Do you guys think 2.0 will support 7.1 audio?

[Kirito]

I just bought a new motherboard so I'm getting an option for 7.1 audio. Since I hear that 7.1 audio generally sounds better than 5.1, are there any plans for 7.1 audio in addition to 5.1?

[Dhalmel]

Most likely no. 7.1 isn't that well supported and your room/speaker layout would have to be perfect to get the full effect of it.

In my personal opinion, 2.0/2.1 is still the best audio setup for a desktop PC...now if you were to have this in your living room with your computer connected to a TV that would be different.

Music would still be in 2 channel stereo, masked to 5.1. Audio effects however would be would use the 5 different channels depending on where is the sound source.

[Dhalmel]

Ah now 1.0 did support Dolby Logic IIz, which adds 2 more channels above the front left & right channels, to give an added perception of depth and height, it worked really well for Ifrit, Garuda, and Nael Van Darnus's battle(it was a nice advantage for listening for lunar fragments)


Technically it's 7.1...but really it's not.