Well I was about to buy the Klipsch 2.1s from Dell for $120 shipped when I decided to take a quick look around to see if any local peeps were selling them... and somehow I lucked out.

I found a dude selling a 1 year old pair of Promedia Ultra 5.1s, with 2 stands (for fronts) and 2 wall mounts + cable (for rears) for all of $130. No shipping, no tax, nada. Just a bit of a drive to the far side of LA. (With gas prices what they are, better make that $170 )

Now, I don't really want 5.1's but it's ridiculous not to pay an extra $10 for them over the 2.1s. My problem is that I have the EMU 0404 and I have to jump through some pretty big conversion hoops to make this work.

I guess I might put them on the second PC up in the loft which has the Intel HD Audio on it.

I'm starting to regret the EMU since getting speakers for it is really getting to be a pain. I can't make up my mind on any 2.1 system. I think I might just live with headphones for now and look at getting some sort of console system or whatever they call home stereos these days. A nice pair of floor speakers should sound better than 2 minis & a sub, yeah? I've been wanting a nice pair of Energy C-9s for awhile now.

I don't really want a big bulky receiver though. Is there a "simple" way to hook up regular stereo speakers to the EMU 0404?

I'm kind of meandering here. Anyhow I would just like to congratulate myself on finding a killer deal.

-MrD