Recent content by jeff_35

I was waiting for that : PCM is fake surround. PCM was created because DOLBY wanted royalties and computer manufactures turned to ess and realtek for chips that could play sound. Go to a theater and listen. You cant get that kind of sound at home with PCM or HDMI. I'm tired of that fight...

HDMI pin out. notice that its twisted pairs. and also notice the lack of 6 or 8 pairs for audio. HDMI may be a better choice for video, but it has no advantage over optical other then the convince of plug and play, and all is done with one cable. Pins 1 through 9 carry the three TMDS data...

just remember its talking digital, and sometimes it says analog results. my computer is punting out Dolby digital 2/2.1. in base setting it is just good sounding stereo. if i change thecomputer Dolby setting to surround, then the 2/2.1 is now using 5 speakers and a sub. nothing at the receiver...

you are right on that. its more about buying surround equipment and some of the speakers don't come on. a lot of people have hook up speaker knowledge, ask about fiber optic and are told get HDMI because fiber optic cant 5.1 surround which is a out right lie.

stereo is defined by 2 audio streams/channels/tracks. the energy that runs down these 2 channels is used to move speakers back n forth producing sound. surround sound is defined by more then 2 streams/channels/tracks HDMI is the copy guard corporations answer to illegal coping of of greater then...

if u cant keep you hand on it fo a minute unplug it it needs the recomended top/bottem/side clerances, check them too. might be a short, wire or speaker. does it smell like burning plastic?? if so unplug

you could get a sound blaster Dolby card and have kick as_ sound. make sure everything is set to pcm. i use an optical cable to my onkyo and it just rocks. anus makes a Dolby card too. Dolby has better sound .

i looked at your speakers with line level input hooking up the green jack on motherboard. set the realtek to 2 speaker 2.0. save settings. if you tell manager you have more speakers, you will use 2 more jacks on your moth board. if they engage. u will lose speakers. good luck

spdif will carry pcm 5.1 or Dolby 5.1 just fine. almost ALL source are in 2/2.1. that makes it hard to get 5.1. pcm format is re encoded from a source; ie: cd, dvd ,etc. the 2/2.1 is stereo with image settings, used to produce pcm 5.1. dolby is done in the same way, but only on licensed...

daytonaudio 6 1/2 speakers go for 60 something a pair. i bought a onkyo receiver at pawn shop used for 75. at 100w per, 2 optical , no hdmi. my new onkyo isnt as good so i threw in the bedroom, HDMI, Bluetooth and all. it doesn't cost a lot to sound good. I have klipsch 20 series and i love...

I got frustrated and after reading a bunch of options, i decided to by a sound blaster card. it has Dolby optical out and after some setup it puts out 5.1 . interesting thing; super bowel, optical from Samsung tv to onkyo receiver showed dolby 5.1 from the tv.. i think almost everything , is 2...