In order to save money I decided to make a 5.1 surround sound system from a mix of older speakers and receivers. Currently I have the 2 front speakers to a Philips MCD702 with 14 AWG speaker wire which connect to the motherboard through a rca cable which is attached to a 3.5 mm converter. The center and subwoofer are running through an old Panasonic home theater sound system (the sub has what I believe is 20 awg and I replaced the original center speaker with a philips because the original was failing) which connects to the motherboard in a similar way as the front speakers. The rear speakers (both were the original rear speakers from the Panasonic home theater system) using 20 awg which was spliced into rca and then put into an old sub/amp (with the power to the internal sub disconnected) and then with a 3.5mm cord running from that to the motherboard. In order to get real 5.1 surround sound I could not use a single receiver because it only has rca output.
If you got lost there I don't blame you, I did too as I was writing it. I've set all the input jacks on the motherboard to the appropriate settings, i.e. Center/sub, rear, front; and also used the realtek HD audio program to set the distance and whatnot up. Surprisingly all the speakers are in sync and there is almost no distortion. The only issue that I have is that when I adjust the center speaker or subwoofer using the computer, they act as though they were the same speaker. For example, if I click test, each speaker sounds off independently but when it reaches the center the subwoofer will also emit sound and visa versa.
Is there anything I can do that will fix this? On some movies it makes it really hard to hear the dialogue and it's going to bug me. If pictures, diagrams, or any other information will help I'm more than happy to provide them. Thanks in advance.
Speaker specs:
Front: Infinity IL 10 8 ohm Recommended 15-150w amp. Connected to Philips MCD702 (
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882641032)
Rear Speakers: Panasonic(part of the panasonic system but not connected to it) 6 ohm
Center and Sub: Subwoofer from Panasonic SA-HT95 (
http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Video/DVD-Recorders-Players/DVD-Home-Theater-Systems/model.SC-HT95) Apparently panasonic doesn't acknowledge this system as existing. Center: Philips 25 watt 8 ohm.
