Hi all, could the sifus help me with the following:

I have been using Sonic Gear 2.1 speakers but am looking to get a 5.1 setup, to compliment my new 3D HDTV, for mainly gaming and watching movies. Prince ceiling being the price of the premium Logitech surround speakers.

1. Most of my gaming is done on the PS3 and I occasionally watch 3D blu-rays through it as well. I thought the optical input and HDMI are the only way of getting true surround from the PS3 or the RCA cables can suffice since, from reading the previous pages, I have noticed other brands being recommended to members looking to get 5.1 systems for PS3 gaming (yet none of them have optical inputs).

2. Any sound card recommendations that could take the PS3 optical sound in and output it, along with the PC sound, as surround sound through the 6-channel direct output thus allowing me to get other speaker brands not offering digital inputs. Like this HT | OMEGA STRIKER Card.

3. My room is pretty small, 3.5m x 2.5m, is this too small for surround sound or it will do just fine.

4. If am stuck with making a choice between the Logitech speakers, Z5500 and Z906, which will be the better option considering am not found of too much bass and would rather have more inputs allowing me to connect all my gaming consoles and other devices.

Thanks a lot in advance, cheers!

Thanks a lot powe911 for your helpful and insightful reply. Gonna have to get the Z906 then. Out of curiosity, could help me clarify my previous question 1.

@E1 - AKG

Not really...the PS3 can output audio through both RCA and Optical output so there is no conversion needed. I was looking to combine the audio from the PS3's optical output with that of the PC and feed them as 1 to speakers, that would not be having digital inputs, through 6-channel direct input.

This post has been edited by rachet: Jul 17 2011, 11:41 PM

You've been invaluable! Thanks a lot for clearing everything.