Need a special splitter for 5.1 Headphones

PC eye · 09-19-2006, 11:01 PM

According to the details seen on those you don't even need to plug into a sound card. Are you sure you got everything that was supposed to be with the pair there? There should have been an installation or driver disk for those.

ADE · 09-20-2006, 12:22 AM

I bought a audigy 4 series so that it would take some of the load off of the CPU. USB won't do that for me, will it....

PC eye · 09-20-2006, 12:46 AM

According to the information on those you can run without a card installed. That tells me right off that besides the basic drivers needed for any usb device there has to some type of sound mixer in order to raise or lower levels from different sources. That's why I asked about a software disk earlier. Since you have an Audigy you already know about the Creative sound mixer seen in the programs link along with the speaker settings and EAX selector.

It's not the sound card drivers or head phones that load a cpu up. Do you want to see your cpu really get hot? Run a playlist from an audio cd ripped by WMP 10 and converted into mp3 files. Have a screen saver set to run along with that and max out to full screen for a good period of time. Your cpu will see a noticably higher temp there then running Hlalf Life 2 or CS at the highest settings. That's how much WMP pulls on cpu power. The Audigy will only pull on the power supply itself when that gets a good load.

ADE · 09-20-2006, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PC eye

According to the information on those you can run without a card installed. That tells me right off that besides the basic drivers needed for any usb device there has to some type of sound mixer in order to raise or lower levels from different sources. That's why I asked about a software disk earlier. Since you have an Audigy you already know about the Creative sound mixer seen in the programs link along with the speaker settings and EAX selector.

It's not the sound card drivers or head phones that load a cpu up. Do you want to see your cpu really get hot? Run a playlist from an audio cd ripped by WMP 10 and converted into mp3 files. Have a screen saver set to run along with that and max out to full screen for a good period of time. Your cpu will see a noticably higher temp there then running Hlalf Life 2 or CS at the highest settings. That's how much WMP pulls on cpu power. The Audigy will only pull on the power supply itself when that gets a good load.

WTF r u talking about???? I get 10 MORE FPS with this card than I did without it!!! Of course it's going to make a difference, It already has!!!! I could use it with out the sound card but then I say bye bye to my FPS!!!

PC eye · 09-20-2006, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADE

I bought a audigy 4 series so that it would take some of the load off of the CPU. USB won't do that for me, will it....

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADE

WTF r u talking about???? I get 10 MORE FPS with this card than I did without it!!! Of course it's going to make a difference, It already has!!!! I could use it with out the sound card but then I say bye bye to my FPS!!!

Where was there any mention of frame rates?

ADE · 09-20-2006, 03:09 AM

OK, PC eye, I'm just confused with all this. Sorry. I really am, just the one guy that I ought it from said that he uses them too and has it hooked to his sound card. He also said that you need a special adapter to do that. I went to the web sit and it said the same thing. just need the adapter. comes separate it said and It don't say where to get it!

PC eye · 09-20-2006, 04:32 AM

You ought to be asking the person you bought it from where is the adapter or at least show you what he or she used. The only idea besides the difference between the pics you posted and the usb end seen at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting is the type of adapter.

On the EBay link you see a usb end there with a coil before the volume control on the main cord itself. Your pic shows a 1/8" mini plug. What happened to the usb end? I don't think a place like Radio Shack(although even they might at this point) carries a 1x5.1 to 3x5.1 adapter to plug into the three output jacks on the back of the card itself.

ADE · 09-20-2006, 04:44 AM

I couldn't fit the USB adapter in the scanner......But i have it. it can detach from the USB plug in.

PC eye · 09-20-2006, 06:14 AM

I found the specifications for that or a very similar model seen at http://www.ecoboss.com/Page2.html According to the information there you wouldd't need drivers since it supports the standard Plug'n'Play.

But the one question now is the mention of a scanner? There may be a reducer for the smaller usb port depending what the scanner. The impression here was that you were trying to connect to the 5.1 output of a sound card.

ADE · 09-20-2006, 09:25 PM

That IS my headphones. I can, but his so called splitter on will give me 2.1 AKA a regular headphone jack.

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09-19-2006, 11:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	According to the details seen on those you don't even need to plug into a sound card. Are you sure you got everything that was supposed to be with the pair there? There should have been an installation or driver disk for those.

09-20-2006, 12:22 AM	#12 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	I bought a audigy 4 series so that it would take some of the load off of the CPU. USB won't do that for me, will it....

09-20-2006, 12:46 AM	#13 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	According to the information on those you can run without a card installed. That tells me right off that besides the basic drivers needed for any usb device there has to some type of sound mixer in order to raise or lower levels from different sources. That's why I asked about a software disk earlier. Since you have an Audigy you already know about the Creative sound mixer seen in the programs link along with the speaker settings and EAX selector. It's not the sound card drivers or head phones that load a cpu up. Do you want to see your cpu really get hot? Run a playlist from an audio cd ripped by WMP 10 and converted into mp3 files. Have a screen saver set to run along with that and max out to full screen for a good period of time. Your cpu will see a noticably higher temp there then running Hlalf Life 2 or CS at the highest settings. That's how much WMP pulls on cpu power. The Audigy will only pull on the power supply itself when that gets a good load.

09-20-2006, 03:09 AM	#16 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	OK, PC eye, I'm just confused with all this. Sorry. I really am, just the one guy that I ought it from said that he uses them too and has it hooked to his sound card. He also said that you need a special adapter to do that. I went to the web sit and it said the same thing. just need the adapter. comes separate it said and It don't say where to get it!

09-20-2006, 04:32 AM	#17 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	You ought to be asking the person you bought it from where is the adapter or at least show you what he or she used. The only idea besides the difference between the pics you posted and the usb end seen at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ayphotohosting is the type of adapter. On the EBay link you see a usb end there with a coil before the volume control on the main cord itself. Your pic shows a 1/8" mini plug. What happened to the usb end? I don't think a place like Radio Shack(although even they might at this point) carries a 1x5.1 to 3x5.1 adapter to plug into the three output jacks on the back of the card itself.

09-20-2006, 04:44 AM	#18 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	I couldn't fit the USB adapter in the scanner......But i have it. it can detach from the USB plug in.

09-20-2006, 06:14 AM	#19 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	I found the specifications for that or a very similar model seen at http://www.ecoboss.com/Page2.html According to the information there you wouldd't need drivers since it supports the standard Plug'n'Play. But the one question now is the mention of a scanner? There may be a reducer for the smaller usb port depending what the scanner. The impression here was that you were trying to connect to the 5.1 output of a sound card.

09-20-2006, 09:25 PM	#20 (permalink)
ADE banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 15 Posts: 3,372	That IS my headphones. I can, but his so called splitter on will give me 2.1 AKA a regular headphone jack.