laptop with 5.1 speakers

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sprovo

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i ordered the Logitech Z-5500 5.1 and they're coming tomorrow and i should of done more researching before buying them but how would it connect to my laptop? a usb? and i dont have a 5.1 sound card i dont think so what else would i need? an external sound card? and if so whats the best one for cheap


my laptop:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11245786&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|84&N=4024790&Mo=3&No=3&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=74801&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav=

speakers:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-THX-Certified-505-Watt-Digital-Surround/dp/B0002WPSBC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1206465704&sr=8-1

thank you
 
i read all the other threads with my questoin, but im still a bit unsure of the right one to get with all the plugs i need to have in the external usb sound card for my 5.1s to work... im so confused
 
sprovo said:
i read all the other threads with my questoin, but im still a bit unsure of the right one to get with all the plugs i need to have in the external usb sound card for my 5.1s to work... im so confused
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There are usb to 5.1 convertors. But the point is you just want it work or want it work with high quality of sound.
 
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yeah just set up all the speakers, only one jack works and thats the green one in the headphone slott in my laptop, what do i need to buy for it to work all around my head
 
Well to get full 5.1 surround you need a 5.1 sound card obviously. You say your computer doesn't have one, so you'll need a usb external 5.1 sound card, either with an optical out for the z5500s, or the 3 mini-jack outputs (plus that cable came with the speakers so you save yourself a couple of quid, but it's just all a bit messier!)

This is the only way you can get true 5.1
 
I had the same problem... i had a motherboard with no 5.1 sound and then i had to go out and buy one.... so for temparoray use i got a couple of spliters and out of the one port i had small surround and bass..... now the best thing to do would get an external USB 5.1 Sound card....

Is this just going to be used for home use?
 
Hi sprovo,

I had a similar problem which I posted about a while ago - The discussion can be found here - http://www.computerforum.com/114877-3-audio-outputs-into-two-audio-inputs.html

I assume that you have two audio sockets on your laptop - one for microphone input and another for headphone output. Therefore, as 'PunterCam' said, you will need an External 5.1 Surround Sound Card (that connects through USB) in order to get the full effect from your speakers.

Basically, you will have three leads coming from your 5.1 speaker system and these will connect into the back of the external sound card. The sound card will then connect into your laptop through a supplied USB cable and that should be it!

A word of advice though; If you are using Windows Vista, then avoid any external sound cards made by Creative. They simply will not work properly with Vista. I am in the process of returning the Creative card that I bought recently because it will not give EAX and CMSS-3D support in Vista. Creative have been very unhelpful in trying to solve the problems and it seems from looking at their Support forums that nearly all their products are plauged with problems in this operating system and Creative are very slow in releasing driver fixes for these products. As far as I can gather though, their sound cards will work okay in Windows XP.
 
If you do

sprovo said:
i havnt bought an external sound card yet because im still unsure of what exactly i need. i dont want to purchase something that wont work well or the wrong item. i would like to use an optical cable too so i need to find one with that too. anyone know of anything?

would this be the best one for me?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-70SB049002008-Sound-Blaster-Surround/dp/B000KFQTD2/ref=pd_sbs_ce_img_2
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If you do buy an external sound card go for a sound card called "Lambda." At School on a dell laptop the motherboard cracked and then the sound card failed. So we got a Lambda and it works really good.
 
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