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12/3/11 at 7:52pm
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Hi everyone, 
 
I have the Swan M200MkII's and a Polk PSW505 subwoofer. My computer has a Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ity, and a Realtek onboard audio system. 
 
I'm not really sure the best way to connect them to my computer...I know both cards have a single jack for Center/Subwoofer, but what happens when I don't have a Center with the Subwoofer? 
 
I tried searching but couldn't find a suitable answer.
 
Here are a few tests and results: 
Connected to Realtek Onboard: I changed the Speaker Configuration to 5.1 Speaker with Subwoofer On and other things off. When I test play, all the sounds except for the Subwoofer play through the Swan's, and the Subwoofer plays through the Subwoofer just fine. So this is great, except when I play any sound or music, I get no Subwoofer. This was tested with Pandora, Youtube Videos, games, music collection, etc. I'm not sure why the Subwoofer gets no sound? 
 
 
Connected to X-Fi Titanium: 
I connected the Swans to Green for Front Left/Front Left, and the Polk to the Orange Front Center/Subwoofer. I then changed the Speaker Configuration to 5.1 since that's what it Auto Detected. When I tested the channels, I could only hear the Front Left, Front Right, and Subwoofer (as expected). But unlike in Realtek, I can't seem to combine the channels of all the speakers into the FL/FR and keep the Subwoofer as is. 
 
What should I do? 
 
Can I put a splitter into the FL/FR of the X-Fi, and run both the Swans and the Polk off the splitter? 
 
Thanks all! 
 
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Swan: http://www.theaudioinsider.com/pro [...] cts_id=184 
Polk: http://www.amazon.com/Polk-Audio-1 [...] 535&sr=8-1
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