Surround Sound for the PS3

Can some of you guys tell me the type and model surround sounds you guys use for system and how well it works with the system.  Also how important is it to get one with an hdmi in and out?

ballin

If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.BroweChisox

If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.BroweChisox

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"]If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.danneswegman

[QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"]If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.BroweChisox

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"]If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.danneswegman

I have a 7.1 Onkyo surround system and it works like a charm. It doesn't have any HDMI inputs, but I run all of my video inputs to my HDTV. I have 2 optical toslink cables and 1 digital coaxial cable connected to my receiver.BIGDEE06

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"]If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.danneswegman

If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.BroweChisox

[QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"]If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.BroweChisox

my PS3 is connected via HDMI to a Onkyo TXSR604,  it retails for a little over $500,  but can be had for around $350 with shipping included.   The Onkyo is also connected to the HDTV via HDMI.  I have Klipsch Subwoofer and speakers that retail for $900, but i got at half price on Black Friday last year.  I have no complaint's,  movies like Black Hawk Down, Kung Fu Hustle, and The Descent have sounded spectacular with uncompressed PCM audio

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[QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"]If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.BroweChisox

I was saying that the difference between any of the uncompressed formats and compressed sound through optical is very easy to tell the difference between. Also, players can decode DolbyHD or DTSHD and send this lossless signal to receivers, it is a known fact since a few available players can do this.BroweChisox

The difference between an uncompressed track or a DTSHD/DolbyHD track is enough that my wife easily noticed the difference and made a comment without me even letting her in on what was going

What players can decode the DolbyHD or DTSHD and send by HDMI to the receiver? Maybe by analog outputs? Either way, I'd rather get a receiver that will do the post-HDMI processing to cover all bases.

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"]I was saying that the difference between any of the uncompressed formats and compressed sound through optical is very easy to tell the difference between. Also, players can decode DolbyHD or DTSHD and send this lossless signal to receivers, it is a known fact since a few available players can do this.jdang307

The difference between an uncompressed track or a DTSHD/DolbyHD track is enough that my wife easily noticed the difference and made a comment without me even letting her in on what was going

What players can decode the DolbyHD or DTSHD and send by HDMI to the receiver? Maybe by analog outputs? Either way, I'd rather get a receiver that will do the post-HDMI processing to cover all bases.

You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.dru26

[QUOTE="dru26"]You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.BroweChisox

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="danneswegman"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"]If you are buying a new setup, there is no reason to not get HDMI in. The increase in sound quality via HDMI blows anything you can send through optical away. It is totally foolish to invest in a non HDMI system now. For a receiver, I would recommend the Denon AVR887 or AVR-2307ci, both are steals at their price. Speaker wise, you can go anywhere from 100 per pair to $30,000 per pair. Hard to give a suggestion without knowing room dimensions or price range.jdang307

Toshiba's HDA2 HD-DVD player cost $350 and it decodes DTS-HD and TrueHD

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"]You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.dru26

[QUOTE="dru26"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"]You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.BroweChisox

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"]You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.m3Boarder32

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"]You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.dru26

Im deff. So I have 2 friends stand behind me and two freinds stand in front of me and do sign language. then I have my fat friends squat under my TV and do the tootsie roll to the bass.. thats true surround sound aint it?dubbleduecer

I have a optical 5.1 surround sound system in my basement hooked up to a 60" Sony projection TV - lemme tell ya, Resistance looks and sounds AMAZING on it. It kind of gives you an unfair advantage in online play, too, because the way Resistance works (and, I assume, most nearly every other PS3 game) is that it moves the sound across the speakers as you move the player. So, if an explosion happenned to your left, you could hear where it came from, and that way you could spot the enemy quicker. It's like that for many other games, I'm sure, so if anyone out there has the money for it - it would be a much better addition to your home theater system than a HD-DVD player, which would cost you about the same :P

Like m3boarder32, I also have the Onkyo TXSR604. My PS3 is set to "Video 3" by the way...
urazn13

Can some of you guys tell me the type and model surround sounds you guys use for system and how well it works with the system.  Also how important is it to get one with an hdmi in and out?

Sedin44

If you're looking into wireless than you can maybe try the "Logitech Z-5450 Wireless 5.1 THX Speakers" with a high price.

I know this thread is about sound, but let me add to the concept. If someone's getting an HDTV soon, I suggest you definitely get a 1080p or a 1080i instead of a 720i, because you will definitely see a vast difference in quality, even though both are HD.urazn13

[QUOTE="urazn13"]I know this thread is about sound, but let me add to the concept. If someone's getting an HDTV soon, I suggest you definitely get a 1080p or a 1080i instead of a 720i, because you will definitely see a vast difference in quality, even though both are HD.Symphonycometh

[QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"]You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.m3Boarder32

[QUOTE="dru26"][QUOTE="BroweChisox"][QUOTE="dru26"]You do not need HDMI for your reciever to output DTS. I use optical, on my Kenwood 5.1. Alot of people are also getting suckered into buying HDMI recievers that only have an HDMI passthrough. A true HDMI reciever is well over $1000.BroweChisox