5.1 surround sound question (1 Viewer)

[always.dreaming]

Hey,

So seeing as the price of a set of 5.1 speakers + a receiever/amp is so low these day i've decided to invest in a set for my room. Just wondering if 5.1 surround sound can be produced from a 2 channel (stereo - the red and white cables on your dvd player, console etc) input.

Thanks

 

[wrxsti]

No. You need direct coax or optical input otherwise it'll be Dolby Pro-Logic'd into 5.1 and won't be true 5.1

http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/48b016ac01a9f032273fc0a87f9c0717/Product/View/C1766

best possible sound you can receive is with this optical cable. Combine with HDMI and its as sweet as gold.

 

[always.dreaming]

Thanks for the speedy replies - much appreciated.

Awesome, I'm mainly concerned about hooking up my 360 to my lcd monitor and thought that the xbox-to-monitor cable only had the VGA output + stereo cables, but I've just noticed that it has toslink-out port as well.

I'll def. get an optical cable thanks! Though I might just go with a cheaper one of ebay (and hopefully save myself some cash).

Do you guys have any info to share about power output?

I was checking out the systems at Strathield the other day and was checking out the speakers output...generally they were around 30-40w with a 100+w subwoofer..

Think they'll be enough to fil my (smallish) room comfortably? Have a powerful stereo downstairs with two speakers rated around 200w each and they play pretty loud with plenty of bass, but I don't plan on needing anything like that for my room. But I do plan to play it loud occasionally...

So how will 30-40w small speakers handle that do you think?

 

[wrxsti]

I'll def. get an optical cable thanks! Though I might just go with a cheaper one of ebay (and hopefully save myself some cash).

The ad was just a reference, dont ever buy anything from DSE, biggest rip-offs!

Do you guys have any info to share about power output?

I was checking out the systems at Strathield the other day and was checking out the speakers output...generally they were around 30-40w with a 100+w subwoofer..

Think they'll be enough to fil my (smallish) room comfortably? Have a powerful stereo downstairs with two speakers rated around 200w each and they play pretty loud with plenty of bass, but I don't plan on needing anything like that for my room. But I do plan to play it loud occasionally...

So how will 30-40w small speakers handle that do you think?

a small room.....and you dont want the full experience of a large room with 40" HDTV and watching blu-rays........it should do very good!

 

[always.dreaming]

a small room.....and you dont want the full experience of a large room with 40" HDTV and watching blu-rays........it should do very good!

Unfortunately I don't have the mental will power to save up for anything like that =[

But I did to buy my 22" lcd monitor which is several times less than the cost of a 40" hdtv.

Personally I think 22" is fine for me given the fact that I'm sitting so close to it.

I saw blu-ray in action and went 'meh'. It def. didn't give me the same "wow" effect as when I saw HD tv for the first time. Do you remmember when you first wacthed HD content...i was like "omfg where have you been a all my life"

thanks again wrxsti

 

[wrxsti]

Unfortunately I don't have the mental will power to save up for anything like that =[

But I did to buy my 22" lcd monitor which is several times less than the cost of a 40" hdtv.

Personally I think 22" is fine for me given the fact that I'm sitting so close to it.

I saw blu-ray in action and went 'meh'. It def. didn't give me the same "wow" effect as when I saw HD tv for the first time. Do you remmember when you first wacthed HD content...i was like "omfg where have you been a all my life"

thanks again wrxsti

no probz, btw wen i first saw hdtv...watching the news i could clearly see the make-up on both the women and men reporters....ive got foxtel now (not the IQ2) so i got shitty picture viewing.