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Fun Stuff => CLIKC => Topic started by: trolley on 15 Aug 2005, 16:21

Title: how to hook up a sweet setup.
Post by: trolley on 15 Aug 2005, 16:21

Okay, so I'm gonna be buying a Powerbook in the near future (once I've sold arm x 1 and leg x 1), and I finally want to hook up my room to a sweeeeet system of sound. Any technical fellas able to offer suggestions?

What I will have is a TV, A PS2/xbox 360, My Powerbook and and Ipod. What I'm after is a surround sound that i can connect to all of the above and switch between.
So, say I'm listening to an album on my powerbook. I wanna be able to hear out of my speakers, and then perhaps switch to watching a DVD on my PS2, and then watch a bit of tv, all of which i wanna hear on the surround sound. And, although this is less important, perhaps somehow include an option to connect my ipod to the kit and listen to that as well.

My hardware knowledge is very poor when it comes to AV stuff, so any nice fellas out there wanna spread a little techie love by offering solutions or perhaps explaining their own setup?

Title: how to hook up a sweet setup.
Post by: JP on 16 Aug 2005, 00:48

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can only get 2.1 sound from a PowerBook. If you want true 5.1 surround sound, you need to buy an external sound card that connects through your firewire or usb 2.0 port.

But to get started you should buy a receiver to plug all of your devices into and that is what will let you switch between them.

Title: how to hook up a sweet setup.
Post by: TheCourtJester on 16 Aug 2005, 01:08

...need a reciever. I just plug/unplug my surround speakers when I want to switch them to my Zen/Computer/XBox/DVD Player

Title: how to hook up a sweet setup.
Post by: toastyghost on 27 Aug 2005, 18:59

Basically, if you buy one of the high-end Logitech 5.1 systems, you can wire everything into one of its immense amounts of ports and then just flick between audio sources on the remote. No need to mess around with cabling when you want to switch devices.

I heavily recommend the Z5500s. The sound quality is well worth the asking price, not to mention THX certification. The Powerbook will only output in stereo, but the little control module for those speakers allows you to clone the audio so that it plays back from all speakers.

Its not too much of a loss since CDs and MP3s are only stereo anyway.