I've often wondered why there have never been any attempts to produce surround sound headphones.
I've looked around the net, and what I saw were gimmicks...gimmicks that say the technology would work on ANY set of headphones. I gotta say, some companies really do lack ethics of trying to trick end users into buying a little addon that mimics 3D audio.
Simply stated, two speakers do not make surround sound. Stereo yes, surround sound no. That requires multiple sound sources, so there is a lot more to it than those gimmicks I've seen online.
Well, recently I read an article about a local engineer here in Calgary who has done the truly amazing...honest to God true surround sound headphones...5.1 channel in fact...
Psyko 5.1 Surround Sound Gaming Headset at Memory Express Computers
I tried these out at said store and was completely impressed. They had the headphones hooked up to a PC with a game that used surround sound...Medal of Honor...it was pretty amazing to note the difference of that game from my current setup of using a pair of high end Microsoft headphones in the same game. You know with certainty that you are immersed in 3D sound when you turn about with the various sounds within the game environment. I like using the surround sound speakers (7.1 channel setup), but the rest of the house does not like me keeping them awake at 3 AM using that setup...so....
The only drawback...freaking price of these damn things is high....$250 bucks so I can blast away at 3 AM without disturbing anyone else in the house...
Forgot this link to the official web page....gives greater detail to what these are.
http://www.psykoaudio.com/
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