I've had a creative 4.1 sound system for a very long time , probably 5 years or more and a friend sold me their theatre sound system for a good price !. I jumped at the chance what with HDMI , DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1. I was suprised to see that it had an optical in and my sound card had optical out. Wasn't a straight fit though had to get an adapter and even then ran into problems getting it to run 5.1. Apparantly this xfi although is ready for dts and dolby , creative don't supply the software for it and you have to pay. Without it , it just defaults to 2 channel sound through all speakers. So sod it , it was cheap and so was the dts/dolby digital software pack i spent most of the evening setting it up. Most fiddly was finding the encoder settings and which ones to use via the creative control panel.
First track i played was an abba track , it was the only track that came to mind lol. But the sound was incredible , i felt i was there with abba and i could hear and feel every instrument. For movies/tv i watched merlin and hearing the clash of swords impressed me even more.
But the real deal came with Medal of honour , now personaly i don't rate the game that highly but it came to a new level with my theatre system. I loaded up the options , changed it over to 5.1 + Home Theatre System . In game wow! , firing those guns hearing the echo through the valley , gun bullets wizzing past my head , planes screaming over head. What an experience , i knew sound was important but i did not know what i was missing.
All i need is another optical audio cable and i can also plug the ps3 into it
First track i played was an abba track , it was the only track that came to mind lol. But the sound was incredible , i felt i was there with abba and i could hear and feel every instrument. For movies/tv i watched merlin and hearing the clash of swords impressed me even more.
But the real deal came with Medal of honour , now personaly i don't rate the game that highly but it came to a new level with my theatre system. I loaded up the options , changed it over to 5.1 + Home Theatre System . In game wow! , firing those guns hearing the echo through the valley , gun bullets wizzing past my head , planes screaming over head. What an experience , i knew sound was important but i did not know what i was missing.
All i need is another optical audio cable and i can also plug the ps3 into it
