Audio Realism Breakthrough... With HEADPHONES

[KR...]

An intensely realistic system with headphones appears to be feasible

http://www.stereophile.com/news/070504mtb/

 

[Aman]

Wow!

I wonder how much $$$ this will burn through our wallets..

 

[ampgalore]

NO!!!!!!!!

I thought I was FINALLY done revamping my headphone rig!!!!!!


Now I have to revamp everything all over AGAIN!

 

[lizzardfire]

lol

 

[cosmopragma]

Finally some dreams come true.
That means that headphones will be superior in any regards, not only clarity and resolution/detail.
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I wonder how much $$$ this will burn through our wallets..

Could become affordable soon.This is a potential mass market.
Gamers will love it.Todays astounding and rapidly evolving realtime computer graphics are driven by the game market, similar could happen for audio.
Good news.

 

[elnero]

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Originally Posted by cosmopragma Could become affordable soon.This is a potential mass market. Gamers will love it.Todays astounding and rapidly evolving realtime computer graphics are driven by the game market, similar could happen for audio. Good news.

Good point. When gamers realize how much of an advantage a good pair of headphones is it's often hard for them to turn back. I've been accused of cheating numerous times with people screaming about me having wall hacks and other b.s. when in reality I believe my biggest advantage is my headphones and knowing when someone is close by and what direction they're coming.

 

[wallijonn]

If the technology has any merit, chances are that Creative will buy it out and it will never be heard from again. They bought out Samsura so Samsura cards will either drop off the face of the Earth or drivers will no longer be updated. They did it with Aureal. How many Aureal 3.0 games have you seen?

 

[cosmopragma]

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Originally Posted by wallijonn If the technology has any merit, chances are that Creative will buy it out and it will never be heard from again. They bought out Samsura so Samsura cards will either drop off the face of the Earth or drivers will no longer be updated. They did it with Aureal. How many Aureal 3.0 games have you seen?

I like to think positive.
Maybe Creative will licence this technology since they need a killer feature in order to convince millions of gamers to invest in a new soundcard (and the required accessories like headphones and motion trackers).
A buy out could prove impossible since those university guys have well payed jobs already, they don't need the fast buck, but the exclusive right to use it for gaming purposes is very likely.
Creative will insist on it, otherwise no deal.
At this stage a few avant-garde artists will jump in, fiddling around with this new technology for non gaming purposes like they do today with consumer graphic cards.
Creative will add this feature to their EMU pro line of soundcards since hardware and software are already there.
Microsoft definitely needs this "total reality audio" for their Xbox 3 or they are out of business soon.Add another few million gamers.
Sony, Senn and Ety will deliver after market quality gear, the market is huge enough.
For a new format it's all about momentum.
Now we have millions of young users, exactly the target group the music industry is traditionally aiming at.
Time for recording engineers to adopt this technology.
Since computer guys are much faster than those snaillike hifi companies all this could happen within our lifetime, maybe 6 years from now on.
Just another alternative reality.