The very same! The DTS: X headphone is the free trial option within that DTS Sound Unbound app. This is the same DTS X Headphone 2.0 they demoed way back in 2014 to exclusive invite-only press core. They have a library of tunings for several headphones, though HD 700 wasn't among the list, so I...

If anyone's interested, I am reporting on DTS:X for Headphones that is currently only available on the insider ring builds. Being a long time user of Dolby Headphone DH2 mode for gaming, I was curious what these new Spatial Sound APIs can offer today. I've tried all of them. Dolby Atmos for...

Quote:   Sorry for the very reply (probably too late by now, but anyway) Based on your needs Xonar U3 is definitely not for you.   No I have no experience with the FiiO E10, I am getting a FiiO E11 though, which is just an amp, to go with my Xonar U3 because at certain low range...

Quote: In BF3 with the surround enhancement option ticked any stereo headphone gets Dolby like effects. Its a HRTF nonetheless, just don't know what type it is. If its licensed or if they made one on their own. Dolby has listed this game on their site, not sure what that means. Certainly...

Yeah the Xonars have bloatware free GUIs and that's a good thing. Creatives stuff no matter how good they sound for the PCI cards they have serious issues with crashing bloatware GUIs.   The GX2.5 EAX emulator works pretty well to my untrained ears I guess. I couldn't really tell the...

Quote:     Well two options for you but based on if you need any surround sound ability for games and movies. If thats the case then Xonar U3 hands down but you will loose support for the 24bit formats that you have. You can read more on my findings...

Quote: The Xonar U3. Hands down.  I have both the the Xonar U3 and the X-Fi 5.1 Pro USB (bigger brother of the X-Fi Go).   Both sound good on all effects switched off and no custom equalizers. But the surround sound options are where they are worlds apart.   Xonar U3 has Dolby...