surround sound systems, how many of you own them?

i want to know how many of the members of this site own surround sound systems, which are typically home theater systems, and why do you own one or why you don't own one?

i don't own a surround sound system unless you consider a 2.1 speaker system a surround sound system.
my reason for not owning one is that we live in an apartment. so having loud sounds isn't really ideal as your neighbors will get mad about the loud music and such. also, we have limited space and the use of having 5.1+ speakers laying around is very space consuming. sound is sound, so we don't really care much about having that movie theater like experience as long as we can hear the sound.

 

i have a really nice multi meda amp but don't use it that much as i live in a flat too.
also the girlfriend doesn't see the point of it (stupid woman) so thats another reason

 

I have 5.1, got it mainly for movies and the 360, its wonderful hearing bullets wizz past, also helps with knowing which direction to turn and shoot. Also they hang on the wall so dont take up a lot of space at all, only the woofer (which is also the main unit) takes up room on the floor.

 

I also have 5.1 Live surround system that I got along with my home theatre system.

 

a lot of you do own surround sound systems. would that suggest that the general audience [majoryity of the people] do own surround sound systems?

 

I do. It's a BOSE home theater in a box. Works great for movies and games. Using that doubles the complexity of my home theater system, however. Most of my machines' sound go into the BOSE, and the video goes into my television.

I don't know about how many people own surround sound systems, though.

 

BOSE you lucky bitch, thay are the best sound systems you can get, have you got bose speakers

 

My roomates and I have managed to put together 5.1 system for the living room over time, originally we only had the satellite speakers, no subwoofer and no receiver. Now we have it all and even had to replace the satellites, but the new sound better anyways. We used to live in apartments too, but since they were on a college campus noise wasn't really an issue ;D.

I also have had a 7.1 setup for my computer for several years now, it's actually been useful when playing some games to know if somethings behind me and which direction specifically.

 

Same as you Loonylion. Although I don't really put it around me just bunched together. So no point really. Creative brand.

 

I want to get it on my PC's speakers as well.