2 Sound cards.

Schonza · 04-02-2007, 10:52 AM

Hey.
I was asked a question which I thought was quite interesting. If you used two sound cards, would you be able to use two sets of speakers?

**The_Other_One** · 04-02-2007, 10:54 AM

I beleive that's "technically" possible, but rather pointless and nothing really is made to "utilize" it. If you want to use two sets of speakers on the same channel, just get a Y adapter that splits one headphone jack into two

Schonza · 04-03-2007, 11:43 PM

Oh fair enough, I just got asked that by someone. I mean I"m happy using a 5.1 surround sound system anyways, but my mate wanted to try using two systems... Crazy people lol. cheers.

[-0MEGA-] · 04-04-2007, 12:19 AM

I also think you can, or use onboard and a PCI card, but the same thing will be played on both.

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Schonza Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Victoria, Australia Age: 17 Posts: 698	Oh fair enough, I just got asked that by someone. I mean I"m happy using a 5.1 surround sound system anyways, but my mate wanted to try using two systems... Crazy people lol. cheers. __________________ formerly schoning16 Intel C2D E6300 @ 2.00 gHz 2 X 1024MB Transcend 667 mhz ram (dual channel interleaved) @ 3-3-3-9-12 320GB SATA Western Digital HDD. Gigabyte 945PL-S3 mobo. Foxconn TSAA891 Pioneer 111-D Dvd Burner. nVidia Geforce 7600 GS 256 mb Graphics Card. 19" Samsung Syncmaster 940BW monitor.

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