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Laptop and 5.1 speaker setup

post #1 of 11
3/26/08 at 11:06am
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I've always wondered, and now even more tempted to find out.

What would I have to buy to set up a 5.1 system on my laptop?

its an HP8510p, with ati HD2600 card, i have HD audio drivers, and normal sound drivers

thanks!

links to a 5.1 card that works would be great


oh, windows xp pro sp2 OS
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post #2 of 11
3/26/08 at 3:55pm
ideally, you'd need something like the Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA sound card

The problem is, Creative discontinued it so it's pretty hard to find at the moment.
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post #3 of 11
3/27/08 at 2:04pm
Can't you just connect the 5.1 speakers to the ports of your laptop? I mean, I'm not talking about quality, I'm talking about possibility.
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post #4 of 11
3/27/08 at 4:40pm
from the specs I looked up, he doesn't have an SPDIF port on the notebook, so it can only output up to 2 channels of audio.
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post #5 of 11
3/28/08 at 12:45am
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Originally Posted by Djembe View Post
from the specs I looked up, he doesn't have an SPDIF port on the notebook, so it can only output up to 2 channels of audio.
since it has an HDMI port, cant i do something like hdmi to 5.1 hook up type thing?
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post #6 of 11
3/28/08 at 8:37am
. probably go thru a receiver (laptop hdmi port->cable->receiver ....)
. not sure about HDMI has anything to do with the original audio source in order to carry 5.1 audio signal

cheers ...
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post #7 of 11
3/29/08 at 1:59am
well if you have the logitech z5500 they do an amazing job of getting "5.1" out of 2 channel audio. I dont know how they do it but it works awesome.

Also I dont think you can really do anything with the HDMI port since HDMI audio is digital I believe and most inputs on computer speakers are analog. So you would have to hook the HDMI up to a TV or reciever then send an ouput to the speakers. I have one of my laptops setup like that.

but your best bet is to get a sound card. I dont know what kind of card slot you have so here is a usb sound card.
http://www.soundblaster.com/products...uct=9103&nav=1
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post #8 of 11
4/1/08 at 2:08pm
Yeah, if hdmi is too troublesome for you (keeping receiver near, that kind of stuff), the audio card, as said djembe, seems to be the best option.
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post #9 of 11
4/1/08 at 6:05pm
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think imma pass

found z-5500's for 150 localy on Craigslist, but then ill have to buy a sound card, and its just going to become too much, for something i prollly wont use, back in the day when i gamed a lot i always drooled when someone had them

now its like, i want them just to say i owned them


meh, i have usb powered speakers now, they work i guess =/
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post #10 of 11
4/1/08 at 7:34pm
I've got the Z-5500 speakers and I don't use them that much for gaming. I use them more for movies and when listening to music. They're a great small to medium room speaker setup, and they'll pump out enough volume to fill a large room as well. Anyway, it's your money and your decision.
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post #11 of 11
4/1/08 at 8:22pm
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Originally Posted by Djembe View Post
I've got the Z-5500 speakers and I don't use them that much for gaming. I use them more for movies and when listening to music. They're a great small to medium room speaker setup, and they'll pump out enough volume to fill a large room as well. Anyway, it's your money and your decision.
yeah id use them for movie/music, but meh i think my days of loud music in the house are over, but in a car......is another story :P
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