No, those are not surround sound. They use the regular red and white composite cables and there is NOTHING else you can use them for. You can use Tritton Ax-720's with an optical cable and those are pretty good. I have a pair myself, though you might want the $50 step up or so and get the Ax Pros just because they are true 5.1 surround sound. They have 8 speakers in each ear, the Astro A40's, Turtle beaches, and Anything Ax 720 and below only have 1 in each ear. Doesn't make much of a difference except the environment isn't simulated (The headphones with only 2 speakers simulate 3d while the Ax pros actually can produce it)