Speaker setups for gaming

[Relentless81]

Hi,

I've noticed recently in pictures of builds etc that people tend to be using 5.1 and quadrophonic setups less and less

I'm using an old Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 setup which has a lot of cabling and since I've moved house I tend to have the sub set as low as possible, I haven't setup the centre speaker and the rears are on the floor

Because of this I was wondering, are 2.0/2.1 speakers a lot better these days in the same regard that sound bars are used for virtual surround on TVs? If so what are people using?

Or is it just because people are using headsets? I'm not a huge fan of headsets, especially in the summer but less cabling and speakers off the floor has given me a bit of an itch to change.

Any thoughts/ideas?

Thanks

 

[Relentless81]

Enjoy it in what way?

2.1 can sound better or 2.1 has less cables and stuff on the floor or both.

 

[Relentless81]

Going off what everyone has said I'm going to stick with what I have for a bit and install the centre speaker as I mostly play single player these days, I'm going to look into some headphones in the near future

Cheers