Hi Shaun, I take your point about cost and space, and am well aware of those as issues for many blind gamers.
For instance, you mention not having enough space for 5.1 speakers and would have to stack them. The problem with that is you can't stack those kinds of speakers and have them do what they are designed to do. We are talking about a large subwoofer that sits on the floor, and then you have at least five sattlelight speakers you have to spread apart as evenly as possible. You will have two rear speakers, two front speakers, and a center, plus the subwoofer itself. The way I have my speakers set up I have the two front and two rear speakers sitting on all four corners of my desk, and the center is sitting on a shelf above my monitor. The subwoofer, which provides the base, is sitting on the floor below my desk. Since everything is evenly spread out when ever I am playing a game like Tank Commander or Shades of Doom I get full surround sound output because I am able to hear if a sound is coming from the rear left, rear right, front left, front right, or center. It only works if your speakers are evenly spread apart like I have it spread out on my desk. Which brings me back to the point. I realise that this takes a lot of space as well as money. I paid around $125 for the speakers I have now, and they have been very very good speakers. Plus I disabled the cheapo sound card in my desktop and replaced it with a Soundblaster Audegy IV with 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound support which was another $125 or so. So my total upfront investment for my gaming machine was $250 to get a decent quality sound for games. Most VI gamers aren't going to fork over that kind of money since they are usually on assisted living like SSI, SSDI, etc. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.