7.1 speakers-nothing to do vista

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njnitehawk

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i have creavtive p7800 speakers 7.1

i was wonering if someone can point me in the right direction or give some advise

will i not be able to play music from all speakers from songs that are only mono or

stereo ? i really would like to that have all seven play something

From My System Specs below:
Realtek ALC889A integrated audio
 

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    plus 2.1 addtional speakers

    hp officejet j5750
It depends on your sound card.

For example I have an x-plosion cinema 7.1 that upmixes 2ch sources to 5.1/7.1 using DTS, or Dolby Digital Live.

Some cards have a 'speaker fill' feature which will utilise all the speakers.

Otherwise, no. Your speakers are just speakers and will play whatever you feed them. If its 2ch, it will be 2ch. Again, it's dependent on your sound card.
 

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    Samsung Story 2TB USB 3.0
What sound card do you have?
 

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it on my mb gigabyte X38T-DQ6

see attached


is there a program

or who makes this card and how much

and or is it worth the time and effort

thanks
 

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    intel core2 quad Q6600 2.4ghz
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    gigabyte x38t-dq6
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    4gb ddr3 Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9DHX
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia geforce 8800gt 512mb
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889A codec
    Monitor(s) Displays
    samsung 21.3 screen
    Screen Resolution
    1024 by768
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    500gb wd hd

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    Corsair CMPSU-750TX
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    microsoft wireless keyboard 7000
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    pioneer dvd-rw dvr215d

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    creative inspire pt7800 7.1

    plus 2.1 addtional speakers

    hp officejet j5750
It looks like your sound does support DTS Connect, which does upconvert 2 channel to 5.1 or better. Unfortunately, your speakers are made for Creative soundcards and upconvert CMSS sound only (no DTS Connect or Dolby Digital Live). DTS Connect is very nice. I use it on my PC and games like Crysis: Warhead sound you're watching a movie. Amazing sound, even better than EAX.

Now, if you want to hook your PC up to a home theater receiver that decodes DTS signals....any speaker set will do.
 

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    XFX 8800 GTX 768MB (2)
    Sound Card
    Auzen X-Fi Prelude / Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung Syncmaster 214T
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    300GB VelociRaptor / 750GB / 500GB / 750GB
    PSU
    Antec 1000W TPQ
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    Antec 900
    Cooling
    4 x 120mm, 1 x 200mm
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Entertainment Desktop 8000
    Mouse
    Logitech G7, Razer Lachesis
    Internet Speed
    3Mb
HexManiac said:
DTS Connect is very nice.

Now, if you want to hook your PC up to a home theater receiver that decodes DTS signals....any speaker set will do.
Click to expand...

+1 Yep.
 

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    8GB G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x Gigabyte GTX 670 OC WindForce SLI
    Sound Card
    X-FI Forte + ATH-AD900
    Monitor(s) Displays
    x2 Dell U2410 / 58" Samsung / "40 Sony
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1200 / 1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2x Intel 520 240GB * Crucial M4 128GB * 2x Samsung F3 1TB (RAID 0) * 2x WD Caviar Blacks 2TB (RAID 0)
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    Corsair AX1200W
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    Lian Li PC-V1020A
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    NH-D14: 3x140mm Gelid Wing 14: Sunbeam Rheobus Extreme
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    Razer Imperator + Thermaltake Theron
    Other Info
    Laptop Specs:
    Clevo Sager P170HM //
    17.3 Matte 1920x1200 //
    i7 2720QM // 8GB 1333mhz //
    Dedicated GTX 485M //
    240GB Intel 520 + 750GB + Blu-Ray //

    Samsung Story 2TB USB 3.0
I would get a 7.1 DTS 6.1ES reciever and speakers and connect the digital output to it. I use a Harman Kardon AVR-347 HDMI receiver. It works great.
 

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    SAS RAID
I use a program called FooBar2000 and a DSP plugin called Chanel Mixer. (Search google for it). It's not a perfect sloution, but it lets you pipe music to all 5.1 chanels.

FYI, like someone earlier suggested, i'm using an older Sony reciever and DTS connect over optical. Then i have Yamaha bookshelf's for the front and smaller Sony's for the rear, and a KLH for the front center. With this setup it sounds amazing. Oh, also, I'm using a Bluegears c-media sound card that runs about a hundred bucks on Newegg.
 

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i'll check out thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    homegrown
    CPU
    intel core2 quad Q6600 2.4ghz
    Motherboard
    gigabyte x38t-dq6
    Memory
    4gb ddr3 Corsair TWIN3X2048-1333C9DHX
    Graphics Card(s)
    nvidia geforce 8800gt 512mb
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC889A codec
    Monitor(s) Displays
    samsung 21.3 screen
    Screen Resolution
    1024 by768
    Hard Drives
    500gb wd hd

    250gb wd hd
    PSU
    Corsair CMPSU-750TX
    Case
    -
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
    Keyboard
    microsoft wireless keyboard 7000
    Mouse
    microsoft wireless mouse 7000
    Internet Speed
    cable 850
    Other Info
    pioneer dvd-rw dvr215d

    lite-on cd-rw sohr

    creative inspire pt7800 7.1

    plus 2.1 addtional speakers

    hp officejet j5750
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