turn stereo headphones into 7.1/5.1 DD

[JohnnyC]

You can do proper 7 channel surround with a pair of headphones (with only 1 speaker per ear).

Re-read your last statement as you completely contradicted yourself .

Didn't

And cinemas have to have multiple speakers.
As I said, with external speakers there's no other option.

Head/ear phones on the other hand - you can have surround sound as long as there's some electronic processing delaying each channel to each ear differently

[Chr15py]

You can do proper 7 channel surround with a pair of headphones (with only 1 speaker per ear). This is not to be confused with the pseudo surround that's started to become popular on TVs 10 or so years ago, as you can't do proper multichannel audio from two external speakers.

Yup! As above - contradicted yourself!!! As you say "you can't do proper multichannel audio from two external speakers." isn't that what headphones are?


Chris

[Chr15py]

So anyway, back to the original posters question. 2 speakers means stereo - whatever electronically you do to it! The eBay link product will work to a certain point by making a simulated prologic IIx sound but, £40 more buys you the real deal! True surround headphones with separate channels and the decoding software to make it work!

From my experience, there really isn't any comparison!
Chris

[H3RB]

persoanaly i hate the trittons, they look damn ugly and dont perform as well as the astros (which also have multiple speakers per ear)

been reading about and whats said above is true you only need to speakers to get 5.1 or 7.1

[Chr15py]

persoanaly i hate the trittons, they look damn ugly and dont perform as well as the astros (which also have multiple speakers per ear)

been reading about and whats said above is true you only need to speakers to get 5.1 or 7.1

Lol - wrong hahahaha! I give up
Chris

[H3RB]

just ordered me some astro a40's with the new wireless mix amp so ill let you know how they sound. i want the headset to listen to music out n about (i love head phones hate ear buds) and love the look of the asto head sets so hopefully they will be here on weds/thurs

[Chr15py]

Cool. Need to fervency gaming on. Has been a while lol

[JohnnyC]

You can do proper 7 channel surround with a pair of headphones (with only 1 speaker per ear). This is not to be confused with the pseudo surround that's started to become popular on TVs 10 or so years ago, as you can't do proper multichannel audio from two external speakers.

Yup! As above - contradicted yourself!!! As you say "you can't do proper multichannel audio from two external speakers." isn't that what headphones are?

I wouldn't say headphones are external speakers at all.
The left ear can't hear what is pumped out by the right speaker etc.

And Dolby ProLogic does produce 'proper' (although limited) surround (with a ProLogic decoder). Just because it's encoded in a stereo signal doesn't mean it's just stereo

I'm bored now. Some people just don't get it

[Chr15py]

My point exactly, some just don't
Has been enjoyable but think I'm out on this one
Chris

[DannyN]

just ordered me some astro a40's with the new wireless mix amp so ill let you know how they sound. i want the headset to listen to music out n about (i love head phones hate ear buds) and love the look of the asto head sets so hopefully they will be here on weds/thurs

Any news H3RB ??

[H3RB]

not yet, didnt realise today (tues) was a bank holiday also so mine wont get shipped until 2morrow but i have the day off thursday so will have all day to test em out lol

[DannyN]

Still dont know whether to get the PX21 with the DSS, the Tritton AX Pro (I dont mind what my headset looks like really) or to wait and get the A40's. Not sure they are that much better to justify the cost

[H3RB]

ive been reading about the astro vs tritton stuff since the end of last year, and everyone seems to say the astros are better, they are used at all the major gaming events and everybody seems to swear by them. i finally got some spare money so bought them without a second thought. the px21 is a great headset so it would be even better with the dss.
the astros are now £179 thats for the wireless or wired versions (i bought the wireless as the px21 wire is STUPIDLY long and gets messy easily)
the trittons are £150 at the min but are usually £160 so the astros arent much more expensive.

[DannyN]

Where did you get the Astros from ?

[H3RB]

www.astrogaming.co.uk

[DannyN]

www.astrogaming.co.uk

[DannyN]

If you have the wireless setup, add the mix amp and the PS3 chat cable then your over 200 notes

[H3RB]

the wireless system which includes the headset and the mix amp/reciever is £180 i think, then the ps3 cable is £6
but if u have the normal wired mix amp you dont need the ps3 cable
mine came to £225 but i had a few extra bits

[H3RB]

this may help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X12AXiz3 ... re=channel

[Chr15py]

The Trittons are £129 from Amazon delivered .
Chris