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kyleai
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Jul 16, 2015
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electric1236Stereo. All the 5.1 and 7.1 headphones just have simulated surround sound. You can do that with these.
LBartley
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Jul 17, 2015
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H-Litch
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Jul 17, 2015
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LBartleyRazer headphones are terrible. And having multiple drivers in each earcup actually hurts sound quality.
It's nothing but a worthless gimmick, and people are clueless enough to buy into it.
You are always better off with a pair of Stereo headphones that have a wide soundstage.
You are always better off with a pair of Stereo headphones that have a wide soundstage.
LBartley
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Jul 17, 2015
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H-LitchJust saying , it's not all virtual surround, for better or worse.
SuicideBeta
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Jul 17, 2015
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LBartleyIve had both. First one was a Turtle Beach HPA2... few drivers in each side simulating surround sound. It was pretty cool. Music sounded horrible on those no matter what condiguration i tried. Later on, I tried virtual surround. Used a sound blaster recon3d sound card and attached my audio technica a900x... i was blown away at the effectiveness of it. Cool science if you didnt know already.. it mimics the time it takes for sound to travel depending on which ear it hits first, and you brain works out which direction the sound is coming from. That being said i did try it with the paired tactic3d onega headphones that came wiith the sound card and it wasnt as clear as the mastering headphones i used. There is 1 advantage to the 5.1 and 7.1s like the headset you linked .. those types of surround head phones give you hight\depth that virtual surround cant really give you. I guess it all depends on what your using them for.
H-Litch
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Jul 17, 2015
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LBartleyHaving multiple drivers is actually worse than virtual surround. It's nothing but a gimmick to fool people who don't know any better.
Even Virtual surround sucks, but multiple drivers in each earcup is even worse.
ZALHERA
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Jul 17, 2015
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SuicideBetaCMSS3D from Creative was able to do vertical directions too I believe. But they discontinued cards that supported that and we are left with SBX pro.
SuicideBeta
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Jul 22, 2015
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ZALHERAI wonder what the science on that is with just 2 drivers xD... time to read up.
MetaSynapse
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Jul 23, 2015
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SuicideBetaHere's a great place to start :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-related_transfer_function
Uzuzu
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Jul 23, 2015
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SuicideBeta2 drivers (one left one right) sounds 1000x better.......
SuicideBeta
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Jul 27, 2015
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MetaSynapseGood read. Aparently your ears get depth from the little creases in the ear, and also get hight from the time it takes for the sound to hit your ear then the same sound hit your shoulders and bounce off and hit your ears. Problem with this is that not everyones ear creases and shoulders are the same so it may be inaccurate when trying to repreduce that using virtual surround. Or maybe your brain needs to warm up to such a device xD. Rhanks for the info
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