatever), it's at the perfect height for Bemani, and it's in a room where I don't have to bug everybody whenever I play Drummania. The only problem is:
Do you see that? What the hell is wrong with the people who made this TV? Somehow, it manages to have a headphone jack on the front (which is AWESOME and would be perfect for a bedroom setup), but it only outputs sound in mono, making it completely worthless. The sound is totally shitty anyway, even through headphones. It sucks to think that the only thing keeping me from enjoying this new setup is the sound, but it's so bad I can't even play IIDX on it without everything sounding like balls.
So, what can I do about this? I'm thinking that maybe I could hook up the consoles to a stereo receiver or something and plug headphones into that, but that sounds expensive. Anyone know where I can get a really (REALLY) cheap, no-frills receiver online? Also if there's anything else I can do to get decent stereo sound through headphones with this setup I'd like to know.
Edit: Sound problems solved thanks to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kiken! I now possess the ULTIMATE GAMING RIG, and I didn't even have to lose to some guy who used a medical dictionary again!
I mean uhhhh I never entered that contest.
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