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Thank you everyone for your help. I really appreciate it, and also how slow you all have been for a novice like myself. I listened to the Vanatoos, and was very surprised with the sound quality and that price. At least for the time being, they seem like the option for me. So my final question, do I just directly run a wire from the Xonar card into the Vanatoos, or should I be having some sort of device in between? Thanks again!

My desk is against a wall. I could pull it max about three inches away if that makes a difference.

I like the Xonar card so far, but to be honest, I have not had any equipment really worthy to test it. I bought that card specifically because it came in a builder's pack when I built my tower. Great suggestions, all within my price point, going to do much more research. Thank you! Also, a side note that is apparently an important one to make. I am not looking to project sound across my entire apartment, or necessarily even the entire room. I just would like the area that is my moderately sized desk to have as pristine sound as possible. Past that is not really necessary.

Thanks! Sure, custom build. Processor: i7 4770k, 16gb Ram, 100something SSD, 3 tb HDD, Asus Xonar soundcard Running Windows 7 ultimate x64

Hello everyone! I just finished getting my masters in classical violin, and now that I have an actually well paying job, I am ready to get some audio equipment to make my ears happy. This setup will be primarily for classical music. I have been using a pair of sub par computer speakers for the longest time that made me want to cringe every time I tried to listen to music through them. It is time to upgrade. The problem is, I have NO IDEA at all what I am doing, so any help at all would be greatly appreciated. I have pretty good hearing I think, but very little knowledge of true audio systems. I have a fantastic pc tower and a budget of $1000 to get the best sound I can afford. Where do I start? Thank you so much!