Have you completed your Xbox entertainment center with a Surround Sound System? I have and it just wouldn't be the same without it.

at the mo i have:
PC, 19" CRT, Creative SB Audigy2 Platinum 6.1 SC hooked up to Cambridge Megaworks speakers- DEADLY!!!

XBOX, nonbranded 28" w/s (the family tv), crappy built in speakers.

tomorrow, my new tv should be delivered: 17" 16:9 LCD TV/monitor. i'm eventually gonna combine my xbox and pc systems to use the same display and speakers, the tv even has pic in pic, so i can play xbox and surf the net tooo!!!

500WAtts technics dolby surround sound w/ 500 logitech 6.1 Thx's makes around 1000Watt peak rms xD

I have:

Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR800
55" Mitsubishi HDTV
Front Speakers: Infinity Sterling Silver 3'
Rear Speakers: Infinity Sterling Silver 12"
Subs:2 12" Paradigm One down, One side firing
Is DD, DTS, or THX important? Hell Yeah!!!!

The 5.1 surround encoded Xbox games are too good to not play in surround. Its one of its best capabilities. I have mine hooked into my full home theater. I couldnt have it any other way. Very impressive.

Well lets just put it this way when playing Halo. When you're in one of those many corridors and you have your surround sound set up, you can hear those daym little covenant guys come up from behind you!

I wouldn't play Halo or any other game any other way...

front:200 peak watt yamaha horn-loaded speakers
center: 100watt yamaha hord-loaded speaker
rear: 100watt KLH bookshelfs(nothing special)
sub: 200 watt yamaha 14"
tv: 36" Sansui(s-vid input)

it shakes my walls and i wouldn't have it anyother way
cost me over $1500

dolby pro-logic all the way. orignal surround sound. sony str-965 reciver paired with bose 701 speakers and sony bookshelfs for the rear. music speakers are they only way to go.

QUOTE (biceps09 @ Jan 7 2004, 05:17 PM)

front:200 peak watt yamaha horn-loaded speakers center: 100watt yamaha hord-loaded speaker rear: 100watt KLH bookshelfs(nothing special) sub: 200 watt yamaha 14" tv: 36" Sansui(s-vid input) it shakes my walls and i wouldn't have it anyother way cost me over $1500

My amp cost me about $1500

But I wouldn't want to get into a pissing match.

klipsch 5.1 ultra routed through a sound blaster audigy 2 platinum
sounds good.

QUOTE (Mr Ed @ Jan 7 2004, 10:08 PM)

My amp cost me about $1500 But I wouldn't want to get into a pissing match.

good god.

I have an all-in one cd system that has 5 remote speakers and a sub, 300 watts...i know not too much, but it's ok. (plus it fits in the dormroom )

Yea, I got a Sony 500w Surround sound set now, and it'd feel just plain weird without it

hey all, new to the scene

got the xbox w/ dvd, and additional s controller 1/3/04 11am
got the Altec Lansing Xa3021 3pm

then bought Halo and Mortal Kombat... i love it, but i was dissapointed in the lack of 5.1 sound, thouhgt i was due to xbox, because i asked the salesman if i had all the goodies to make this thing rock, he said yea

now im reading and all i nead is a A/V thing and i can have 5.1,
so im returning my Altec Lansing Xa3021 for xa3051 today afterwork!!!

i love surround sound.. but i didnt want to hook my xbox into my living room w/ my onkya setup, because i dont want the kids on it, they got a ps2 i let them use on that setup, plus i wanted a good setup in my bedroom....(wifes gonna be pissed at all the cables around the room from the rear speakers oh well

Surround sound cannot be beat!
Too bad Im a poor mofo.
27" Sony Wega flatscreen
Sony STR 575 (weak 100x5) upgrading to a better Yamaha soon
JBL N-Center
mains are JBL ND-310s
Surrounds are JBl -N24s
with a 350watt JBL PB12 subwoofer.

well personally i have my 27'' sony Triniton Speakers although i have played with surround sound and it changes everything

yamaha 650 RDS hooked up to 4 KEFQ15 speakers, no center yet,
and a JL audio car sub connected to an arcam alpha 7 for the bass,
all finished off with a thompson 28WF201G widescreen telly and a reclining rocker chair thingy brought from Macro for £99 quid :-)

We play system link on a 73" Mitsubishi and a 65" Sony. All the speakers are Martin Logan and there are 2 subs in the couch

55" Toshiba HD Projection
Logitech 680's 500Watts RMS
MS HD package for Component Out and Optical Audio Out for 5.1 DTS and High Definition

Sorry to fuck up the post, but do you need a reciever to get digital sound, (i mean the dolby sound) or can i just mod the mobo in the xbox or mod the advanced a/v cables to enable digital sound, these are my speakers. Here

I am too poor to buy this stuff. Maybe next year. Now, i am try to make it end all xbox games.

DieNastyakaTestament:

Yeah you need something, either a receiver in a home theater set up, or a card in your computer if thats how you listen to your XBox speakers (thatd be fun to set up) to decode the DD or DTS signal from the XBox. Those speakers would plug in to either the receiver or the card (like one of those Sound Blaster Audigy 5.1 cards).

Anyone out there planning on getting a sweet new surround sound system anytime soon?

QUOTE (H34 @ Jan 6 2004, 11:01 PM)

500WAtts technics dolby surround sound w/ 500 logitech 6.1 Thx's makes around 1000Watt peak rms xD

Running 2 500 watt amps through each other does not give you 1000 amps of output, it still only gives you 500. You may be able to get a higher sound level before distortion, but it is still only 500 watts output. Also RMS and Peak are two seperate things. Peak is the highest it can possibly output, RMS is where it will be operated most freqently.

I have a Yamaha 450 watt 5.1 setup and on my 36 HDTV I think I have a very good game setup. I like it more than my friends 63 inch projection TV setup.

i think you may be a little confused about RMS- it stands for root mean square and is used to give single values for varying currents, powers or voltages for example ac mains voltage

its basically (simplistically) an average value for the power output

I just couldn't imagine playing my xbox without surround sound. It just makes the games seem a whole lote more interesting.

yes I do

Marantz SR-6200 Reciever (6x105)
Cambridge Sound works Towers in the front
Cambridge Sound works Tower IIIs in the rear
Cambridge Sound works CenterStages in the front and rear centers
and a Cambridge Soundworks Basecube 15

Barco 500 Projector firing at and filling a dalite 96"x96" glass bead screen

(note the speakers are mounted and tuned behind the screen... true theatre style)

55" Mitsubishi HDTV
Harmon Kardon Surround
Jbl Speakers (wouldnt advice anyone to buy jbl)

Sound is unbelievable
Since i switched speakers to Yamaha

Marantz SR-18EX
Complete Athena CST series. 6 Subs! I love these.. anyone looking for a awsome speaker setup for under 8k check these out. http://www.athenaspeakers.com
All Kimber Kable and Monster refrence.

Ive got about 15k in audio equipment and dont regret buying any of it. Saving Private Ryan at the beach just reminds me that its all worth it. The best thing I have added to my system lately is the xbox.. neither would be the same without eachother!

i got onkyo 6.1 channel dts/dolby digital jamo front speakers wharfadale surrounds mission centre channel n jamo rear centre channle ..xbox never sound awesome b4..

Yop, Dolby Digital 5.1 is the way to go. Unless you're super rich and can get 6.1/7.1.

Pioneer NSDV-301 - nice shiney silver 5.1 slim line Amp, plus matching speaker set.
Panasonic TX32PL10C - nice shiney silver 32" flatwidescreen 100hz TV.

And the Xbox runs loverly through it (As do the GC,DC, Saturn and PCEngine Duo RX).

However, when it comes to the question of which looks & sounds better - Halo or Metroid Prime, I reckon I have to go for Metroid. Probably.

Slightly off topic, and I'm glad you love your silver components...

But is anyone pissed off at the move away from matte black to frikin' silver? Why would you want the enclosure of your TV to be silver? Or your stereo components?

I should setup a poll asking if people prefer the silver or hate it.

I can't imagine not watching movies or playing Xbox without DD (and of course DTS when available; if you don't think DTS puts DD to shame, you're messed up in the head! --> of course this doesn't apply to Xbox though). From another point of view, my brother finally got a good 5.1 system, and it seems like everytime I talk to him he's raving about how sweet Xbox is with surround sound.

surround sound is the only way to play games.

I have the following:-

Tag McLaren AV32R 192Khz DACs fully loaded (DTS 6.1 discrete)
Tag McLaren DVD32FLR
Parasound HCA2205 five channel power amp
Parasound HCA1000 two channel power amp for back surround
Pioneer CLD2850 and CLD2950 Laserdisc players
Meridian 519 demodulator
Hart Audiophile Headphone Amplifier
Panasonic VCR
Panasonic Sky box (Digital Satellite)
Pioneer 301 disc multiplayer x 2
B&W ASW3000 subwoofer
KEF Reference Model 4 fronts on 75mm Stone Isolators
KEF Reference Model 200 centre
KEF Reference RDM 1 2 pairs for side and back surround
Sony 29" 4:3 direct view CRT

and best of all an XBOX

Home Theater (for Xbox):

Toshiba 50' TV
Denon 4800 Receiver (125W x 5)
JBL S38+S-center+S36
Subwoofer JBL PB12

Stereo:
Theta Data II Transport
Theta Pro Basic II DAC
Audio Research LS15 Tube Preamp
Aragon 8008 MkII Power amp
NHT 3.3

Big YES!

It's my primary use of my Xbox, direct AC3 passthrough on XBMC, using PLII on my collection of TV shows, StereoX2 on my extencive HQ collection of Music Videos and of course ShoutCast.
Though my system itself is still very much a work in progress

Currently I run:
-Logitech Z-680s
--- L-R Surrounds are Paradigm ADP-100s

I'm kinda building up backwards Surrounds first haha
Next I'm going to get (In order of importance):
Paradigm CC350
Pair - Paradigm Monitor 5 v.2
Pioneer Elite Reciever OR Rotel (Not sure on how much I want to spend yet lol)
Rear Projection 16:9 (Sony or Pioneer)
Peridigm Cervo 15 - just to top if off
Just need the cash!! haha

yep.

yamaha rxv-630rds 6x85w (6.1)
12" lightning audio subwoofer and a custom built box by me:)

No i don't use it i simply use my tv's stereo output and thats fine by me!

Ha haaaa...
My surround system
Logitech Z-640...
Soundblaster Extigy...

I'm tryna get a vga adapter, so I can integrate xbot to computer system...
And I'm tryna get a dual format dvd rw drive...

I have a Bose Acoustimass 15 surround sound system... It brings tears to my eyes...

Just like jC!, I got the Logitech z-680 speakers for my entertainment system. DPL2 for everything and DD 5.1 for the Xbox. Everything just sounds so sweet on those things

yeah it would be surrond sound if it played out of all 5.1 speakers but i just get the front left and right and sub thats it any way to make it surrond sound

yamaha 6.1 yht 440 boxed set w/ 660 watts 250 watt powered sub, and i still got my cheap 200 watt durabrand 5.1 hooked p too so i got like 11.2, i guess with 1110 watts in my 14x16 dorm room, a big hell yeah!

Man, this topic has a lot of replies since I checked it out last. Anyways, I might be getting a job in the Home Theater Department at Best Buy and if I do, I am gonna put the fuckin store out of business lol. I guess employees get everything at the price the store gets it at. A dude there was tellin me he got a $3500 TV for $1400. Hopefully this is true but if not, it would still be a sweet ass job!

I have a relatively cheap surround system set up(compared to some of you other rich mofos), but I do NOT have a subwoofer hooked up. Is it worth purchasing?? Do any xbox games make good use out of the subwoofer channel???? I generally don't watch too many movies in my room, so I don't want to waste the money on the sub unless a lot of the games make good use of it.

Most definitely!

6.1 surround sound w/ 150 watt sub,
4 bass shakers wired to 2 seperate amps,
and a 7' Infocus X1 DLP HD display.
Gaming heaven!

JoePo

AVR: Denon AVR-1804
Speakers: Fluance SX HTiB
Sub: SVS 20-39CS
Amp: Rythmik Audio 350w plate amp
Video: Crappy Panisonic tv atm, but upgrading to a 80" - 100" X1 or PB6100

Well i have a surround sound hooked up to my t.v. and dvd player but not my xbox is it really worth it?