SB Live! 5.1 speaker setup help???

[tdean]

i have a sound blaster live! platinum 5.1 with klipsch 4.1 promedia speakers. should i have the speaker config set up as 4 speakers or 5.1 option? whats the difference?

 

[FatBurger]

You can't do 5.1 with 4.1 speakers, mate...
Basically, 5.1 does front left, front right, left, right and back (as well as a sub), whereas 4.1 does front left, front right, back left and back right (with a sub). the ".1" refers to the sub.

Basically, set it up as a four speaker system.

Apple? Macintosh? What are these strange words you speak?

 

[tdean]

oooohhh... ok. thanks. maybe sb could work on their documentation a bit...i dont really know how to get the most out of this thing, ya know?

 

[FatBurger]

Yeah, most people don't know much about sound. I'm an audio engineer (not professionally), so I know a good amount about speakers and other crap

Apple? Macintosh? What are these strange words you speak?

 

[Guest]

You got that backwards...
5.1 refers to FR Left, FR Right, BK Left, BK Right, <i>Center</i> (not back), and Sub.

There is a way for you to set up your speakers in 5.1 surround. Instead of a real center speaker, the FR Left and FR Right "works" together to create a "phantom center." However, it doesn't come as close as a true center speaker, especially when it comes to heavy dialogues in DVDs.

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