Surround sound speakers on a laptop

[olimeads]

I have posted this in Gadgets and stuff, but i needed a quick answer.

Right, im having a bit of a "doo" and have set my PC Surround setup in my conservatory.
The speakers require 3 inputs, i assume one for the sub, one for front and one for rear speakers. I want the audio to be the same across the speakers and have only one output on my laptop.

If i get a headphone splitter 1 into 3+ (3.5mm jack) and plug that into the laptop output and then the 3 leads for the speakers into this. In theory this would be giving the same signal through each lead and i would have all the speakers playing audio.

like this?
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5...


Would this work?

[olimeads]

olimeads said:

I have posted this in Gadgets and stuff, but i needed a quick answer.

oh, ok, or just ignore me. may aswell delete it now.

Edited by olimeads on Saturday 20th March 00:06

[Mercer89]

Technically, yes it would work. But it would sound rubbish.

The 3 inputs are:
1 for center speaker and sub
1 for front speakers
1 for rear speakers

What you really need is an external 5.1 surround sound card.

Something like this should work.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/79214

[olimeads]

I dont require the surround sound, just audio coming from each speaker, as atm i can choose only 1 set.

[Mercer89]

yeah but the bass will be really uneven and will sound horrible. audio splitters aren't brilliant. but as a cheap solution it would work.

[olimeads]

good enough for me!