Homemade surround sound maybe?

longam · 03-13-13, 07:29 AM

Although I have a desktop I also have an external amp with house speakers jacked in, much better for cranking it up. Been doing it this way for many years, but I always liked have a decent sound system.

As far as the laptop, once you plug into the headphones your internal speakers stop working.

Red October1984 · 03-13-13, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by longam

As far as the laptop, once you plug into the headphones your internal speakers stop working.

That's what i'm wanting to know if I can change. Is there a way to do it?

I plugged the speakers in and put them behind my head while I played IL-2 the other day and it was pretty awesome.

Penguin · 03-16-13, 04:28 PM

If the audio jack is hardwired to cut off the internal speakers there's not much you can do without soldering. You can try to set up quadrophonic speakers in your sound equalizer and assign the notebook's speakers to front r/l then try if you can assign the external speakers to back l/r.

Another idea would be to get a headset with an internal usb soundcard. I had the Speelink Medusa which was pretty neat, as it had several little speakers in each pad. It costs new about 50 bucks however.
Today, when I need surround sound, I only use a good stereo headset, as the virtual surround has become pretty good from the software side - though of course not comparible with a set up of good 5.1 or 7.1 external speakers.

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03-13-13, 07:29 AM	#1
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Although I have a desktop I also have an external amp with house speakers jacked in, much better for cranking it up. Been doing it this way for many years, but I always liked have a decent sound system. As far as the laptop, once you plug into the headphones your internal speakers stop working.

03-16-13, 04:28 PM	#3
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	If the audio jack is hardwired to cut off the internal speakers there's not much you can do without soldering. You can try to set up quadrophonic speakers in your sound equalizer and assign the notebook's speakers to front r/l then try if you can assign the external speakers to back l/r. Another idea would be to get a headset with an internal usb soundcard. I had the Speelink Medusa which was pretty neat, as it had several little speakers in each pad. It costs new about 50 bucks however. Today, when I need surround sound, I only use a good stereo headset, as the virtual surround has become pretty good from the software side - though of course not comparible with a set up of good 5.1 or 7.1 external speakers.