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Tried Battlefield: Bad Company 2 single player with high-end CAN's and Dolby headphone - WOW!

post #1 of 35
3/5/10 at 10:24am
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Damm thats the sh**. The kicked up the immersion on notch with this new game and when using 5.1/7.1 and then a Dolby Headphone enabled audio device to mix it down to my CAN's amp'er - it sounded so great with my PC350 and HD 800 And I don't usually take game sound for some nearly as good as a movie but this just worked - atmosphere so think I could cut a knife thought it.
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post #2 of 35
3/5/10 at 11:16am
while i wasnt a fan of the gameplay, the sound was fantastic in the multiplayer demo, even through some not so great logitech's.

the warthog's flying overhead with it's 30mm firing was the best.
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post #3 of 35
3/5/10 at 1:59pm
DICE have always taken care with the audio. You may be surprised how good audio it´s in many of todays games... When they start to cost billions to produce they also start to care about making the audio production top notch
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post #4 of 35
3/5/10 at 7:36pm
Agreed. The sound is definitely one of the strong points of the game. Especially the weapon fire. Overall, way, way above MW2 or many games for that matter.

OP: What do you mean by
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when using 5.1/7.1 and then a Dolby Headphone enabled audio device to mix it down to my CAN's amp'er
I've got an x-fi titanium>ming da mc84-07>stereo cans. What kind of Dolby Headphone enabled audio device are you referring to? Thanks.
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post #5 of 35
3/5/10 at 7:57pm
Billions to produce? I can't wait for the day that it does actually cost that much
But yea man, the trailer was amazing...and I had the Astro Mixamp back in the day and loved the thing; great sound
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post #6 of 35
3/5/10 at 8:02pm
I'm sorry...I'm still gasping at the idea of using HD800's for gaming. LOL. Not that it's bad, mind you, but it sounds like a little overkill.
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post #7 of 35
3/5/10 at 8:09pm
Yeah, like oqvist said, DICE has a great team behind their audio. Pretty impressive
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post #8 of 35
3/5/10 at 8:20pm
Haha.... my first pair of good headphones was bought for games; the sennheiser 555s. I loved those things. Excellent soundstage and an open design to hear my friends yelling (got them for MLG Orlando, Halo 3). Amazing how I can get those from reading here for maybe a week and now look where I am a year later.

s:flo2 -> gold/copper mini -> RSA Tomahawk -> Recable Triple.Fi 10
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post #9 of 35
3/5/10 at 8:49pm
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Originally Posted by Gamerphile View Post
Damm thats the sh**. The kicked up the immersion on notch with this new game and when using 5.1/7.1 and then a Dolby Headphone enabled audio device to mix it down to my CAN's amp'er - it sounded so great with my PC350 and HD 800 And I don't usually take game sound for some nearly as good as a movie but this just worked - atmosphere so think I could cut a knife thought it.
Gaming with the HD800/K1000 is my ultimate dream set up..
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post #10 of 35
3/6/10 at 1:47am
I just got this game last night and have only played about 30 mins of the campaign, but I have played about 2 or 3 hours multiplayer with my brother. The sound really is great. I have two 10" Velodyne subs and my house was being pounded when the mortars were dropping in on me...
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post #11 of 35
3/6/10 at 2:06am
Dolby Headphone can do great things for games. I had an X-Fi Titanium for a short while before I switched to a Xonar DX. CMSS 3D (Creative's alternative) just didn't cut it. Then again, it hardly ever worked right even when the X-Fi wasn't making my computer bluescreen... it's easier to get an ISA TV tuner running under Windows 3.1 than it is to get an X-Fi Titanium to play nice with Windows 7 x64.
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post #12 of 35
3/6/10 at 3:11am
I concur. It sounded great on the beta.

Now if only my PC was powerful enough to run it on something less than low with playable FPS.
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post #13 of 35
3/6/10 at 7:17am
Havent heard BC2 yet, ill have to check it out, but i remember the first time i played halo 2 with my pioneer SE-DIR800C's, and it blew me away. Bungie is another studio that puts a ton of effort into making the audio sound absolutely amazing, if only their graphics were as good...
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post #14 of 35
3/9/10 at 8:02am
so what's the optimal setup for BC2 and x-fi, something like that ? X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone - Guru3D.com Forums

OP what are your in-game settings ? HI-FI and speakcount=6 in settings.ini ?
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post #15 of 35
3/9/10 at 8:48am
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so what's the optimal setup for BC2 and x-fi, something like that ? X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone - Guru3D.com Forums

OP what are your in-game settings ? HI-FI and speakcount=6 in settings.ini ?
Just used "home theater" and remember to set 5.1 in your windows audio settings before hand. Any Dolby product will due as they all use the same but one with S/P-DIF out or very good DAC would be best. Working on modding mine for S/P-DIF.... its a special something i got from someone who isn't supply with S/P-DIF but we are trying to take it out directly from the chip - almost worked last week
BTW stop guessing - it has nothing to do with that amp that DR. Sennheiser hinted might be coming (I still don't know if thats a thing or not - dammit)
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