Thread: soundblaster live 5.1

Michael,

How many of the outputs of the 5.1 are you using? How many/what channel amps are you outputting to?

Just curious, Im buying my amps soon!

I'm using an Audigy (same damn thing) and running it directly to my amps. I have 2 amps and I run it as follows:

Front Audidy Out = Amp 1 Channels 1-2 = Front speakers
Rear Audigy Out = Amp 1 Channels 3-4 = Rear speakers
Rear Audigy Out = Amp 2 Bridged = Sub

I used standard miniplus to rca wires. I wish I could run the sub on a separate channel, but the front/sub out line on the audigy sucks. Basically adjusting the bass level does exactly that (adjusts the sub) because everything is crossed over.

why do say the sub out sucks? I use it for my setup.

front = crossfire cfa 302 or something 150x2 for frontstage
rear = kennwood amp for rear fill. 75x2
sub = precision power pc2150 (98 model) 600x1 into 4 ohms

I dont remember if the sub uses the left or right channel on my 1/8 phono to rca converter wire, but i use that and a single female to dual male phono adapter to get to the amp.

The sub level is a ***** to get to while driving, its burried in that audiohq menu thing under the advanced tab. (going to try to fix that) But i have no complaints about the quality of the audio output itself. Some xover settings would be cool (maybe infenetly variable from 40hz - 80 hz but i just use the xover in my amp anyway and i am very happy with being able to adjust the sub level with the computer.

mike

Hmm...When I was testing out my setup, I didn't get a steady output from the center/sub channel. For those of you who don't have a SB5.1, there are 3 miniplugs out. 1 - Front, 1 - Rear, and 1 - Center/Sub. I'm not sure how they expect you to use the same channel for both your sub and your center channel, but that how they have it setup.

I tried adjusting the levels out to the "center/sub" channel, but I wasn't getting any volume. Instead, I routed the Rear Channel Out to both my rear speakers and my sub. (All 11 speakers in my car are already crossed over). When I adjust the bass level, my system acts essentially like the sub is on a separate channel as my other speakers already have those bass frequencies cut out.

I would prefer to use the "center/sub" channel if I could get it to work. If you actually got it to work like this, let me know, and I'll see if I can get mine to work.

Hey I like your site BMW Speed Freak!

When do we get to see some info on your super charger?

the 5.1 card sounds too cool not to have one!!!

might be my next purchase me thinks! Anything with greater volume output can't be bad for the car environment at all....

I guess I'll have to get off my butt and finish up my website, including the pictures of my supercharger install. I've been holding off because I would like to add some streaming media to give you a real idea of what its like to ride in my car. Unfortunately, my DV cam was stolen in December when my car was robbed, and my damn insurance company hasn't paid me anything yet...crooks...

BMW Spead Freak

You are missing the fact that the sub channel and center channel are mono, not stereo. So the center channel, which never has an output unless you watch dvd's comes out what is supposed to be the right channel on the miniplug and the sub comes out what is supposed to be the left channel on the miniplug. They might be reversed, but i think thats right.

My amp still takes input from both left and right inputs when it is bridged so i had to get a y adapter to split the mono sub signal to both amp input channels. I wrapped the center output with electrical tape and left it hanging in the trunk.

Some amps when you bridge them only take input from the left channel, i know kennwoods do that.

I made a diagram but the board wont let me attach a file while edititing a post, look for my next post for a diagram

mike