What will work with 7.1 on-board sound?
Will any other speaker systems ( 5.1,...etc...) work with my on-board 7.1 sound? I accidentally bought a 5.1 system and thought that I could just splice the rights & lefts together and make it work but it makes a bad humming noise. I tried different combinations...left only one right and one left...tried different connections at the board...but nothing got rid of the humming. I did this quite some time ago and since I rarely need my speakers I just put up with the humming and keep them turned off when not in use...which is most of the time.
I was thinking that the on-board sound system may be bad, but I don't know for sure....maybe the 5.1 system just won't work with the 7.1...don't know...maybe this particular 5.1 system was bad from the beginning..?
But now I would like to fix that and am wondering what my options are. I don't really want to spend $80.00 or more for a 7.1 speaker system so I was needing to know if any other systems will work...like a simple 3 way system...or even maybe another 5.1 system.
I have considered getting a 5.1 sound card but a sound card and a speaker system would cost about as much, if not more, than just buying a 7.1 speaker system.
Like I said, I just don't need a really good sound system...just one that doesn't hummmmm!!