On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 02:45:36PM -0700, Hyrum Wright wrote: > > PS - Not to try to get on-topic or anything, but does anybody have any > input on the original question of 5.1 sound on Linux?
My C-Media 8738 chip welded into my ASUS mainboard supports 5.1 sound, and the reenigne esrever who hacked together a driver for Linux seems to have it gotten working, IIRRCC. (Oh, no. It can't be! I've finally acquired those icky, occult IRC acronyms!) As for speakers: 1. good flat, neutral response from 20 Hz to 20,000 KHz over a respectable range of potential difference, but WYHIWYG - not!, speakers that can speak beyond the limits of human audition produce more naturally defined audible sound because of that fact. 2. > 75 Db signal to noise ratio. IMO. 3. at least 75 W total power, but IANAL. 4. there are several factors affecting fidelity, like, I conjecture the strenght of the magnetic field in which each speaker's voice coil resides, the quality of the cabling and speaker conductors, the quality of the amplifier, the room ambience, etc., but YDHTTMWFI. 5. the subwoofer must have it's own amp, but especially for computer speakers this is where the amp resides anyway. BYOB (Bring Your Own Bass). Altec Lansing seems to be the best brand of affordable speakers FWIHS. I don't know really any much more than this. LOL. Justin ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
