"james" wrote ...
OK, I asked a previous question earlier about whether I can connect 3.5mm
minijack output on my PC soundcard to my hi-fi speaker. The answer was
that it wasn't recommended - thanks to those that answered.

Therefore I'd like to know of another way of connecting my hi-fi speakers
to my PC. Cost plays a big part in my decision so what is the cheapest way
of achieveing this with decent results? Powered hi-fi amp? High-power
soundcard?

Do you just have hi-fi speakers? No amplifer, no other components
of a system (CD player, tuner, etc.)? If you have an amplifier, the
simplest solution would be to feed the sound card output into one of
the inputs of the amp.