I’ve built and rebuilt more gaming PCs than is probably healthy, but I could never afford to include a decent surround-sound ... have to look at a diagram of where a given sound effect is ...

There is a subwoofer that's not in the diagram off to the left ... or will it still likely sound better with the new speakers as surround and the back as surround rear? Yes, I'll be testing ...

That could be a sound bar — although they have their limitations — or a proper surround sound system that replicates what you'd find in a movie theater. Nowadays they are easy to set up ...

Upcoming films "Cars 2" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" will also be using the sound system ... than 1,300 global installations of Dolby Surround 7.1 have been conducted.