Originally posted by: Submit
Would my good old Soundblaster Live! Value work with the z-540 (4.1) or z-640 (5.1) speakers from Logitech? Or I am looking at upgrading the sound card as well?
thanks
Originally posted by: MasterHoss
Originally posted by: Submit
Would my good old Soundblaster Live! Value work with the z-540 (4.1) or z-640 (5.1) speakers from Logitech? Or I am looking at upgrading the sound card as well?
thanks
You won't get 5.1 surround sound using the Live! Value (or any Live! family card). As stated earlier, it will work for any 4.1 speaker system.
Originally posted by: MasterHoss
Originally posted by: Submit
Would my good old Soundblaster Live! Value work with the z-540 (4.1) or z-640 (5.1) speakers from Logitech? Or I am looking at upgrading the sound card as well?
thanks
You won't get 5.1 surround sound using the Live! Value (or any Live! family card). As stated earlier, it will work for any 4.1 speaker system.
SMACKOriginally posted by: CadetLee
I have a Soundblaster Live X-Gamer 5.1 sitting in my desk..Originally posted by: MasterHoss
You won't get 5.1 surround sound using the Live! Value (or any Live! family card). As stated earlier, it will work for any 4.1 speaker system.Originally posted by: Submit
Would my good old Soundblaster Live! Value work with the z-540 (4.1) or z-640 (5.1) speakers from Logitech? Or I am looking at upgrading the sound card as well?
Originally posted by: thorin
SMACKOriginally posted by: CadetLee
I have a Soundblaster Live X-Gamer 5.1 sitting in my desk..Originally posted by: MasterHoss
You won't get 5.1 surround sound using the Live! Value (or any Live! family card). As stated earlier, it will work for any 4.1 speaker system.Originally posted by: Submit
Would my good old Soundblaster Live! Value work with the z-540 (4.1) or z-640 (5.1) speakers from Logitech? Or I am looking at upgrading the sound card as well?
Thorin
Originally posted by: MasterHoss
Originally posted by: thorin
SMACKOriginally posted by: CadetLee
I have a Soundblaster Live X-Gamer 5.1 sitting in my desk..Originally posted by: MasterHoss
You won't get 5.1 surround sound using the Live! Value (or any Live! family card). As stated earlier, it will work for any 4.1 speaker system.Originally posted by: Submit
Would my good old Soundblaster Live! Value work with the z-540 (4.1) or z-640 (5.1) speakers from Logitech? Or I am looking at upgrading the sound card as well?
Thorin
Hmm, perhaps I should clearify. Of course there are Live! 5.1 family sound cards that are 5.1 capable. However, there are no Live! family cards that are capable of 5.1 surround sound. I'm guessing you guys didn't understand what I meant by "family"
EDIT: By "family" I was not referring to the main sound chip running the card. Instead, I was referring to the various packages of the said cards (value, x-gamer, mp3+, platinum)
FYI: I run a Fortissimo II (4.1 support, 5.1 OPTICAL only support) using Promedia 2.1 and I have to say the sound is awesome, for music, movies, and games. For awhile I thought maybe I'm easily pleased but a friend who got his hands on a refurbished Promedia 5.1 set and has one of the Live 5.1 cards admitted-very bitterly-that my sound was better...go figure. Was going to upgrade but after that, I decided to stick with my setup. I get at least one complaint a week from neighbors so it must be a decent setup. Also the Fortissimo II and the much newer III have the best quality headphone support of any card, and I've read the III can be had for under 40 dollars and is 7.1 compliant...!
Originally posted by: Submit
Thanks again for all the information.
I have narrowed my choices to
Klipsch ProMedia 4.1 5-Piece Speaker System
or
Logitech 4.1 Surround Sound Speaker System (5-Piece)
Both are priced @ $199 so price isn't an issue. I will be going again to try to listen for which sound better to me. Any opinions on what each of the speaker sets is better at?
FYI: I run a Fortissimo II (4.1 support, 5.1 OPTICAL only support) using Promedia 2.1 and I have to say the sound is awesome, for music, movies, and games. For awhile I thought maybe I'm easily pleased but a friend who got his hands on a refurbished Promedia 5.1 set and has one of the Live 5.1 cards admitted-very bitterly-that my sound was better...go figure. Was going to upgrade but after that, I decided to stick with my setup. I get at least one complaint a week from neighbors so it must be a decent setup. Also the Fortissimo II and the much newer III have the best quality headphone support of any card, and I've read the III can be had for under 40 dollars and is 7.1 compliant...!
Will either one of these speaker sets sound better/worse with a Soundblaster Live! Value vs a Fortissimo card?
TIA
If you're using the 4 channels analog output from SB Live Value to 4.1 or 5.1 analog input only speakers, you're really just getting 4.0 surround sound, the other 2 channels are fake surround.
Originally posted by: Submit
If you're using the 4 channels analog output from SB Live Value to 4.1 or 5.1 analog input only speakers, you're really just getting 4.0 surround sound, the other 2 channels are fake surround.
Kingofcomputer, can you explain this a bit more for me?
Are you saying that my sound card will not work properly with a 4.1 setup?
Don't you mean output(s)?Originally posted by: Accord99
Originally posted by: Submit
If you're using the 4 channels analog output from SB Live Value to 4.1 or 5.1 analog input only speakers, you're really just getting 4.0 surround sound, the other 2 channels are fake surround.
Kingofcomputer, can you explain this a bit more for me?
Are you saying that my sound card will not work properly with a 4.1 setup?
Well, in a true 4.1 setup, you would have an input for the subwoofer, and the normal Live card doesn't have a dedicated subwoofer output. However,I'm not aware of any 4 speaker + subwoofer computer package where there is a dedicated subwoofer input. They all only require front right, left and rear right, left connections and use the builtin bass management to pass the low frequency signals to the subwoofer.