I agree that the stereo hookup is the way to go. I have Home stereo equipment which includes a Onkyo Integra A9911 integrated amplifier hooked to 2 Infinity Kappa 5 speakers and a 100 Watt per channel sony 12 inch powered sub for the deep bass, and theres nothing like it in the world believe me! It's only a 2 channel left and right whith subwoofer setup, but that's all I need for any game I ever play. My audio gear for my computer system originaly cost about $2000.00, but you only have to buy it once.
Pentium 4, 2.8 Ghz
Mobo Gigabyte GA-8IHXP F7 Bios
1 Gig 1066 ECC RDRAM
Gforce 4 ti 4600 128mb agp graphics
29160N SCSI Ultra 160 Controller card
2 ea Fujitsu 33.6 Gigabyte SCSI 15,000 rpm Ultra 160 Hds w/8mb cach each.
1 ea 80 gigabyte WD800JB w/8 mb cache IDE HD
Sounblaster Audigy Gamer connected to:
Onkyo Integra A9911 90 Watt per channel Integrated amp driving
1 pair of Infinity Kappa 5 Home stereo speakers as the main speakers &
1 Sony 12' 100wpc Subwoofer
Pioneer DVR A05 4X dvd burner.
Plextor 40/12/40/a Cd burner
3Com 3c990 Nic with 3xp processor
True power 550 watt power supply
Lian Li Aluminum case