I'm doing a new build and so far haven't thought of audio. I've always ever used cheap PC speakers so was thinking of the upgrade to something a bit nicer.
How would you get 5.1 audio on a computer? >Cheap 5.1 solutions like the Logitech z506 (or z906) >Cheap Home teather 5.1 sets >"5.1" soundbars >Pair of affordable studio monitors, then later another one, then a subwoofer from the same brand, then a mis-matched center channel because I didn't think it through
Currently I'm leaning on getting a pair of Yamaha NS-P51 for the front, later a NS-B51 for the back, then an NS-SW050 subwoofer. These choices are solely based on blind trust that it will sound good because it's Yamaha. Then I have no clue what amp/receiver to plug to a computer, hopefully something cheap that just does that and lets me plug a headphone (and mute the speakers). I think the motherboard has good audio (Crosshair VII Hero) so I'd like to avoid USB sound solutions that depend on Windows software to run.
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Tyler Harris
Wrong board wrong site, fuck off.
David Edwards
>As109? Yes.
>tired of having to see this shit every fucking day Must be popular with everybody else then. It's not even pornographic dude.
Austin Flores
>There is a global rule to keep your loli shit on /b/ Funny >Up an entire day Hmmmmmmm
Cooper Nguyen
Woah mods selectively enforce rules what else is new. They left the gemma porn up for like 24 hours the other day.
Parker Kelly
Her feet look like mine.
Andrew Foster
kek fucking hang yourself
Owen King
5.1 audio is a meme. go to a hifi store and ask for a demo of their 5.1 or 7.1 dolby meme room. bzzzzzzzzzzzzz whoshhhhhhhhh its like having insects behind you.
so just get a cheap pair of desktop monitors and a sub. subs are actually worth the money, especially for peasents who buy treble boxes
John Gray
Homosexuals are not allowed on this board
Anthony Morgan
I have an X-540 for quite some time now, I think 9 years. It was pretty nice for some casual game that has 5.1 support, had a pretty great time with BF3. For movies is pretty nice, almost everything else is 2.0 tho.
Caleb Perez
No it's because loli is Jow Forums culture and if you don't like it then fuck off. There was literally a NSFW loli lewds thread up yesterday and even that stayed up for about an hour until actual illegal content got posted where it disappeared immediately as if mods where watching the thread the whole time.
Xavier Allen
god i wish i was that cat
Brandon Hernandez
post this but unironically 99% of shit doesnt even work with 5.1 or 7.1
Carter Nelson
there's an odd amount of good taste on Jow Forums tonight, weird
Hunter Wood
You said that last time we had a foot thread. Die fag
Owen Lewis
>I have an X-540 It seems pretty easy to go that route, I just wonder if I couldn't spend the same money on a more DIY setup (or spend more across a longer period of time but get started with an amp and 2.1).
Whoever I saw that knows audio says computer speakers like Logitech's are garbage with V-shaped frequency response.
the only choice here is 6 separate speakers including the subwoofer software solutions are eh at best, while headphones just don't work
Benjamin Perez
Why do you hate kids? You're worse than a pedophile.
Henry Baker
craigslist free / electronics section ebay section get a stereo receiver + speakers people basically give em away for $50 now then plug your pc into it. (hdmi or optical or even 3.5mm jack adapters)
>5.1 Just get a decent pair of headphones, for crying out loud.
Julian Walker
HDMI or Toslink to an AV receiver
Lincoln Lee
fuck off retard
Colton Hughes
this, you can get 5.1 PCI cards, hell my current mobo supports 7.1, but boy does the integrated dac fucking blow, AV receiver and HDMI is your best bet
unless you're building a home cinema what's the point
James Nelson
>unless you're building a home cinema what's the point Gaymes. I never heard vidya in 5.1 and I wonder how immersive it is.
>HDMI or Toslink to an AV receiver Which, though? When I look for those they all have way more features than I need. I don't need video.
Alexander Jones
HDMI's got more bandwidth, it's not about needing video. S/PDIF and Toslink can't handle more than two channels of uncompressed PCM audio
Wyatt Stewart
>S/PDIF and Toslink can't handle more than two channels of uncompressed PCM audio Whoa, never thought of HDMI as an audio interface. I always thought those two could do audio better than HDMI.
Still, what should I look for? I just want something that I can hook up unpowered speakers to. And that isn't too chinesium.
I've been meaning to look into receivers myself, I've only got a stack of handed down '80s Pioneer gear at right now. I've been seeing Onkyo's stuff recommended here recently
Joseph Evans
An HDMI receiver would probably be the easiest for you but still give you options with speakers and decent power behind them or even easier, like you mentioned, pre-made PC specific 5.1 solutions. Otherwise, I use a PCIe sound card that's 7.1 capable but only with 5.1, seperate amps for each of the speaker pairs, lot of calibration. Great for movies and games.
