Tohex
100+ Head-Fier
Hey All,
As a new recruit on Head-Fi I wanted to introduce myself and open a thread so that someone might push me in the right direction/threads. I have owned and whittled down over the years many headphones and now have some great options, getting the best out of something is where I find joy and audio is no exception. Which leads onto my next endeavour, I am looking for that next level in positional audio when gaming. I own and dislike the Astro Mixamp TR because it's plagued with a terrible metallic like echo that is acknowledged but has gone months unaddressed by Astro themselves... with an update that always seems to be 'being worked on'. I'm guessing they'll likely upgrade the unit within the year, which I don't really want to be a part of. I want to seek elsewhere as my readings leave me to believe that Dolby Headphone is no longer the best option as it was when the Astro A40s first came out.
I have a desire to understand the ins and outs of the whole Virtual Surround Sound space and it's many different forms a bit better. Correct me if wrong; Creative's CMSS 3D was the king in its day, I even had a Titanium HD up until I sold it recently when I moved to an ITX sized mobo and rig. However, the king of VSS today seems a much harder thing to nail down. I still see all these internal PCIe units on offer for hundreds of dollars with an almost indistinguishable differentiation across the board. I hope to find some clarity on these forums to help me weed out the marketing hype. I long for a clean, accurate and approachable solution which will give me a line out so that I can feed it into a proper headphones amplifier like Schiit's Jotunheim. That way I am getting a brilliant and psuedo separate solution for both music and for gaming that I can switch between at will.
If anyone has any recommendations on reading or watching I'd greatly appreciate your help. Otherwise, wish me luck on a what will likely be a confusing and triumphant-less journey as I get fed up and fail to crack the code.
As a new recruit on Head-Fi I wanted to introduce myself and open a thread so that someone might push me in the right direction/threads. I have owned and whittled down over the years many headphones and now have some great options, getting the best out of something is where I find joy and audio is no exception. Which leads onto my next endeavour, I am looking for that next level in positional audio when gaming. I own and dislike the Astro Mixamp TR because it's plagued with a terrible metallic like echo that is acknowledged but has gone months unaddressed by Astro themselves... with an update that always seems to be 'being worked on'. I'm guessing they'll likely upgrade the unit within the year, which I don't really want to be a part of. I want to seek elsewhere as my readings leave me to believe that Dolby Headphone is no longer the best option as it was when the Astro A40s first came out.
I have a desire to understand the ins and outs of the whole Virtual Surround Sound space and it's many different forms a bit better. Correct me if wrong; Creative's CMSS 3D was the king in its day, I even had a Titanium HD up until I sold it recently when I moved to an ITX sized mobo and rig. However, the king of VSS today seems a much harder thing to nail down. I still see all these internal PCIe units on offer for hundreds of dollars with an almost indistinguishable differentiation across the board. I hope to find some clarity on these forums to help me weed out the marketing hype. I long for a clean, accurate and approachable solution which will give me a line out so that I can feed it into a proper headphones amplifier like Schiit's Jotunheim. That way I am getting a brilliant and psuedo separate solution for both music and for gaming that I can switch between at will.
If anyone has any recommendations on reading or watching I'd greatly appreciate your help. Otherwise, wish me luck on a what will likely be a confusing and triumphant-less journey as I get fed up and fail to crack the code.
