Jeremy Richemont
Novice Member
Hi.
I have a XONAR card in the hope that it would upscale stereo music to 7.1 surround via a Yamaha 7.1 amp.
The amp will do this itself from a stereo source but not with any fine control. I get "jazz club" or "concert hall" and must put up with however it thinks the conversion should be done. Plus I have to crawl about under my desk to change it.
It can bypass this and take direct input from a 7.1 source. But I get only stereo from this, not surround.
I am not playing games which come with 7.1/5.1 anyway - I'm sure it would work fine. I want 7.1 from a music stereo source that I can control from a window to get it just right for me.
Any ideas? Be very grateful for any help you can give.
Jeremy
Imagine my disappointment when I got only stereo from a stereo source! I know all channels are correctly connected because I ran the test and all 6 (woofer doesn't really do voices) said hello in turn, in the right order.
But it will not convert 2 to 7.1 whatever I do. I unplugged the front cable (any sound from the sides and back should be audible) but nothing.
Any ideas/feedback welcome otherwise its back to the jazz club and sore knees as I try to balance the sound on the amp - you get about 1s to make adjustments then it goes back to normal play mode which means a long time fiddling plus with my head under the desk I'm hardly best place to judge when the sound is right for me in my chair!
I have a XONAR card in the hope that it would upscale stereo music to 7.1 surround via a Yamaha 7.1 amp.
The amp will do this itself from a stereo source but not with any fine control. I get "jazz club" or "concert hall" and must put up with however it thinks the conversion should be done. Plus I have to crawl about under my desk to change it.
It can bypass this and take direct input from a 7.1 source. But I get only stereo from this, not surround.
I am not playing games which come with 7.1/5.1 anyway - I'm sure it would work fine. I want 7.1 from a music stereo source that I can control from a window to get it just right for me.
Any ideas? Be very grateful for any help you can give.
Jeremy
Imagine my disappointment when I got only stereo from a stereo source! I know all channels are correctly connected because I ran the test and all 6 (woofer doesn't really do voices) said hello in turn, in the right order.
But it will not convert 2 to 7.1 whatever I do. I unplugged the front cable (any sound from the sides and back should be audible) but nothing.
Any ideas/feedback welcome otherwise its back to the jazz club and sore knees as I try to balance the sound on the amp - you get about 1s to make adjustments then it goes back to normal play mode which means a long time fiddling plus with my head under the desk I'm hardly best place to judge when the sound is right for me in my chair!