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MasterOfPuppets
March 17th, 2004, 04:53 PM
i'm confused. i'm thinking of getting these (http://www.mypcgoodies.com/mypcg/details.asp?item=ZM35HP-RS6F) headphones, but they require a sound card with 3 headphone jacks (a front, center, and rear).
i've been looking, and can't seem to find any sound cards to fit the bill. none of the ones i've seen actually say anything about front, center, rear thingys (technical term there).
so anybody with a bit of knowledge on the subject willing to help me out? basically wut sound card works?

[EDIT] the same company that makes those headphones also makes a USB soundcard for them, problem is: their online shop isn't up, so no luke there yet. so i'm looking for an INTERNAL soundcard that would work.

The Undertaker
March 17th, 2004, 06:00 PM
Looks like they just use the 5.1 jacks. If you know someone that has a 5.1 (or more) sound card I'd try it on that and see if they work.

MasterOfPuppets
March 17th, 2004, 07:36 PM
naw, the headphone's cord is already split into the three channels.

Tyberious
March 18th, 2004, 12:39 PM
yeah, so are the 5.1 speakers, they use multipul channels. Just take the advise instead of not trying because taht is no wayt o ask for help.

MasterOfPuppets
March 18th, 2004, 03:23 PM
yes your right. it dosn't matter anymore anyway, i found zalman's usb sound card on ebay so i'm going for that. the headphones themselves will be more expensive*bug*

Tyberious
March 22nd, 2004, 05:45 AM
I was thinking about getting some 5.1 headphones myself along with some 5.1 speakers but, im a little short on the green stuff.

MasterOfPuppets
March 22nd, 2004, 04:03 PM
no joke, they are expensive. i did a bit of reading up on 5.1 surround systems and how to set them up, it seems all 5.1 systems have this front, center, and rear jack setup. i ended up not bidding on ebay, because my friend has a spare sound card that he is giving me, that supposedly will work.