Xi-Fi Gamer & Home Theater Recei

Howdy -
I just purchased a Sony home theater receiver and surround sound system (HT-DDW900) and I'm wondering how to connect my Sound Blaster Xi-Fi Gamer to the receiver.
Appreciate any help. Thank you.

I game more than watch movies or listen to music on my pc & yes ..it was interesting to read in the sticky... thanks for the reminder. I don't have 5. or higher spkr setup, i use a?centre + frnt right + frnt left on hi-fi system and creative 2. THX speaker system?& then i just tweak the sound from both sources, on my amp it has cinema studio EX & i find using that i get a good mixture of mid & high sounds, plus the mission 703's give good punchy?bass,?the thunder/bass comes from the creative 2. sub as well as some high?crisp sounds from the 2. THX front right & left ...so what's that? ..pseudo surround ..lol. What i find odd is why do pc?game publishers put Dolby Digital on the pc games?box when realy then it should be EAX support ..as notied in the sticky below. But tbh the very best sound for me personaly has to be headphones ..but you need a good set of cans though. PC GamesPC games usually use technologies?like as EAX to create surround sound, not Dolby Digital. So even if your speaker system has a Dolby Digital decoder, it will be of no use when playing?games.
The EAX processing is done on the soundcard, and?the 6-channel sound is?output via the analogue (or digital DIN if available). So you still need analogue connections to your digital speakers for games, if you just use an optical/coax cable you will only get the front left/right sound. (N.B. X-Box games do support Dolby Digital, so if you connect your X-Box to your Dolby Digital receiver/speakers with the optical cable, you can get full surround sound.)?

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Connection of Home Theater Recei

For my Home Theater I would like to use my PC a DVD player, music player, and for gaming on my Infocus Projector. I am trying to figure out what Sound Card will be sufficient and how it will actually connect to my Recei'ver (Yamaha HTR-5830SL 550W 5.-Ch. Digital Home Theater Recei'ver) (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=703449&type=product&productCateg oryId=cat0303&id=099395588707)
Here are my specifications:
Want to connect my sound card to the above receiver but still have desktop speakers and a mic out so when I am playing BF2 I can talk to other players. HOw would I hook this up? SPDIF, Y connectors, ? I s this even possible?

I game more than watch movies or listen to music on my pc & yes ..it was interesting to read in the sticky... thanks for the reminder. I don't have 5. or higher spkr setup, i use a?centre + frnt right + frnt left on hi-fi system and creative 2. THX speaker system?& then i just tweak the sound from both sources, on my amp it has cinema studio EX & i find using that i get a good mixture of mid & high sounds, plus the mission 703's give good punchy?bass,?the thunder/bass comes from the creative 2. sub as well as some high?crisp sounds from the 2. THX front right & left ...so what's that? ..pseudo surround ..lol. What i find odd is why do pc?game publishers put Dolby Digital on the pc games?box when realy then it should be EAX support ..as notied in the sticky below. But tbh the very best sound for me personaly has to be headphones ..but you need a good set of cans though. PC GamesPC games usually use technologies?like as EAX to create surround sound, not Dolby Digital. So even if your speaker system has a Dolby Digital decoder, it will be of no use when playing?games.
The EAX processing is done on the soundcard, and?the 6-channel sound is?output via the analogue (or digital DIN if available). So you still need analogue connections to your digital speakers for games, if you just use an optical/coax cable you will only get the front left/right sound. (N.B. X-Box games do support Dolby Digital, so if you connect your X-Box to your Dolby Digital receiver/speakers with the optical cable, you can get full surround sound.)?

Hooking up MBP to home theater receiver: Surround sound for games?

I'm looking for a way to hook up my MBP to my home theater receiver to play games in surround sound. From what I've read, it sounds like the digital optical out will only provide 5.1 sound for DVDs, not games.
I have also read about the Griffin Firewave which supposedly provides 5.1 sound from the firewire port...however, it looks like there are five separate outputs from that device (center, and both front and rear speakers), and my receiver's inputs are not arranged in this way, so I don't think this will work for my setup.
Anyone know of a way to do this successfully? It's looking like it's not possible, but wanted to see if there were any solutions I was missing. Thanks!

Peep this...http://www.forums.bestbuy.com/bb/board/message?board.id=TV_Home_Theater&thread.id=1153
Disclosure: Former BBY employee.

Home Theater system for games....

I just bought the Panasonic TC-P50X1 and here is what I want to do with it. It will be installed in a family room with a cable box (Time Warner), a PS2 and the Wii. I would like to be able to hear the TV and games through the home theater. I am not certain on what would work best in this situation. Any thoughts?
BTW...I am not looking for personal preferences more along the lines of brands that I can physically connect this stuff to.

sideout wrote:
I just bought the Panasonic TC-P50X1 and here is what I want to do with it. It will be installed in a family room with a cable box (Time Warner), a PS2 and the Wii. I would like to be able to hear the TV and games through the home theater. I am not certain on what would work best in this situation. Any thoughts?
BTW...I am not looking for personal preferences more along the lines of brands that I can physically connect this stuff to.
You're asking the wrong question while saying you don't want the answer to the question that you really should be asking as the answer has nothing to do with brands. A home theater in a box package likely won't support the PS2 or Wii as they rarely even have a single HDMI input for a cable/sattelite receiver and a set of RCA jacks for a VCR if you are lucky. A/V soundbars usually only sport a few HDMI ports as far as their A/V inputs go with complimentary optical, coaxial, and composite audio input jacks. So look at A/V recievers and speakers, find one that fits your budget and space, and buy it.With the sources you are using, sticking to component video is your best option to avoid the hassle of switching between inputs on both the TV and the receiver so just about any low-end A/V receiver with component switching will fit your needs. Of course you'll also need surround speakers as well.

X-fi card and Home theater Speakers can I get Game sounds EAX e

Ok after spending hours on this forum and realizing that I just spend $200 on a card to hook up my computer to my home theater to play games on my 37 LCD I find out that I can not get any of the sound card gaming features while using my $50 optical cable. Ok now that that is off my chest.
Is it posible to run now 3 sets of wires to my Pioneer VSX D4 reciever into the Dolby 5. inputs to get the EAX 2. features of the sound card. I just want to have my rear channels working. Please e-mail me if you have the cure for this delema. Thanks in advance.
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thomase wrote:
If your receiver has 6-channel inputs, you can connect the soundcard outputs directly to it. Of course you need cables which split a stereo connector into two RCA connectors.
Most standard home theatre kits only come with AUX or Digital inputs. Only "high end" amps tend to have the individual speaker inputs unfortunately.
thomase wrote:
Another alternati've is to buy this:
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=&subcategory=207&product=49Me ssage Edited by thomase on -30-2005 02:5 AM
Unfortunately, this takes the original poster's cost to $350 + cables. That's ALOT of money to pay just for EAX 4.0.
Creative are ripping you off. The technology in the Home Theatre Connect kit can be squeezed on to a single microchip, and is already available on most onboard soundcards, and the Diamond range of soundcards:
http://www.diamondmm.com/xtremesound.php
Judging by the number of people in this forum who have asked about the digital output expecting it to provide a Dolby signal, I can only assume that the reason Creative did not implement this feature on their brand new range of X-Fi soundcards was so they could milk a bit more money out of their customers by forcing them to buy a separate box to convert their analog signal into a proper Dolby Digital signal.

Sony Home Theater System DAV-HDX275

I just bought a home theater system and I am wonder how to connect it to get the best sound out of it while watching blue ray movies or just plain old TV? There is a HDMI outputy on the back and a digital inout on the back. Whic one should I use and get th best results
Thanks!!!

The DAV-BC50 appears to have only stereo analog input ( pair of L/R RCA jacks). You need a cable with a stereo miniplug on one end and 2 RCA jacks on the other. The soundcard should be set to 2-speaker mode. The DAV-BC50 does not have any way accept discrete multichannel from the soundcard nor to accept encoded AC3/DTS from the soundcard. You can use Dolby Prologic II to get all your speakers going, but you should not use processing when playing DirectSound3D games because it will dilute the intended 3D soundfield produced from 2 speakers.
-Dave
[email protected] Edited by dwh on 04-25-2005 04:56 PM

Connecting Soundblaster Audigy 2zs to Home Theater Amplif

Can I connect my Soundblaster Audigy 2zs directly to an amplifier and still get 5.,6.,or7. speaker setup? I feel it's kind of redundant to use a reciever when the Audigy has all the capabilities of a Home Theater Reciever. And it outputs sound at 92khz, which currently is only available on more expensi've recievers.
My goal is to use my pc as a souce and connect it directly to amps and speakers. I would like to put money I save on recievers into a high end speaker system
I have read in the previous posts that it may be possible to do 5. by getting an mini jack to RCA adapter for each channel. But no details on 6. or 7..

I am in the same situation as you. As the CL told me
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=5343 --
You can either use the audigy to decode the sound or your reciever to decode the sound with the SPDIF passthrough. Just whichever has the better specs.
From my situation I would recommend having speakers with analog hookups to the front/rear/center sub rather then the digital output. The only way to take advantage of the digital output is with a DVD and in that case you can just watch a DVD on your TV rather then your computer. For games the analog 5. hooks is better as well because with games it decodes it and with your reciever it would only have 2. sound.

Connecting TV to Blu-Ray Home Theater

I have a 46G310U LCD TV and a Sony HBD-E770W Blu-Ray Home Theater and I cannot get the sound from the TV to come through the Home Theater. I have followed what I can determine from both owner's manuals and cannot get it to work. I currently have an HDMI cable connecting both and analog audio cables plugged in. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated; I would really like the sound from my XBox to go through the Surround Sound and not the TV.
Thanks!

You can get an optical audio cable to connect those 2 devices that should bring all the TV sound (including games) to the AV system. Don't be ripped off, you can get your cable for under $5. Look at like http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10229&cs_id=1022901&p_id=1419&seq=1&format=2

Home theater connectivity, mode opti

Hi Guys
So... a while buy I purchased X-Fi Fatalty... and up until a while ago i've ran it on few creative speaker sets as well as klipsch... everything worked fine except the speakers "sucked" if you will.
so i upgraded my stuff to a
-Denon AVR-706 amplifier
-Paradigm Cinema 70 home theater package (audiophile quality at low price!)
now... i connect these to my x-fi through analog inputs because we all know digital won't do real time encoding of 5. games. here comes the problem. i used to listen to my 2 channel music in audio creation mode where i CLONED 2 front speakers to my 2 rear speakers. this gave me my stereo x2 effect whithout the degrading quality of CMSS. well you see when you go amp/home theater speakers with x-fi's implementation of bass settings you NEED to have the bass redirection turned on as well as the +5Hz boost. The problem is that there is NO bass redirection settings in audio creation mode and there's no way that i know of to clone my fronts to rears in entertainment mode. i don't want cmss upmixing because i dont believe it's cloning... i believe it's upmixig regardless of the 2 modes selected. Does ANYONE know how to clone these whether at the driver level or through a plugin (i use WMP on Vista Ultimate x64 SP)?
the other thing is.... maybe it's my amp but in regards to local radio reception x-fi volume needs to be cranked WAY up (75%) on the PC side to match the level of other components in the setup... does this thing go into some sort of a low volume mode? I'm not pointing fingers here for this one but maybe you guys know something I dont
anyways.... thanks in advance!

Open Command Prompt and select run as Administrator.
In the command prompt windows type in powercfg -devicequery wake_armed and press the enter key to find out
which device causes the problem.
You may need to perform a
Clean Boot
A Hot-Fix is also available.Go through the following article:
You cannot make a computer that is running Windows 7 shut down or sleep
S.Sengupta, Windows Entertainment and Connected Home MVP
S.Sengupta;
Thanks for the quick reply. I forgot to include that SP1
IS installed. So I don,t think the hotfix is applicable.
Am I wrong?
power config results:
HID KEYBOARD DEVICE <003>
HID KEYBOARD DEVICE <006>
HID COMPLIANT mouse <006>
HID Compliant mouse <014>
Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
It appears that the list includes all of the various wireless devices that are used at various times to interface with the PC, as well as the network.
But none of these devices has changed.
Mike
On [PC A]:
Update: Clean Boot will only enter sleep mode for 2-3 seconds ... then restarts
Update 2: Uninstalled Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2923545) ...
Same result
Update 3: Changed power setting in Control Panel>Power Options>Change Plan Settings>Change advanced power settings>Multimedia Settings>Setting>Changed from>prevent idling to sleep TO
> allow the computer to sleep. No Sleep Again after a few seconds.
Next Step: Removed media location on this PC [PC A] from [PC B] in Media Center.
RESULT: Now this PC [PC A]Sleeps
In addition: Checked UEFI Bios There are no Wake By ring, etc. settings enabled
Restored all settings on this PC [PC A]Will now move all media to Server, I guess??
Is this some fluke in WMC? That using the media in a REMOTE W7 Pro PC will prevent that PC from sleeping? Or am I missing something?
Mike

Home Theater need. Multiple Audio Streams from 1 card or possible to use 2 car

I currently have 2 SB Li've's installed and a SB Audigy in the box.
I would like to be able to send different audio out to different devices. I need to send audio from a game interface called MAME 32 to a speaker system connected to the PC. I also use this PC as a home theater PC and want to send audio from my DVD playing software out to my TV(in analog stereo mode) and/or to my receiver(in Dolby Digital mode using the digital connector).
I would like to be able to run these seperatly without having to go into the Control Panel and switch the default sound card like I am doing now. I do not need to run them at the same time.

Bummer. Are you guys working on something that might have this capability? Seems to me that the closer we integrate PC's into our entertainment systems the more need we will have for the ability to do multiple audio streams, i.e. MP3's to the living room. DVD movie audio to the family room, XM radio classical station to the kitchen for mom etc..
Intel is offering this as an onboard solution that has the ability to do at least 2 different streams.
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/hdaudio.htmMessage Edited by relay on 0-26-2004 05:02 PM

Home Theater centered around PC equipped with Audigy2ZS Plati

Part of the reason I built the computer the way I did was to not only make it an awesome gaming PC, but also so that when I leave college (in year) and enter the real world, it can also be the center of my home theater/entertainment system. That was the primary reason for going for the ZS Platinum over the ZS Gamer.
Now, what I want to know is this: What will I be looking for to complete a home entertainment system? I know I'm a year or so out from graduation, but it doesn't hurt to start looking now and spending time researching and comparing prices and see what's coming out soon (heck, my dad took about a year before finally buying a DVD player, and he spent that year looking at what was available, what he would want, etc.).
I want at make full use of my computer as my DVD and audio center (the video aspect is easier, and not a problem if I get an HDTV monitor), but I want to make sure that I'll get the most out of my sound system.
I have my DVD-ROM dri've connected to my Audigy2 ZS Platinum via the digital audio cable, so that connection is still purely digital. I'd like to keep the source to speaker path having as few A/D conversions as possible. With that said, what should I be looking for in a digital reciever? with a home theater speaker system (thinking of going Klipsh, but that's just one possibility that I'm aware of)? Can the ZS Platinum do Prologic IIx, or should I have it output a purely digital signal NOT already decoded? If the later, should I use the available optical output or the S/PDIF coaxial output? Remember, I'll be getting the reciever and speakers and everything else necessary based on my computer, not simply accomodating to what's out there.
While I'm fairly versed in computer audio, I'm pretty oblivious to home theater audio and such and am essentially a novice at it, while I'm more an experienced amatuer in the purely computer realm.
So, any advice on building a home entertainment/theater system around my computer's sound setup would be most appreciated.

"I have my DVD-ROM dri've connected to my Audigy2 ZS Platinum via the digital audio cable"
No need of this since datas are transmitted through IDE cable since many years now.
" With that said, what should I be looking for in a digital reciever?"
You should not look for a digital receiver if you go for a card such as the ZS platinum.
"or should I have it output a purely digital signal NOT already decoded"
Read the FAQ and you'll see that is the only way to obtain multichannel with already encoded signal.
Creative cards cannot encode signals to AC3-(DD/DTS).
"Can the ZS Platinum do Prologic IIx"
It can do prologic if you use its decoder.
"if the later, should I use the available optical output or the S/PDIF coaxial output?"
When you use digital, it doesn't matter, just choose a good quality cable.
You should know that DVD Audio cannot be output through digital outs for DRM reasons. So you'll need analog connections to listen to DVD audio.
You could also go for a DTS60 to encode the analog signals from the ZS to DTS5. signal, but you'll loose quality when playing ultra high definition audio.

Please help with TV and home theater system for very large basement room....

I'm looking to get my boyfriend either a TV or home theater system for the basement. I know he eventually wants a 3d TV. Right now he has a set up where he has 2 tv's so he can play video games and watch sports.
The basement that the tv and home theater system will be in is large (I'd estimate at least 15 ft x 30 ft...maybe more) so I want to make sure the home theater system will be enough for the room. We live in a ranch so basically the basement is almost the size of the house with some of it being storage.
I've started to look at products online but there are so many and technology isn't really my thing.
If anyone could help with recommendations for the home theater system and/or the tv I'd appreciate it!
Thanks so so sooo much!!!!

What will he be using the HT system for? Just watching sports or skipping the movie theater and watching them at home. If you plan to watch them at home your going to be on a tight budget with the home theater system but it is possible. Spend good money on the sub, that is one speaker you don't want to skimp out on. With such a big space you have a lot of room to fill and the cheap subs aren't going to cut it. You will probably need two subs as it is. The speakers I recommend on a tight budget Polk or Klipsch. My list includes a Denon receiver as I am a Denon fan but Yamaha, Onkyo, or Pioneer will suffice.
Here is a Option 1 will run you about 1700 with just one sub. You could always go up a model on each speaker if you feel the one sub is enough. I like an explosion sounding like it happened in front of me so that is why I mention 2 subs.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Denon+-+630W+7.1-Ch.+3D+Pass+Through+A/V+Home+Theater+Receiver/9894577.p...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Polk+Audio+-+Dual+5-1/4%22+2-Way+Floor+Speakers+(Each)+-+Black/8825453.p... speakers&cp=1&lp=12
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Polk+Audio+-+5-1/4%22+Bookshelf+Speakers+(Pair)+-+Black/8825444.p?id=120... speakers&cp=1&lp=2
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Polk+Audio+-+5-1/4%22+Center-Channel+Speaker+-+Black/8826149.p?id=120735... speakers&cp=1&lp=28
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Speakers/Subwoofer-Speakers/abcat0205008.c?id=abcat0205008&&initialize=f...
Option 2 will cost $1400 before a subwoofer
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Denon+-+630W+7.1-Ch.+3D+Pass+Through+A/V+Home+Theater+Receiver/9894577.p...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Mirage+-+OS%26%23179%3B-CC+Ompipolar+3-Way+Center-Channel+Speaker+-+Blac... speaker&cp=1&lp=11
and 4 of the below speaker
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Mirage+-+OS%26%23179%3B-SAT+4-1/2%22+2-Way+Satellite+Speaker+(Each)+-+Hi... speaker&cp=1&lp=15

Connecting the Audigy 2 to a home theater sys

I've seen a lot of posts on this subject, but have seen a number of different answers. Hopefully I can get a definiti've answer...
I have an Audigy 2 ZS card (ordered as part of a Dell E50) in my PC and want to connect it to my home theater system. The home theater system has both analog, digital coax, and digital optical inputs. I want to get the best possible sound quality coming out of the PC to play music, thus I would like to have a digital connection between the PC and receiver.
The question I have is specifically what type of connector do I need to make this digital connection. I have seen people mention using a regular mini-plug to RCA connector, but didn't really say whether that got a digital signal or not.
I've looked on the Creative web site a bit, and saw some cables, but didn't know for sure which one was the right one. Please advise specifically what kind of cable I should get for this.
Thanks.

You will have to ask the store if they have a 3.5mm minijack to RCA cable. Somewhere within the Getting Started program of the Audigy 2 ZS Sound card they have a section which shows you illustrations on how to connect your sound card to different setu
ps.
The digital connection will give you the purest stereo signal for your music, but you will not get surround sound unless you are listening to a surround sound?digital feed which the Home Cinema Recei'ver can understand (i.e. Dolby Digital, DTS, or regular PCM). This means that unelss you are listening to DVD Videos?with Dolby Digital or DTS soundtracks, you will only get stereo sound out the speakers, no multi channel EAX, no DVD Audio or CMSS either. Best thing to do is to connect the sound card to the Home theater system using Analog Mutlichannel input. Get 3 3.5mm to 2 Phono Cables. Plug each 3.5mm end into Line out ,2 and 3 on the back of the sound card. At the other end of the cable, match the 2 phono plugs?to the respecti've sockets on the home cinema amp. For example Line out is the front left and right speaker so just match white with Front Left and red with Front Right. Line out 2 - white goes to Rear/Surround Left and Red goes to Rear/Surround Right, irrespecti've of the colour coding on your amp.
Line out 3 - white goes to Center, red goes to Subwoofer, irrespecti've of the colour?coding again?- am not too sure on this one so be ready to reverse the connections if the speaker test comes out wrong or the "Front Center" voice booms out of your subwoofer!?By connecting it through multi channel analog input, the sound card will do all the decoding, so you can enjoy CMSS, EAX, Neo:6 and any other multi channel pleasure that the Sound Card provides in all its glory. The digital connection will provide purer sound but NOT surround sound unless you invoke a multi channel source such as a Dolby Digital or DTS?DVD, this is of course assuming you have set up the DVD software to correctly channel the sound to the SPDIF out and then set the sound card to passthrough SPDIF signals through digital out!?Good luck and hope that hel
ps.

Solution - AC3 DTS D3D EAX Full positional sound to Home Theatre Recei

Why you, the best porducer of sound cards in the world doen't have a solution like that.
http://www.cmedia.com.tw/product/CMI976.htm
Only more few transintors to add to the 5 million you have a you have it. in the top one X-fi cards.
Regards,
Marco Polo

People just don't GET audio.
A PC is not like a DVD player. One of the main reasons for AC3 and DTS is that the media on which motion pictures are typically stored (ie. the DVD) does not have enough storage capacity to hold a feature-length's worth of multi-channel audio.
The reasons why the actual AC3/DTS stream is sent over a physical cable to the receiver are many:
) Content providers don't like the idea of uncompressed and unencrypted audio transmitting over cables which can easily be intercepted and copied bit-for-bit.
2) Since not everyone has surround sound speakers, it doesn't make sense to add cost to the DVD player by having AC3 and DTS decoders on board.
The major difference between DVD's and games in terms of audio is that for DVD's the sound is already pre-recorded and only needs to be played back. For games, the sound mix is created interacti'vely. The fact that the sound in games is created interacti'vely makes a technology such as AC3/DTS irrelevant because ) it doesn't need to be stored which means there are no constraints leading to the need for compression, and 2) there is no issue with content protection because the interacti've sound mix coming from a game does not in and of itself represent someone's intellectual property (like a music recording or movie soundtrack).
The fact that AC3/DTS is digital is incidental. "Digital" is not magic, its just a convenient storage format. ALL sound ultimately must be converted to an analog signal to be played on speakers. On PC's which haven't been typically connected to home theater receivers, there is no point to doing this digital-analog conversion anywhere but the soundcard itself. Thus, digital speakers for PC's, when used exclusi'vely with a PC, are mere gimmicks.
Now, you may understand all this yet still argue that the ability to output AC3/DTS from a PC serves a purpose. This way, a PC can be used as a home theater server that is ALSO capable of playing games, with ALL sound (games included) encoded in the AC3/DTS format. It may be convenient if your receiver does not have the multi-channel analog inputs necessary to get surround in PC games, especially if you have unused optical/coax inputs on your receiver. For this situation, Creative has developed the DTS-60 external decoder device. Yes, it is another $00 bucks, but think of it this way: the real-time AC3 cards generally cost around $00, but they have none of the other 3D audio hardware acceleration offered by the X-Fi. The X-Fi (cheap version) costs around $00 bucks but doesn't included the encoding stuff. AC3 or DTS encoding is NOT free. If you feel that you don't need the hardware acceleration of interacti've 3D audio offered by the X-Fi, go ahead and buy a HDA-Mystique. If you want the best, get an X-Fi and the DTS-60 (when it comes out).
I'd imagine that in the future, Creative will come out with a soundcard that features integrated DTS Interacti've encoding.

Looking for home theater with best bass

I have a smaller Philips home theater system in my living room but the bass is seriously lacking. I'm putting together a game room and I want something with much better bass. Any suggestions?

Does your phillips receiver have a sub out? If so pick up a Polk Audio psw110 power subwoofer. If it doesn't have a sub out on the back you would need to buy a receiver with that option to really get the best bass. Also where is your current subwoofer if you have one. Try different locations, i.e. behind the tv , behind a couch, in a corner.

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