will this work ok

stukacat · 12 Oct 2008 at 18:37

i have a jammo dvd player with a built in amp and 5.1 speakers.i am thinking of getting an asus zonar sound card.if i connect the two via an optical cable will i get surrond sound in games.i have been reading on here and looking around for some 5.1 speakers and it hit me that i had this jammo sitting around doing nothing.when i used it to watch films it had a great sound and if all works out i think games will sound great.ps it has a built in dolby digital and dts decoder if it makes any differance.cheers for any help.

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stukacat · 12 Oct 2008 at 20:36

can no one help with this as i want to order the xonar soundcard on monday and if you guys dont think the jamo home cinema set up will work as a games surround sound system i shall have to order a set of 5.1 speakers aswell...thanks

Nix · 12 Oct 2008 at 20:52

In theory I imagine it'd work, but you wont know unless you try I guess.

Personally, I'd test out the optical cable first before purchasing the 5.1s.

stukacat · 12 Oct 2008 at 21:13

thanks for that .i shall go ahead and order the soundcard and give it a try.i hope it works as the jamo sounded realy good when i used it for films.its three years old now but i think it could match all but the best pc surround set ups.the sub and the saterlites seem to blend perfectly.

Nix · 12 Oct 2008 at 21:21

Do you still have the manual? It might be worth flicking through it to see if it mentions anything about what you want to do.

stukacat · 12 Oct 2008 at 21:44

i keep them all and i spent an hour looking for it tonight before i posted on here.but as i said its 3 years old and my fileing system isnt up to much.in truth i probably spent 10 mins looking and 50 looking at all the other crap i came across looking for it...