Surround Sound?

Hey, could someone help me out here please.

I have a laptop. Some old Dell. I also have an iMac. I am looking for something that will give me surround sound. I have a logitech 5.1 surround system.

It has 3 headphone Jacks on it. A green one, a black one and a peach one.

My iMac has the default ports. Its a white iMac and is 2-3 years old. My Dell Laptop has a headphone Jack and usb jacks.

Would something like this do the trick?

Griffin Technology: FireWave - Surround Sound for Mac

If not, can anyone recommend anything else? On my laptop I need all 5 speakers firing. I don't care if it has the true surround sound effect, its for music. On my Mac I would like surround sound on my movies.

Which Logitech surround set do you have? 6 months ago i bought the G51 set for my MBP, as well as the Firewave as well. I ended up sending everything back. The Firewave didn't work too well with my Mac, i think mine was defective as well, because it made this high whine when it was plugged in. I would recommend investing in a nice 2.1 set instead of surround, i made my own system, and couldn't be happier.

I have a logitech X-530... this.. Logitech X-530 PC Multimedia Home Theatre Speaker: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

It is a pretty old set, had it for a few years now. Would just be nice to get the most out of it. Are there any products similar to the Firewave? Maybe something that uses a USB?

Most of the ones i have seen that are USB are all PC-only unfortunately. I'm not sure if the 530s have a matrix function like the G51s had, but if you have that turned on, it'll make it surround sound like with just the black plug. I didn't like it, because it made music echo for me.

Could you tell me what Firewave and the link below is?

Sound Blaster Surround 5.1: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

I am trying to compare some products but cannot work out the technical name for it.

Perad said:

I have a logitech X-530... this.. Logitech X-530 PC Multimedia Home Theatre Speaker: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

It is a pretty old set, had it for a few years now. Would just be nice to get the most out of it. Are there any products similar to the Firewave? Maybe something that uses a USB?

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I have the X530's setup on my TV using THIS adapter, works beautifully.

It may not be "true" surround sound, but it works very, very well.

I have a logitech X-540 5.1 setup on my mbp. I used this,
LOGITECH 5.1 GAME CONSOLE ADAPTER FOR SURROUND SPEAKER - eBay (item 130301045278 end time May-18-09 23:50:42 PDT)

to set it up and it is amazing! I'm not sure if your setup system has the same hookups but i would recommend this since it is made by logitech and works perfectly!

Try to find it at amazon though, i got mine for like 4 dollars with free shipping! They are sometimes sold out though...


I see someone else is also using it