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Q&A: Do home theatre sound systems work well with a computer?

Mar 27th, 2012
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Question by Andrew J: Do home theatre sound systems work well with a computer?
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Answer by Earth: The Connected Home
Absolutely!

Use the digital audio out from your sound card and plug it into your receiver. Music files at 330 kbs should sound about as good as a CD on your system.

If your PC doesn’t have a digital audio output, you can use an add-on sound card for pretty cheap these days.

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Latest Home Theatre Sound Systems News

Jan 19th, 2012
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Apple's Former Audio Guy Rolls Out A Home-Theater System
At last week's CES, for instance, another former Apple heavy unveiled a new product: an all-in-one home-theater system called Unity. Developed by Todd Beauchamp (who, until last April, ran Apple's Audio Lab) and Mike Fidler (a former Sony engineering …
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is there a difference between home theatre and surround sound systems?

Nov 24th, 2011
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Question by : is there a difference between home theatre and surround sound systems?
Wondering if we buy a surround sound system does it work the same as a home theatre system?

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Answer by Rameesh
No major difference.
Popular Home Theater systems/Surround Sound systems contains 5 speakers and 1 sub woofer (a.k.a. 5.1) or higher configurations like 6.1, 7.1
(Configuration starts from 2.1 to 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, etc…)
And speaker arrangements are L, R, RL, RR, C, Woofer or more.

The term “Surround Sound” means sound reproduced in all dynamic environment.
Some major surround sound formats are originates from Dolby Digital, DTS, etc…

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