I have had a rough day, but we had a nice moment. After testing every 5.1 codec I had for this new and expensive surround sound system (and failing), I was considering sending it back when a friend suggested another use for it.

You office has stereo PC speakers, right? Put the sound system in there. It's still just gonna be stereo, but with some high end speakers a decent subwoofer. Gonna make it sound nice in there.

I hooked it up, and sure enough, it's still just stereo, but a nice beefier stereo that fills the room since the rear speakers are also pushing out sound.

So not a complete waste. Just a big one.