karmatose Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Frustrated with the limitations of the AppleHDA fixes and sick of only having two chanel audio, I took some action and bought a Griffin Firewave. If you have a Hackintosh and desire 5.1 audio this is what you need to get. No mucking around with anything. Just plug it in, set it as your default audio device in audio prefrences and enjoy 5.1 audio and keyboard volume controls. The sound quality is amazing. Im using an old set of Logitech Z560's and it makes them sing. Crisp highs, deep lows with no distortion, its simply great. Its possibly the best these speakers have sounded since i had my old Audigy in my pc many years ago before i switched over to the Mac. Long and short of it, buy this hardware if you want simple 5.1 audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eire3678 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 $54.99 from Newegg too! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16829999001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onetrack Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 does this do audio in as well? Thats the one thing that doesn't work on my 915 gevl intel mobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lon36unn3r Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 good to know thanks now i'll get one not that i really need one i run my pc audio out to my stereo amplifier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eire3678 Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 No audio in on the FireWave. I'm sure it works great on most systems but it's sitting in a box under my desk right now as it refuses to output anything in full 5.1. I'm using a Bad Axe 2 board and have switched to the onboard for now. Maybe in the next point update it'll start working correctly for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Bah: Does the FireWave feature digital coax or optical outputs? No I prefer my driverless M-Audio USB Sonica Theater 7.1, that have input and Digital Output (coaxial). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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