Surround sound for laptops?

April 13, 2005 5:31 AM

Surround sound for laptops? Does your laptop computer insult your ears with sound quality thinner than a politician's integrity?
posted by fujikyoko (13 comments total)

why did you do that?
posted by glenwood at 5:55 AM on April 13, 2005

glenwood> n00b.

fujiyoko> from the posting guidelines:

"Posting a press release for your company's latest product launch or website makes for a bad post."
posted by cogat at 6:01 AM on April 13, 2005

Shitty analogies insult my intelligence.
posted by Mayor Curley at 6:11 AM on April 13, 2005

What the fuck is this piece of shit?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:21 AM on April 13, 2005

So it's like any other USB sound cards, but smaller?
posted by Bugbread at 6:21 AM on April 13, 2005

Thinly-veiled advertising. The ban-hammer of doom hovers over fujikyoko, we can only hope the end is swift and merciful.
posted by LarryC at 6:46 AM on April 13, 2005

but why merciful ?
posted by peacay at 7:00 AM on April 13, 2005

Not only is it advertising, but advertising for what appears to be a completely useless product!

What? I can use headphones on my laptop? Cool!
posted by fungible at 7:20 AM on April 13, 2005

Hey, at least fujikyoko waited for a couple of weeks after joining before posting a lame fpp... ;-)
posted by Chunder at 7:42 AM on April 13, 2005

Fungible: It's a surround sound USB card. Almost universally, laptops come with only stereo outputs. If you watch a DVD, for example, you get only left and right sound output. With a USB external audio card (like this), you can hook your laptop up to a surround sound speaker setup and get proper 5.1 or the like. You can also use surround sound headphones (slightly silly, but they do sound different than standard stereo).

Among different ways that it can be useful, the most obvious is a person who uses their laptop as their only computer. Go home, plug in your stereo's optical cable, and you can watch a movie on your computer in proper sound. Also very useful for video games (especially first person shooters, stealth games, etc.., where the source of the sound is important). Pull the plug out and take your laptop on the road. Without a USB audio card, all your movies and games would be in standard stereo.

Another use (though I doubt this product is of professional calibre enough to be useful) is for DTM producers who want to be able to play music in surround sound live.

So don't let the headphones throw you. The useful part is not "you can plug headphones in", it's "you can plug your laptop into a surround sound audio system".

That being said: this is not a new development. It's like posting about "the awesome invention known as a USB memory stick".
posted by Bugbread at 8:21 AM on April 13, 2005

What a worthless crappy thing. What a useless crappy post.
posted by damnitkage at 8:26 AM on April 13, 2005

So, apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?
posted by unreason at 8:29 AM on April 13, 2005

PRWireFilter
posted by VulcanMike at 8:36 AM on April 13, 2005