Computers with 7.1 audio card

7.1 audio support

— computers capable of 7.1 multi-channel audio; meaning the ability to connect 7.1 system speakers directly to the analogue outputs of the sound card.

This format is further, after 5.1, improvement of the idea of surround sound. 7.1 systems have 5 traditional audio channels (2 front, 1 front centre and 2 rear), and 2 additional channels can be placed in different ways — as side, as "add-ons" above the front or rear, etc. In any In this case, the 7.1 format allows you to achieve more reliable sound than 5.1, and its support in modern sound cards is very inexpensive. At the same time, such sound cards are capable of working with 5.1 acoustics / sound.