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Asus P5B Onboard Soundmax - 5.1 Surround + Headset?
Hi there. I posted this in Asus's forum here but am posting to usenet
as well for greater visibility. (Asus post at http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...luxe%2fWiFi-AP or http://tinyurl.com/ywllar) Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi Onboard sound: Integrated High Definition Audio 7.1 (Analog Devices Soundmax) Case: Antec P180 Speakers: Philips MMS460 5.1 surround Is there any way, using the onboard sound, I can hook up my 5.1 surround sound speaker system *and* a headphone/mic combo headset simultaneously? My speaker system is a Philips MMS460, with analog 1/8" jacks for front L/R (green), rear L/R (black), and center/subwoofer (yellow). I upgraded the sound drivers to 4580, and am able to hear either, - Surround Sound by hooking up the speakers appropriately, and DISABLING AudioESP, or: - Headphone/Headset sound by setting the speaker config to 2 speakers and hooking them up However, when I have the system set to surround sound, I can't just use a splitter at the front L/R jack because the sound that's output there is frequency-filtered (I'm assuming this here based on how it sounds), and sounds like crap. Ideally, I'd like to use the front mic/headphones connectors on my case to hook up my headset. Selecting the option SoundMAX Control Panel | Preferences | Independent Front Headphones sounds like it would work, but all this seems to do is mute the output on the front jacks. So... Currently I have to swap cables and re-configure the system for 2 speakers vs 5.1 in the control panel each time I want to swap between speakers and headphones. I'd prefer to keep w/ using the onboard sound as it works fine for me and should be able to do what I need, but as a final alternative, are there any cheap (USD$50) PCI sound cards that will do what I need? (Not SB Live, as these have problems w/ sound in World of Warcraft post patch 2.0) Any suggestions/help? Thanks in advance. Please post replies to usenet please; from email is spammed to oblivion. |
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