Getting 5.1 For Games On 27" Imac

[demariners]

So I have been doing a lot of research on getting 5.1 for my iMac. I purchased a griffin Firewave to accomplish this. It does not seem to do 5.1 for World Of Warcraft for example or any other 5.1 enabled games. When I spin the character around I lose the voices coming from the front speakers and to the center channel. I have decided to just go ahead and get a pre-amp or a Z-5500 speaker system and hook it up with the optical. I want to make sure before spending the money this will work for 5.1 games and not just movies. Anyne else have any ideas please let me know.

 

[illidan155]

So I have been doing a lot of research on getting 5.1 for my iMac. I purchased a griffin Firewave to accomplish this. It does not seem to do 5.1 for World Of Warcraft for example or any other 5.1 enabled games. When I spin the character around I lose the voices coming from the front speakers and to the center channel. I have decided to just go ahead and get a pre-amp or a Z-5500 speaker system and hook it up with the optical. I want to make sure before spending the money this will work for 5.1 games and not just movies. Anyne else have any ideas please let me know.

i have a macbook pro 2010 with an mini toslink - toslink plugged in my z5500 and it work perfectly

 

[demariners]

Does this work in games as well? And it is true 5.1 sound? When I use my fire wave when I spin the character around I lose the voices from the center channel and when I hear let's say birds in the rear channels they are not there unless I look at them in the game. Any suggestions?

 

[illidan155]

Does this work in games as well? And it is true 5.1 sound? When I use my fire wave when I spin the character around I lose the voices from the center channel and when I hear let's say birds in the rear channels they are not there unless I look at them in the game. Any suggestions?

yes it work even in games since it is the control pod that conver the 2.1 signal to a 5.1 even when there is no 5.1 but if there is a 5.1 source you get realistic 5.1 dolby sorround since all modern game support 5.1 there is no problem

look here

https://forums.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=305486&d=1318195854d=1318195854

 

[demariners]

I understand, but I would like to know if it is discrete 5.1 from the games such as World Of Warcraft or Team Fortress 2. They have settings for Multichannel but I do not know if the game itself outputs 5.1 through the optical output. Any ideas?