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yowen

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So my room is setup like this:

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|DESKDESKDESK     TVSTAND   |
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|__________________COUCH____|

My monitor is in the far left corner of the desk, so I wanted to do 2.0 or 2.1 speakers there and then 5.1 for the tv/couch area, to give you an idea of the size of the room, the desk is 8ft long.

Now for my question, what would be the best way to have stereo sound in the corner for the desk and surround by the tv, both the tv and the monitor on the desk are driven by the same computer. I will want a receiver for the surround sound.

How can I set this up in such a way that it is easy to switch between these usage scenarios.
 
This would have the necessary outputs to connect a 2.0 and 5.1 setup? or at least the outputs to connect to a 2.0/2.1 computer setup? Do receivers typically support this?

Is this the most elegant way of doing this?

So far this is set in stone Computer -> HDMI -> Receiver -> 5.1 speakers

but the 2.0 setup does not necessarily need to take that path...
 
(Most?) Yamaha receivers have outputs for "presence" speakers that can be redefined as a second stereo zone with separate controls. You can't run 7.1 with this setup, only 5.1 (except on the flagship models). You can always get a USB soundcard for your 2.0 speakers and switch over to that with the little Audio Switcher tool posted in this subforum as well.

Edit: or use a different output for your PC speakers from the same soundcard.
 
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Use HDMI for the receiver (5.1) and connect your 2.0 speakers up by analog. Then just switch outputs using Windows' control panel or some other more clever utility.
 
I have literally the exact same setup. I just set up a 5.1 surround set for the TV, and routed my computer audio to those speakers. In other words, my computer doesn't have its own dedicated set of speakers, but it's okay for me since anything I listen to on the computer is mostly casual listening anyways (podcasts, youtube videos, etc).

I recently got a pair of headphones that I can use with both my console (hooked to TV) and my computer. So if I want "better" sound on my computer I just use those.
 
Which OS? And how will it be used? I assume the "TV output" will only be used for movie playback? I believe you will need Vista/Win7 to setup to different audio stream outputs.

The 2.0 would then go to your computer speakers using the analog output.

The 5.1 stream could use a digital output (ie: optical, coaxial, or HDMI)
 
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