Sound Lovers, please vote

(yes, we recently saw a similar poll regrading graphix.. but what about the hydrosonics, man?)

Ok, all y'all, dont be shy. Are you fanatic about your sound?

Will be satisfied with beeps and bleeps as long as the graphics kick ass? or,

Will you skip a game that pre-dates EAX HD 5.0,

Your Audio needs are: maximum full immersion?or,

the most basic cues as to whats happening on the screen?

Is your speaker system cheaper than your mouse ,or

Its as expensive as your entire system put together/?

Just How impotant is game sound to you ?

where do you see yourself in this relative scale.

   Sound is a very serious issue for me

While I'm aware of those more extreme... never the less..

           My Setup consists of:

-ProAudio 600watt 96khzDTS2 Reciever (division of PolkAudio, made in Poland)

-Audio Concept 5speakerset: 2x5ft (front L/R) 3x2ft (center,sur L/R) (made in Canada)

-AlphaTechnology 100wattRMS 10inch Active Subwoofer (Made in U.S.)

-Creative X-fi Platnium (Made in China)

-Sony MDRv600 StudioMonitor headset (made in Japan)

-A job that gets me home too late to use anything besides the headphones.....

BEAT THAT! (without getting all fanatic or anything....) 

ps-Logitechs z5500digital recieves a kicks ass award for its price!!

I'm very happy with my X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS and Logitech Z5500s.thanatose

I have exactly the same. I am satisfied myself plus using a receiver for pc games makes no sense unless the receiver has analog connections.

sound is THE thing for me too, but i don't watch movies on my computer, so i dont' have 5.1 speakers or anything like that.

i play, and make music with my rig.  (E-MU 0404 soundcard + decent stereo amplifier and stereo speakers.)

I have Xi-Fi Fatality and x-530 from logitech.  I am very happy BF2 sounds great, Supreme Commander sounds great, and company of heroes with surrond sound is probly the best thing you could here in your life.  x-530 was about 40 bucks more then my mouse.  But my mouse is a g5 from logitech.  The only problem i have is on some games i rather use a mic so once in a while ill switch to a headset /mic.

I'm very happy with my X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS and Logitech Z5500s.thanatose

I have exactly the same. I am satisfied myself plus using a receiver for pc games makes no sense unless the receiver has analog connections.

1st- my X-fi Platnium has an Optical Out and my Reciever has an Optical IN (surprise, surprise!)

                    my reciever, for that matter, has any kind of connection you can imagine (digital and analog wise)

2nd - Creative sells an analog-to-optical adapter for those with xtrememusic x-fi variety...

3rd- what you say is true about some cheapo or older non-dts recievers, but ultimately;

                                             recievers have more potential possibilities...

4th- THE ultimate solution would be a HighEnd StudioMonitor SpeakerSet, such as:

                                             M-Audio's fantastic Studiophile LX4's....and above...:D:D:D

I'm a huge sound buff as well. I got my consoles hooked up to an Yamaha 500w 5.1 Receiver, with a full 5.1 Athena Tech speaker system. My comp is hooked up thru my Digidesign Mbox into a pair of Yamaha NS-10's.

I love to have great sound in my games and music.

X-fi Fatal1ty and Klipsch Pro-media Ultra 5.1's like ya couldn't tell from my sig.

well I don't really care much about Graphics, but Sound is a whole different thing. Only when sound is at it's best that you can get the best atmosphere available. 

The best examples of how great sound can be are FEAR, STALKER and Halo. 

(yes, we recently saw a similar poll regrading graphix.. but what about the hydrosonics, man?)

 

Ok, all y'all, dont be shy. Are you fanatic about your sound?

 

Will be satisfied with beeps and bleeps as long as the graphics kick ass? or,

Will you skip a game that pre-dates EAX HD 5.0,

 

Your Audio needs are: maximum full immersion?or,

the most basic cues as to whats happening on the screen?

 

Is your speaker system cheaper than your mouse ,or

Its as expensive as your entire system put together/?

Just How impotant is game sound to you ?

 

 

where do you see yourself in this relative scale.

 

mottadude

I don't use speakers at all. I have a pair of 5.1 surround sound USB (meaning no sound card needed) headphones.l-_-l

Huh? I'm no audiophile--I voted skanky ho--but I'm not sure what the above statement means. Since nearly all current motherboards offer on-board sound processing, a sound card is never "needed"... no matter what output device you're using (speakers, headphones, fancy or cheap). Today, aftermarket sound cards are purchased purely for the sake of augmenting audio quality or capabilities (or to offload resoure consumption).

There's your output device and what it's capable of, and then there's the actual sound processing unit, and what it's capable of. You need both. You, my friend, are using your system's on-board sound processor.

[QUOTE="l-_-l"]I don't use speakers at all. I have a pair of 5.1 surround sound USB (meaning no sound card needed) headphones.lokstah

Huh? I'm no audiophile--I voted skanky ho--but I'm not sure what the above statement means. Since nearly all current motherboards offer on-board sound processing, a sound card is never "needed"... no matter what output device you're using (speakers, headphones, fancy or cheap). Today, aftermarket sound cards are purchased purely for the sake of augmenting audio quality or capabilities (or to offload resoure consumption).

There's your output device and what it's capable of, and then there's the actual sound processing unit, and what it's capable of. You need both. You, my friend, are using your system's on-board sound processor.