how do you listen to sound on your pc?
 

Inspired by the "what music are you listening to" thread, I just wondered?

My pc is used for playing CD's, DVD's & watching telly, for example.

I have a 5.1 speaker & decoder set (old Cambridge Soundworks Desktop Theater (sic)) which sounds great in the small room, for all the above.

Otherwise I use headphones - the dolby headphone option in PowerDVD, does great 3D effects with DVD's.

If i say with my ears...... will i get flamed?

Oooer!! flame me, flame me :p :D

i listen to my music through my lowly 2.1's but i may upgrade to 5.1 my soundcard can go as high as 7.1 :eek:

*heads off to London with a flame thrower...


I use an elderly Pioneer Dolby Digital amp and speakers.

Does a good job with DVDs.. Especially the Bond ones (the river chase at the beginning of The World is Not Enough shakes the room) and anything with a lot of action.

\blows hot breath in kinks ear:naughty:

I use the built in "sounds card" on my Mobo (MSI) and a set of creative 5.1 speakers, couldn't telly you the model of them, it all sounds sweets as, and the speakers only cost a little over £50 can't complain about that:)

Nothing wrong with a 2.1 set for music. The amp/decoder determines how good the simulation of 5.1 is for stereo - if you only listen to music, you might want to save your money?

If you start getting music encoded for dolby or divx, it would be a different matter.:)

I just use the built sound chip on my mother board (NVIDIA nForce) with some Packard Bell flat pannel NXT speakers.

These ones: http://www.pcworld.co.uk/images/654452_01_huge.jpg

Had some NXT speakers, swapped them out for a set of Encore P703s set as the front speakers, plantronics headset as the rear speakers, so when I want to videoconference without feedback / echo issues I just run the fader to the rear speakers and put the headset on...

Gotta love the SB:Live for that

i mainly listen to mp3's ive downloaded from the net and even though i have 5.1 i think it simulates mp3's as 5.1 coz i don't think mp3's can be encoded at 5.1....or sommat similarly techy

audigy 2 with altec lansing ada885 speakers 4.1 uses a ghosted center has a built in DD decoder and massive sub as big as the pc base unit

are these decent? i am looking at getting some of these... i like the idea of having slim speakers...

beats the pieces of crap that have been supplied with my computer :mad:

sounds like (no pun intended:D) the sub my son has in his car - I'm surprised the windows don't pop out!

My sound card is only a Soundblaster 4.1, which I got because I was sick of the appalling "built in" sound on my mobo, but didn't have much cash to splash.

I listen through a Logic base speaker and two sub speakers. VIA AC"97 Enhanced Audio.

Harmon Kardon Soundsticks with a great big subwoofer under the desk ... transparent perspex with a blue light inside it. Looks like an alien jellyfish and terrifies guests when they stay in our spare room.

Sounds great too.

http://homepage.mac.com/towny/soundsticks.jpg