Surround Sound

I have a 12" Powerbook and just purchased Logitech's 5.1 speakers. It has 3 plugs (orange, black, green), Green for the front LR, Orange for Center, and Black for Rear LR. On my PB there's only one OUT (headphones), has anyone seen a splitter or maybe a USB out for 5.1 ?? Any help appreciated!

You can get USB external sound cards for any computer, but even the Power Macs don't come with 5.1 out of the box, you have to buy an aftermarket upgrade...

This looks like it would suit your needs.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=2401344/skd=1/search=5.1+usb+sound+card

PowerBookG4 said:

This looks like it would suit your needs.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=2401344/skd=1/search=5.1+usb+sound+card

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Does this work well? I have a 15" PB G4 and have the Creative P5800 5.1 speakers and am wanting surround sound. Thanks guys!

-matt

sevenhelmet said:

You can get USB external sound cards for any computer, but even the Power Macs don't come with 5.1 out of the box, you have to buy an aftermarket upgrade...

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I know it's off topic, but the PowerMac G5 and iMac G5 actually have digital 5.1 output build-in, through the optical digital output. No aftermarket upgrade needed. All you need is an 5.1 amplifier with an optical input (like every good home cinema setup has).

Avalon said:

All you need is an 5.1 amplifier with an optical input (like every good home cinema setup has).

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or these babies...

Avalon said:

I know it's off topic, but the PowerMac G5 and iMac G5 actually have digital 5.1 output build-in, through the optical digital output. No aftermarket upgrade needed. All you need is an 5.1 amplifier with an optical input (like every good home cinema setup has).

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That's great! I've got a digital amp, now all I need are the cables. No need to invest in a card!


How did you find that out? I couldn't find a spec on the optical sound output anywhere...

SomaGaze said:

or these babies...

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They don't seem to have a digital input, or did I miss it?...

sevenhelmet said:

That's great! I've got a digital amp, now all I need are the cables. No need to invest in a card!


How did you find that out? I couldn't find a spec on the optical sound output anywhere...

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Read it in an article somewhere, don't remember exactly.
A digital sound output for stereo wouldn't make much sense, except maybe for some High End CD-players.

5.1 surround sound is supported by Quicktime 7 and DVD player. But your source material needs to be encoded with 5.1 sound, of course. I don't know if there are any Mac games that have surround sound...

I haven't tried it out yet..But out of all the 5.1 interfaces I've seem for my powerbook this one looks the best...

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave/

crysalis said:

I haven't tried it out yet..But out of all the 5.1 interfaces I've seem for my powerbook this one looks the best...

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave/

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That looks pretty decent. There's quite a bit I would like to add to my Power Mac and surround sound is one of them.

I'm going to look into this piece of equipment a bit more. Thanks.

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