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Old 03-10-13, 03:40 PM   #1
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Homemade surround sound maybe?

I've got some old computer speakers and I'm wondering if I can plug them into my laptop and use the both sets of speakers. The ones on the laptop and the old speakers. They plug into the 3.5mm audio jack. When I plug them in, It'll just send all the audio to these speakers.

How can I make my own little surround sound thing here?
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Old 03-12-13, 03:18 PM   #2
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I use an old Technics hi-fi amp, su-z11. It can handle several devices and great sound to boot. All the cables I bought from Maplin and it does just about all I require. I hooked the thing up about seven years ago and it's been on ever since, lol, even stood it on end to save desktop.
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Although I have a desktop I also have an external amp with house speakers jacked in, much better for cranking it up. Been doing it this way for many years, but I always liked have a decent sound system.

As far as the laptop, once you plug into the headphones your internal speakers stop working.
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As far as the laptop, once you plug into the headphones your internal speakers stop working.
That's what i'm wanting to know if I can change. Is there a way to do it?

I plugged the speakers in and put them behind my head while I played IL-2 the other day and it was pretty awesome.
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Old 03-16-13, 04:28 PM   #5
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If the audio jack is hardwired to cut off the internal speakers there's not much you can do without soldering. You can try to set up quadrophonic speakers in your sound equalizer and assign the notebook's speakers to front r/l then try if you can assign the external speakers to back l/r.

Another idea would be to get a headset with an internal usb soundcard. I had the Speelink Medusa which was pretty neat, as it had several little speakers in each pad. It costs new about 50 bucks however.
Today, when I need surround sound, I only use a good stereo headset, as the virtual surround has become pretty good from the software side - though of course not comparible with a set up of good 5.1 or 7.1 external speakers.
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