Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Bino on March 10, 2011, 12:57:56 PM
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Wow! I've been using a Turtle Beach HPA2 headset (http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/pc-gaming-headsets/ear-force-hpa2.aspx) all of one day, and I am already very impressed. I have them plugged in to a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme. Music, even plain old two-channel stereo, sounds great, and the 3D effects in Aces High are even better. And the headset seems to be pretty rugged, too, since it's made primarily of metal, not plastic.
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It's a damn good headset, use one myself.
ack-ack
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I've had mine a couple years now, Love Them!
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I haven't looked around, but do they make any bigger headsets? I used Airflyer's and that thing was very uncomfortable due to my head being too big for it. It barely fit over my ears at full extension and wasn't big enough side to side (was pressed against head tightly). The quality was just awesome, but that sets it back for me.
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I haven't looked around, but do they make any bigger headsets? I used Airflyer's and that thing was very uncomfortable due to my head being too big for it. It barely fit over my ears at full extension and wasn't big enough side to side (was pressed against head tightly). The quality was just awesome, but that sets it back for me.
Are you sure you're talking about the same headset? The ear cups are easily 2" by 2.5". I think the only thing bigger you're going to find is maybe a professional set of headphones...
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Are you sure you're talking about the same headset? The ear cups are easily 2" by 2.5". I think the only thing bigger you're going to find is maybe a professional set of headphones...
Should be the same one, Airflyer has a TB headset that looks identical to that one.
The ear cups were plenty big, but due to the lack of extension in the headband they don't fit. It was barely too small but enough to be very uncomfortable after a few minutes.
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Same headset, personally I love 'em but to each their own. I think the main selling factor for me was 5.1 through 3.5mm jacks instead of USB.
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Should be the same one, Airflyer has a TB headset that looks identical to that one.
The ear cups were plenty big, but due to the lack of extension in the headband they don't fit. It was barely too small but enough to be very uncomfortable after a few minutes.
Ahh gotcha.. yeah I read your post wrong!
Wow and I thought I had a big head! A "large" size motorcycle helmet is nice and tight on me, but I can pull the ear cups down another 1.5" or so on my headset! I think in your case you're probably beyond the 'one size fits all' standard.
But that's ok.. you know what they say about guys with big heads...
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I have these and I love them
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/webcam-communications/internet-headsets-phones/devices/5095
I love harassing my squaddies with the built invoice morphing.
LawnDart
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Wow! I've been using a Turtle Beach HPA2 headset (http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/pc-gaming-headsets/ear-force-hpa2.aspx) all of one day, and I am already very impressed. I have them plugged in to a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme. Music, even plain old two-channel stereo, sounds great, and the 3D effects in Aces High are even better. And the headset seems to be pretty rugged, too, since it's made primarily of metal, not plastic.
Whoaaa... They really have 8 speakers in the thing?
Does it really feel like surround sound?
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Im going to get a set of the corsair HS1s I had a look at them and they look great too. I dont think they have 8 speakers though
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Whoaaa... They really have 8 speakers in the thing?
Does it really feel like surround sound?
Yes, there are four separate speakers inside each earcup and it really IS surround sound. The headset has three 3.5mm plugs, one each for for Front, Center/Subwoofer, and Surround. These get plugged into a 5.1 (or better) sound card. The small inline amp has a low-pass filter that grabs the low-frequency sound from all three inputs and re-routes that to the subwoofers. There is a USB plug that is used only for power. No sound signal travels via USB. Your computer's main CPU is not really in the loop, depending upon just how well your sound card off-loads sound processing duties.
Check out the little sales pitch video on the Turtle Beach site. The guy is a bit faux-cool and a bit breathless in his descriptions, but it's an interesting video nonetheless.
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how comfortable are they for gents with slightly larger ear lobes?
My current set get a little annoying after a couple of hours of flying. :(
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Wow! I've been using a Turtle Beach HPA2 headset (http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/pc-gaming-headsets/ear-force-hpa2.aspx) all of one day, and I am already very impressed. I have them plugged in to a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme. Music, even plain old two-channel stereo, sounds great, and the 3D effects in Aces High are even better. And the headset seems to be pretty rugged, too, since it's made primarily of metal, not plastic.
i looked at the specs and its 5.1 not 7.1 surround sound. makes a small difference while in gv's.
semp
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i looked at the specs and its 5.1 not 7.1 surround sound. makes a small difference while in gv's.
semp
No one said the Turtle Beach ones were 7.1... :headscratch:
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how comfortable are they for gents with slightly larger ear lobes?
My current set get a little annoying after a couple of hours of flying. :(
Well... I have a pretty big head, equipped with large ears, and I find these pretty comfy. <shrug> YMMV
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i looked at the specs and its 5.1 not 7.1 surround sound. makes a small difference while in gv's.
semp
You're right: more is better. 7.1 would be better than 5.1. These are 5.1.
But I am very happy with the improvement over my old two-channel stereo headset. I drove a Tiger in the MA last night, my first vehicle sortie since getting the HPA2s. I found the surround sound effect (planes flying over and strafing me, friendly Wirbles driving around me and firing, etc.) to be pretty convincing. Combined with the TrackIR, it makes me really feel like I'm *there*.
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Where do you stick the subwoofer on headphones? :D
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i was just making an observation that the headset is 5.1 instead of 7.1. the headsets themselves are a good set. but some people may get surprised when they see it as 5.1. me myself i have a 7.1 set, really good, but since i am deaf as heck, i cant tell direction anyway, lol.
semp