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Apple Computing Products:
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5.1 Surround Sound on MacBook Alluminum
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<blockquote data-quote="TheShocker" data-source="post: 764707" data-attributes="member: 75972"><p>Hey there, new to the forums. Just bought my first Mac since the Apple IIe from way back in the day.</p><p></p><p>Love the laptop. But I want to be able to use my Logitech X-530 5.1 speakers (three inputs--Left/Right, Center/Subwoofer, Left Surround/Right Surround). I have done some searching and found that the MacBook headphone jack supports 5.1 output. My understanding gets a little fuzzy when TOSLINK adapters start coming into the conversation. Regardless, I have read that even with a TOSLINK adapter, 5.1 is only possible with Dolby encoded audio, such as DVDs.</p><p></p><p>Then I found the Griffin Firewave: <a href="http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave" target="_blank">Griffin Technology: FireWave</a> which would be great, except the new MacBooks obviously don't have a firewire port.</p><p></p><p>So finally my questions: 1) is there a USB version of this product? 2) are there other options for 5.1 sound from my MacBook? 3) if all else fails and I went the TOSLINK route, is there an adapter that would work with my speakers' 3-inputs?</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the help</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheShocker, post: 764707, member: 75972"] Hey there, new to the forums. Just bought my first Mac since the Apple IIe from way back in the day. Love the laptop. But I want to be able to use my Logitech X-530 5.1 speakers (three inputs--Left/Right, Center/Subwoofer, Left Surround/Right Surround). I have done some searching and found that the MacBook headphone jack supports 5.1 output. My understanding gets a little fuzzy when TOSLINK adapters start coming into the conversation. Regardless, I have read that even with a TOSLINK adapter, 5.1 is only possible with Dolby encoded audio, such as DVDs. Then I found the Griffin Firewave: [url=http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewave]Griffin Technology: FireWave[/url] which would be great, except the new MacBooks obviously don't have a firewire port. So finally my questions: 1) is there a USB version of this product? 2) are there other options for 5.1 sound from my MacBook? 3) if all else fails and I went the TOSLINK route, is there an adapter that would work with my speakers' 3-inputs? Thanks for the help [/QUOTE]
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