soundnoob
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First and foremost, I am a complete noob. Please forgive my ignorance.
Also, there is a tl;dr at the bottom, but reading the whole post would be great
I have scoured the forums, and come across so much information, a lot of it has been conflicting and at this point I am so confused that I felt just posting my questions would help me more.
The regulars here are probably sick of answering the same questions again and again but if they could, I would really appreciate it!
I am looking to get a surround sound thingy for my headphones (Sennheiser HD 555), which I will use for both movies and games equally on my PS3.
After research, I have come to the conclusion that the two solutions are:
Victor SU-DH1
Astro Mixamp
But I am not entirely sure about which one to get.
People have said if you want movies, go for the Victor because of DTS compatibility, which the Mixamp does not have and apparently most movies are encoded in DTS?
I have read varying reports on the Astro Mixamp with movies, some have trashed it for being absolutely horrendous while others have said it is pretty good for movies. I know sound experiences are subjective but varying from HORRIBLE --> Pretty Good is not very informative for a nubcake.
Also, is DTS just Dolby Digital, at a higher bitrate?
The Victor SU-DH1 seems more complicated, and difficult to acquire so I'm leaning towards the Mixamp a little bit more at this point.
However is the Astro Mixamp good for games AND movies? I know it works well in games, but what about movies?
Because I would like a solution that provides both good surround sound gaming and surround sound movie.
With regard to this whole DTS ordeal, from what I understand, since bluray audio is encoded in DTS-HD (and I will watch mostly Bluray movies), I CANNOT use the Astro Mixamp to get the Surround Sound experience from a movie encoded with DTS, if I do use the Mixamp, I will get regular stereo. If I want a surround sound movie experience with the Astro Mixamp, I require a movie with audio encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1.
Assuming I get the Mixamp, my setup would have to look like this (please correct)
PS3 connected with...a Toslink cable(?), and that cable connects to the mixamp, and my headphones are plugged into the mixamp.
On the PS3, I would have to change the setting to Dolby Digital 5.1.
A lot of questions, and if any could be answered, I would appreciate it.
tl;dr
Victor SU-DH1 or Astro Mixamp. I want to use it with my PS3 for movies AND games equally.
I do not care about voice chat.
Thank you very much.
Also, there is a tl;dr at the bottom, but reading the whole post would be great
I have scoured the forums, and come across so much information, a lot of it has been conflicting and at this point I am so confused that I felt just posting my questions would help me more.
The regulars here are probably sick of answering the same questions again and again but if they could, I would really appreciate it!
I am looking to get a surround sound thingy for my headphones (Sennheiser HD 555), which I will use for both movies and games equally on my PS3.
After research, I have come to the conclusion that the two solutions are:
Victor SU-DH1
Astro Mixamp
But I am not entirely sure about which one to get.
People have said if you want movies, go for the Victor because of DTS compatibility, which the Mixamp does not have and apparently most movies are encoded in DTS?
I have read varying reports on the Astro Mixamp with movies, some have trashed it for being absolutely horrendous while others have said it is pretty good for movies. I know sound experiences are subjective but varying from HORRIBLE --> Pretty Good is not very informative for a nubcake.
Also, is DTS just Dolby Digital, at a higher bitrate?
The Victor SU-DH1 seems more complicated, and difficult to acquire so I'm leaning towards the Mixamp a little bit more at this point.
However is the Astro Mixamp good for games AND movies? I know it works well in games, but what about movies?
Because I would like a solution that provides both good surround sound gaming and surround sound movie.
With regard to this whole DTS ordeal, from what I understand, since bluray audio is encoded in DTS-HD (and I will watch mostly Bluray movies), I CANNOT use the Astro Mixamp to get the Surround Sound experience from a movie encoded with DTS, if I do use the Mixamp, I will get regular stereo. If I want a surround sound movie experience with the Astro Mixamp, I require a movie with audio encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1.
Assuming I get the Mixamp, my setup would have to look like this (please correct)
PS3 connected with...a Toslink cable(?), and that cable connects to the mixamp, and my headphones are plugged into the mixamp.
On the PS3, I would have to change the setting to Dolby Digital 5.1.
A lot of questions, and if any could be answered, I would appreciate it.
tl;dr
Victor SU-DH1 or Astro Mixamp. I want to use it with my PS3 for movies AND games equally.
I do not care about voice chat.
Thank you very much.
