How to 7.1 with desktop computer? Before I begin, I acknowledge

>I am a complete retard and understand nothing about audio.
which is exactly why you want to set up 7.1

>>57531132
You need a receiver and set your video player to bitstream that shit. Trying to do it with a bunch of dacs would be retarded, let the receiver handle everything.

>>57531233
i'm not changing from my jbl305s, i love them. i'm just wondering how you would do it. say i want to run my living room entertainment center from a desktop.

nobody has answered this yet... does hdmi from graphics card to a receiver completely bypass the onboard sound card?

>>57531132
Use the HDMI with a receiver

>>57532615
Dude you need more speakers. A 7.1 setup is 7 speakers + subwoofer. Why the fuck would you want to set that up

>>57533670
wtf are you talking about

i have a 2.0 setup and that's all i want

i'm just curious as to how you would properly do a 7.1 setup. it's just me trying to understand a concept, not about me actually doing it.

>>57533850
>>57533670
maybe i should stop saying 7.1, really all i'm talking about is how you would properly connect passive speakers to a receiver and then to your computer. what's the proper way to do this to ensure you're bypassing your mobo soundcard. and my second question is - is this theoretically preferable to active speakers and a usb dac

>using bookshelf speakers with stands instead of floorstanding speakers

Whoever did this needs to be murdered

>>57534483
why? There is already full range speakers at the front along with a sub so all the (omni-directional) bass should be going through them and the couch would just block the lower drivers on the surround anyways. Seems completely functional to me.