Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Advice from Axiom Owners Anyone know of these cables?

I have seen something at costco similar to that. I forget what brand it was but it was someting i had never heard of before. They had a box full of home theater hookup cables. It was about 100 bucks too. I dont remmeber exactly what was in the box but there was alot of stuff IIRC

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Mark, if I'd known that you were using Cambridge Soundwork sub/sats (I'm guessing Ensemble 1) with your stuff, I would have said unequivocally that you should upgrade to Axiom bookshelves! I went from Ensemble 1s to M50s, and man! what a difference.

Mark that sure is a slick setup, I am wondering what you use for editing software? My roommate is a communications major and really into editing. He has an Apple G5 and thinks that Final Cut is the only way to go. I still think I could build a much better PC for three grand.

Sure, but you wouldn't be able to run FCP, then.

I don't know about that... here's a close PC equivalent of the stock Apple Dual 2.5 GHz G5 (specced as closely as I could; in some cases the PC parts are better--yes, I know the Radeon 9600 is a pathetic card, but that's the stock card on the G5)

2xOpteron 250 = $1610
Tyan Thunder K8W (S2885)= $529
Corsair XMS DDR PC-3200 2x256 pack = $122
ELSA ATI Radeon 9600XT/128 MB=$135
CD/DVD burner=$60
Lian-Li PC-V1000 Case=$198
OCZ ModStream 520W Power Supply = $120
2xZalman CNPS7000B=$96
Hitachi HDS722516VLSA80 OEM 160 GB SATA drive=$97
Misc cables=$50
Windows XP Pro OEM=$147

Total, not including shipping, assembly, tax, or warranties=$3164.

Apple price, not including shipping=$2999.

Now, I'm not saying that you couldn't build something equivalent slightly cheaper, but the Apple prices on the high end are not so out of line as people might think...

BTW, I mostly did this because it was fun to look up all the parts... although I don't really know if they'd work together properly! I'm in the process of configuring a new PC to build for myself one of these months, so I'm in that research mode...

O yeah no doubt that the G5 is an awesome computer, I believe that most of the cost goes into the processor (as seen when you priced that PC as well). My roommate is just sort of closed minded on fact and insists that if you want to do editing you need a Mac with Final Cut. But that is obviously not the case as many (including Mark here) use PC’s for the job. And I have told him that you could build a comparable/better (ok maybe not MUCH better) PC for 3 grand and use something like Avid for editing.

Yeah, but if he's happy with it, why make him change/learn new stuff?

I was not trying to convince him that he should get a PC, just show him that editing can indeed be done effectively with a PC, and I think that Marks setup proves that. I still cannot believe you have a terrabye and a half or storage space in tha thing!