Surround Sound Hardware for Macintosh Computers

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Dear Apple Computer,

We the undersigned current and future users of Macintosh computers, hereby petition Apple Computer to provide us with 5.1 surround sound hardware for use on our Macintosh computers.

1. We would like to see an upgrade option to allow the use of surround sound for games, music, or movies. These upgrade options would include both of the following forms of connectivity where applicable.

a. Through the use of a PCI plug in card for current Power Mac users.

b. Through the use of an external system utilizing USB or Firewire ports, this would allow iMac and Laptop Mac users to have the option of surround sound if they so desire.

2. The ability to use a self powered surround sound system is also important. e.g. Boston Acoustic 7500 or Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 speaker setups.

3. The hardware would not have to be manufactured exclusively by Apple Computer. Turtle Beach or Sony would be great choices for manufacturing Macintosh?s first step into the digital world of sound and music.





1886 Signatures

  • Lance Holt
  • Joseph Gabrielli
    • Comments
    • In today's PC market the lack of 5.1 support verges on suicidal, it's an important issue that needs to be addressed sooner than later....
  • Rainer Ziller
    • Comments
    • I want OS X drivers for the Soundblaster Live for Mac
  • Shane Terpstra
    • Comments
    • This or an on-board sound system of nForce quality are in desparate need. - Jack Tenric
  • Jonathan Gracey
  • Bob Nies
    • Comments
    • Sound is very important, even for games
  • Dominik Hoffmann
  • Andrew Bowman
  • Brian Soong
  • Michael Hengeli
  • Bensch Blaser
    • Comments
    • Yeah, 16bit sound, even with good quality is kinda outdated since, erm 4 years? Give us the power and features of a SoundBlaster Audigy or similar. But without the sucky drivers their last try had.
  • Topher Kessler
    • Comments
    • 5.1 audio will make the mac an ultimate home theater system.
  • Owen Kelly
    • Comments
    • This is one of the few things needed to make the Mac the complete digital hub.
  • Carl Norum
  • Geoff Grecynski
  • Ty Wangsness
    • Comments
    • I am currently running my Klipsch 4.1 setup in stereo mode, due to not having a good 4.1 card for my tower.
  • Бrni Pбll Gнslason
  • Benjamin Wright
    • Comments
    • 5.1 needs attention on the Mac!
  • Jack Mello
  • Anders Gidlund
  • Dave Tommeraasen
  • Mon-chu Chen
  • Bradley
  • Ben
  • Kevin Chappell
  • Jonathan Underwood
  • Dale Wiens
  • Eric Wood
    • Comments
    • Time to catch up to Wintel in this area
  • Nicholas Kohn
    • Comments
    • If you're gonna do "Digital Lifestyle", don't half-ass it
  • Tim Lawnicki
    • Comments
    • itim55 signed this petition
  • Dale Tournemille
  • Matthew Ryan
    • Comments
    • Viva la TiVo!
  • Nicholas Laskowski
  • Michael Lindberg
    • Comments
    • Surround Sound is another missing link for a Home Theater Mac!
  • Rod Torr
    • Comments
    • Consumer Audio/Sound MUST be improved on the Mac (surround sound, 5.1 3D sound acceleration etc) wether it be built in or provided by 3D parties I've just built a PC with these features and because of features/performance like this I'm selling my G4 Cube and going PC
  • John D. MacDonald
  • Ady Sumady
  • Lin Phillips
    • Comments
    • Digital hub without surround sound....right, ok....
  • Tibor Grose
    • Comments
    • The lack of this feature has been the most important factor in me not upgrading my mac for the last 4 years. I currently use a 3rd party DVD card that decodes AC-3 audio, but that card is not supported under OSX. I am a firm believer in using my computer as the center of my entertainment system and would buy a new mac immediately, if it were to have 5.1 audio output support under X. Hardware DVD decoding would also be a big plus, as the current software Apple provides is substandard to my 3rd party hardware solution.
  • Rhon Fitzwater
  • Shaun Lockwood
    • Comments
    • LET'S MAKE MAC SOUND BETTER THAN PC!
  • Joshua Taylor
    • Comments
    • Would love it!
  • Steve Evangelist
  • Phaedon Gourtsoyannis
    • Comments
    • We will pay for this!
  • Jon Stanard
  • Rick Lyon
    • Comments
    • Apple, I hope you can bring this feature to the Mac. It will only enhance the DVD experience as well as audio on the mac.
  • Andre Baran
  • John Nekritz
  • Alexander Bernard Chilton
  • Ashley Staring