Hi all,
I just installed a used 6.1 speaker set but apparently Vista and Windows 7 don't support 6.1 sound. The Creative drivers, and Windows control panel setup only allows 5.1 and 7.1 but which one should I choose for 6.1?
When using the control panel to test the speakers as 7.1, the rear center sounds when the PC is testing the Side LEFT speaker. Switching to 5.1 obviously doesn't test that rear center. I initially thought it'll be better to set it as 7.1, but if the rear center speaker is really acting as a side left speaker, I'll be getting inaccurate sound, right? I couldn't find anyway to have it combine the rear left and right speakers' sounds.
But setting to 5.1 ends up playing music in Winamp as 2.1.... 7.1 allows full use of all speakers.
I just installed a used 6.1 speaker set but apparently Vista and Windows 7 don't support 6.1 sound. The Creative drivers, and Windows control panel setup only allows 5.1 and 7.1 but which one should I choose for 6.1?
When using the control panel to test the speakers as 7.1, the rear center sounds when the PC is testing the Side LEFT speaker. Switching to 5.1 obviously doesn't test that rear center. I initially thought it'll be better to set it as 7.1, but if the rear center speaker is really acting as a side left speaker, I'll be getting inaccurate sound, right? I couldn't find anyway to have it combine the rear left and right speakers' sounds.
But setting to 5.1 ends up playing music in Winamp as 2.1.... 7.1 allows full use of all speakers.
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