How to setup a 5.1 speaker?

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Awesomenatorrad

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I am interested in buying a monoprice 5.1 premium. How do I set it up on my PC and macbook pro? Must I have q receiver for it? I will be using it for fps games like csgo.
 
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Or, you need a simple spliter to go with that stereo system. Just need to get one that goes from a headphone jack to typical AV cables. You can make one yourself out of an old pair of headphones and a set of AV cables also if you want. Then you just plug it in, done.

You should probably look into buying a better, probably used, speaker set. This one will not actually do true 5.1 surround sound. It takes the left and right audio channels, and then has the two speakers on the left play one channel, speakers on the right play another channel, speaker in the middle plays both, and the base just does base like normal.

If you want real 5.1 surround sound, I got my setup for $5 at a yard sale and is a much higher quality one actually (few...
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You have to buy a set of 5.1 speakers (2 front, 1 center, 2 bookshelf speaker). You must have a reciever for it because there is no way to conect them directly to the PC. Conect all to the reciever the reciever to the PC and that's it
 
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SBMfromLA

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First your computer has to support 5.1 sound. If you are only going to connect your computer to the speakers... then why not just get a system made for computers? That way you wouldn't have to worry about buying a receiver... you just plug it directly into your computer.
 
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Or, you need a simple spliter to go with that stereo system. Just need to get one that goes from a headphone jack to typical AV cables. You can make one yourself out of an old pair of headphones and a set of AV cables also if you want. Then you just plug it in, done.

You should probably look into buying a better, probably used, speaker set. This one will not actually do true 5.1 surround sound. It takes the left and right audio channels, and then has the two speakers on the left play one channel, speakers on the right play another channel, speaker in the middle plays both, and the base just does base like normal.

If you want real 5.1 surround sound, I got my setup for $5 at a yard sale and is a much higher quality one actually (few years older, but speakers are basically magnets, not a lot of innovation). You will need one that either users SPDIF, HDMI, or multiple of these spliters for 5.1 surround sound, as opposed to the current system you want to get that only has two channel inputs.
 
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It already has a limited receiver in it. Just a very low tech one that works more of a connection hub than anything. Yes you can connect directly to it, but it with the right cable, but it won't give you true 5.1 audio output, and likely cost more than a cheaper used speaker set that can do this would cost.
 
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