Hi there,
I am in two minds about what to do about my need for surround sound gaming. (I love being immersed in the sounds of the battlefield)
I currently run an SB Live (not the best) that pumps out 5.1 surround but I need a way to harness this effect so that I get good positional sounds.
Currently I have a mini jack to phono runing across my room to the amp on my stereo system which has two decent floorstanders connected to it, problem is that it can only use one output from the soundcard i.e front speaker output so I can get some positional sounds & good bass response but I am missing out on the full effect.
I would really like to hook up four or five speakers to my current set up to get full 5.1 surround but unless I can get my sound card to output the full 5.1 through one cable I cannot do this. Even more anoying is the fact that I have a surround amp with dolby, I need some way of getting all of the sounds from computer to the amp in one cable. (aux in)
Can anyone help with this.
My other option is just to get a pair of Zalman 5.1's & forget the stereo system. Only thing is i'd much prefer to use my proper speakers & hi-fi equipment as that's what its for, using a headset would be an easy way out ultimately not satisfying my need for a booming game environment & not utilising the equipment I already have.
Final thoughts: There must be hundreds of people with this very same problem, a decent stereo that they listen to music on that sits idle when they are gaming!?! Go figure......
Surely there is a product/adapter or something out there that we can use to overcome this?
Also:
Is there a way of testing positional sound?
Is it worth upgrading to an Audigy?
I am in two minds about what to do about my need for surround sound gaming. (I love being immersed in the sounds of the battlefield)
I currently run an SB Live (not the best) that pumps out 5.1 surround but I need a way to harness this effect so that I get good positional sounds.
Currently I have a mini jack to phono runing across my room to the amp on my stereo system which has two decent floorstanders connected to it, problem is that it can only use one output from the soundcard i.e front speaker output so I can get some positional sounds & good bass response but I am missing out on the full effect.
I would really like to hook up four or five speakers to my current set up to get full 5.1 surround but unless I can get my sound card to output the full 5.1 through one cable I cannot do this. Even more anoying is the fact that I have a surround amp with dolby, I need some way of getting all of the sounds from computer to the amp in one cable. (aux in)
Can anyone help with this.
My other option is just to get a pair of Zalman 5.1's & forget the stereo system. Only thing is i'd much prefer to use my proper speakers & hi-fi equipment as that's what its for, using a headset would be an easy way out ultimately not satisfying my need for a booming game environment & not utilising the equipment I already have.
Final thoughts: There must be hundreds of people with this very same problem, a decent stereo that they listen to music on that sits idle when they are gaming!?! Go figure......
Surely there is a product/adapter or something out there that we can use to overcome this?
Also:
Is there a way of testing positional sound?
Is it worth upgrading to an Audigy?
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