[GreenFloyd]

Are they?

What are some of the best mid-range in terms of price phones I can get? I want surround and comfortable

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[commando]

Pretty much all headphones "surround" your head... but no headphone's gona give you the 5.1 experience.

 

[GreenFloyd]

Oh, I thought there were 5.1 surround headphones ?

 

[commando]

Yep, but they're meant to be crap. There was a thread on it in the last couple of days in the headphones forum, have a dig around for that. The general opinion, IIRC, was they're overpriced crap.

 

[elliot]

You could get open headphones, and use them along with speakers. Or you could maybe make a real 2.1 headphone system if you just play a sub along with your cans

 

[Takashi]

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Originally Posted by GreenFloyd Are they? What are some of the best mid-range in terms of price phones I can get? I want surround and comfortable .

Not sure what "mid-range" price for you, but Pioneer's SE-DIR800C is a very good surround (not 5.1ch but Dolby Headphone) headphone system.

 

[Taurui]

The CD780 aren't even supposed to be surround, they're normal overpriced sony stereo headphones.

 

[GreenFloyd]

Do surround-sound headphones really even sound much difference than nice stereo headphones? Is there much of a difference, or is it really just a gimmick?

Oh, and how do you listen to headphones and speakers at the same time? I think I pulled it off once, but I don't remember how I did it.

 

[commando]

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Originally Posted by GreenFloyd Do surround-sound headphones really even sound much difference than nice stereo headphones? Is there much of a difference, or is it really just a gimmick? Oh, and how do you listen to headphones and speakers at the same time? I think I pulled it off once, but I don't remember how I did it.

Gimmick, and turn the stereo up

 

[Damage]

Frankly, if you have any sort of decent headphones with even remotely decent soundstage, you'll get better surround out of that than the fake sounding faux surround creatin' "surround" headphones. The 780s should have fairly decent soundstage if the lower ended 580s are anything to go by.

 

[GreenFloyd]

What is the technical difference between surround phones and like the ones I have that aren't marked as so?

 

[Steve999]

Glad to see another CD580 fan. I'm a massive CD580 and CD780 fan (I have both). They have very different sound signatures, BTW. The CD580 is more like the V6; the CD780 is more like the A900 / CD3000. Soundstage on both the C580 and CD780 is quite good, IMHO.

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Originally Posted by Damage Frankly, if you have any sort of decent headphones with even remotely decent soundstage, you'll get better surround out of that than the fake sounding faux surround creatin' "surround" headphones. The 780s should have fairly decent soundstage if the lower ended 580s are anything to go by.

 

[Eric F]

Dolby Headphone is quite good, and is a fine substitute for a 5.1 setup (late night listening, apartments, etc).

I highly recommend people check out the Pioneer setup that Takashi recommended. I own a pair and I don't see how I ever did without them.