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Will I really need an entire stereo overhaul to get into DVD-A?
No, just a set of 5.1 speakers, and a 5.1-compatible sound card for your computer.
Those are so common these days, you shouldn't have any trouble finding them.
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Or can I get some software to play them through my DVDR drive into my headphones? Or is piping DVD-A through headphones a mortal sin? But they're good headphones!
I think you're talking about simulating surround sound with a pair of stereo speakers using acoustic modeling technolgoy. I think those features are sometimes built-in to newer sound cards these days. The setting would be in the sound card's driver software. If you're interested in truly experiencing 5.1 surround sound, though, that's going to be disappointing. They haven't got that simulation technology down perfect yet.
Seems like they shoud eventually be able to, though. We only have two eardrums.
Pie in the sky: what I want is a surround system that does above and below, so I can sense where my opponents are in a multi-floor deathmatch game.
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