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    How to connect with optical cable and get 7.1 dolby surround sound for laptop

    I am trying to get a siberia 840 which needs to be plugged in with optical cable for full performance and 7.1 dolby surround sound. Unfortunately my laptop does not have an optical out. Is there a way to solve this without losing any kind of audio quality?
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    Up My sound!

    Hi, I use Sound Blaster ZxR card from creative and use DT 990 pro headphones from beyerdynamics. These sound great, but I got them a few years ago and wanted to see if theirs some new tech that would make my gaming a bit better.. Every review I look at has a different headset then the other and...
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    Please suggest a laptop for my needs!!!

    I need a laptop for mostly research and entertainment purposes. I use a lot of applications at once, like Chrome, Office, Texmaker, skype, photos etc...My browsing is quite intense as I have multiple browser windows with dozens of tabs open including youtube windows. I dont use my laptop for...
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    Looking for some sound card help

    I'm looking for a sound card with Dolby Live support that costs no more than sixty bucks. I just want to be able to do surround sound through my headset, but they say for surround you have to have Dolby Live. The best I can find is a Asus Xonar U3 usb sound card...
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    Need some help with a sound card purchase.

    Got a new headset that says I have to have an optical connection with Dolby Live to enable surround sound. My mobo's digital optical doesn't have Dolby support, so I want to get a sound card for it. I was looking at Asus Xonar DGX -...
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    Solved! Vizeo tv audio settings with Cinemate II

    Rest of my question is select surround sound or stereo on my Vizio tv after selecting Dolby 5.1? Connected to a Bise Cinemate II
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    5.1 Surround Sound - PC to amp for gaming

    Hello, Setup: Soundblaster Audigy Sound Card Sony AMP -No HDMI Switching I have been using Dolby Live feature in order to get my amp to do the processing and sending the sound to my speakers. I recently reformated my PC and I cant seem to get this to work again. Dolby Live allows the sound...
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    How to replace belts on aiwa cassette deck

    I have a Aiwa dual cassette deck and am trying to find the schematics of replacing the 2 belts on both decks. the unit is a Aiwa ad-wx777 dual deck with dolby B and C and is a 3 head design built into it. Can you help me out.?
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    Information on Optical Out of Led

    Hey Everyone! I am using A Yamaha Rx v1000 home theatre which does not have a hdmi in or out. And I am planning to buy a Sony smart led with optical out. My questions are as follows - 1. If I play 5.1 file from pen drive through led will it pass 100% audio without audio drop through Optical...
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    HDMI connection to home theatre Audio registers 5.1 but plays 2.1

    I connected my dell laptop to my yamaha rx v2600 receiver with an hdmi cord. ON one of my laptops the system works perfectly and plays the audio correctly through all of the channels. However when i connect the laptop i intend to use, with the sound settings configured to 5.1, only the left and...
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    How can I get dolby digital too play through games?

    computer Works fine with any other files that have dolby. except for any games I've read I may need a sound card addon if so could anyone refer a decent one? the audio is ran via hdmi 2.0 from my video card Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti to reciever onkyo 1030
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    yamaha dsp a1092 for 2 speakers only

    I used to use this amp for full dolby, but now want to use it with only 2 speakers (smallish room) Can you help me to configure this, please? The 2 speakers are Aegis evo 120w 8ohm
  13. chris_shadez

    Looking for 5.1/7.1 Dolby Headphones

    I have done a lot of googling but there is simply too much out there and too many things to consider, not enough reviews etc to help me make my mind up. As well as not being experienced in the high quality audio section Looking for True 5/7.1 Dolby TrueHD? Headphones, microphone not necessary...
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    Theater room setup

    My brother is looking for sound system in his new theater room. they ran wires for 4 ceiling speakers but thats it. im looking to use the 4 ceiling speakers for Dolby atmos. They did not run any other wire for surronds, fronts or center channels. My question is if there is way i can use an...
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    Dolby Atmos Configuration for <$2,000

    I'm looking to purchase a Dolby Atmos theater setup (speakers and receiver) for my parents with the following requirements/restrictions: * A budget of $2,000 or less * The room is already configured (including strung cables and holes in the wall) for 5.1 with small corner mounted channel...
  16. ScarletHY

    Do I Need DTS or Dolby for a Sound Card?

    I'm currently looking for a 7.1 sound card to ditch my on board Supreme FX... currently looking forward to Asus Strix Soar. However I noticed there isn't Dolby or DTS for the card, and thus making me a bit confused. What does Dolby or DTS do in an audio system, and do I need it anyway? Many Thanks.
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    Rear Speakers sound weak/without bass.

    Hi, I am just testing 5.1 speakers connected to my PC via analog ports with Realtek HD Audio Manager. All speakers works. However two rear (surround) speakers sounds weak. By weak, I mean without powerful bass sound from subwoofer. Two front speaker and center speaker works powerful along with...
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    Passthrough AC-3 over HDMI without delay?

    Hello, I have an older reciver that doesn't have HDMI input, yet it has SPDIF (but only one). My TV is connected to the receiver over SPDIF and Xbox One is connected to the TV over HDMI. Xbox is able to bitstream* AC-3 over HDMI. I want to know if it is possible to send AC-3 over HDMI (through...