headphones

[zack1234]

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sennheiser-g4me-zero-premium-closed-back-professional-headset-with-noise-cancelling-microphone-black


Are these headphones any good?.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Sennheiser is a good brand. I read a Sennheiser G4ME Zero gaming headphone review recently which gave quite good remarks about it. They mentioned that the sound was a bit too hi-fi for games, meaning there was no boosted bass and exaggerated spatial sound that may be desireable while gaming. The cost was only high, around 300 bucks.

The verdict was that the Sennheiser was a good overall headphone for both music and games. It was compared to Creative Soundblaster headphones which were around 70 bucks cheaper, those were better suited for games but not so good for listening music.

[zack1234]

Is there a proper surround headset?

I have been informed that my G35 are simulation 7.1

[guncrasher]

it looks like its a stereo sound.  so no.



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[MrRiplEy[H]]

Is there a proper surround headset?

I have been informed that my G35 are simulation 7.1

There is something that can make your headset sound like 3D even with only regular 2 channels. It's called head tracking. Once the sound starts to follow your head movements it stops being fixed between your ears.

http://www.innerfidelity.com/content/dspeaker-headspeaker-headphone-virtual-surround-system

[McShark]

Will receive a Turtle Beach Z Seven today from Amazon....

Very curious if 7.1 makes such a difference...

Will report back on that.

Serious $$$ tho but you only live once 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Will receive a Turtle Beach Z Seven today from Amazon....

Very curious if 7.1 makes such a difference...

Will report back on that.

Serious $$$ tho but you only live once  

Without head tracking headphones can never produce a truly believable sound stage. The brain needs slight head movements to interpret the directions of the sounds due to the time misalignment of your ears. That's why the sound is located inside your head while using headphones even though in a sense your ears get fed the same sound as from a surround system.

The most problematic of all sounds (when using headphones) is sound eminating directly in front of you.

[Charge]

Creative soundcards have a system that will simulate 3D soundscape with stereosound. I think it works OK, at least on old SB Titanium.

-C+

[McShark]

Without head tracking headphones can never produce a truly believable sound stage. The brain needs slight head movements to interpret the directions of the sounds due to the time misalignment of your ears. That's why the sound is located inside your head while using headphones even though in a sense your ears get fed the same sound as from a surround system.

The most problematic of all sounds (when using headphones) is sound eminating directly in front of you.

Track IR?

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Track IR?

In the case of headspeaker 'Track ultrasonic' It works like Track IR but uses ultrasonic audio to track changes in the direction of the sound when you move your head. Naturally for TrackIR users it would start to look ridiculous with a maze of antennas on top of your head!

[save]

It is.

Is there a proper surround headset?

I have been informed that my G35 are simulation 7.1

[zack1234]

So what is a good set of speakers, seems the only way for surround sound

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-audio/razer-tiamat-71

What about these headphones?

[guncrasher]

So what is a good set of speakers, seems the only way for surround sound

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-audio/razer-tiamat-71

What about these headphones?

 



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[MrRiplEy[H]]

So what is a good set of speakers, seems the only way for surround sound

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-audio/razer-tiamat-71

What about these headphones?

A good 'set of speakers' for computer use will be a set of active near field monitors such as Adam audio A8X:s, Behringer 3031A:s or if you have money, Genelecs. Regular bookshelf speakers are usually not meant to be used for close listening so they won't work so well.

The Behringers have an insane price/quality ratio, you can get a set of 8 Behringers for the price of 1 pair of Genelec 8080s for example.

[guncrasher]

So what is a good set of speakers, seems the only way for surround sound

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-audio/razer-tiamat-71

What about these headphones?

think I am gonna order this one withing the next two weeks.  reviews arent that great on the mike itself but I am tired of holding up my old headset with tape.   if i was using redtape the goverment would have sure investigated me by now .



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