Hocenut1
New Head-Fier
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I am new here, this is my 2nd post, and thank all of those who quickly responded to my first question. I am desperately seeking a portable solution for surround like headphones, X-box in basement and Big screen home theater upstairs on main floor.
It sounds like nearly everyone here feels that most, if not all, surround sound headphone products are mostly gimmick (short of the Hearo line), which while diappointing to me is good info, as I dont want to spend my money foolishly.
Goals: Late night movies as realistic as possible through headphones, and take advantage of dolby digital sound on X-box (Halo, etc.)
I considered the Thrustmaster T-510's, but it sound like they automatically shut off during loads and cut-scenes, and no DTS decoding. Looked at the Philips HD1500 and cant seem to get them in the U.S., and I am farily sure HC Technology might be out business after 2 weeks of trying to contact them.
I didn't want to spend multiples hundreds of dollars, and cant really, but I did have an idea, and just dont know enough about headphone technology to deem if it makes sense.
Here goes: Creative labs makes a spearate decoder, for $150, the DDTS-100, which has dual headphone inputs and decodes basically every possible format to date. If I paired that with a decent set of stereo headphones, which also seems by most people's opinions here to be better for movies anyway, then I have a nice set up.
I know this wouldn't be a tiny portable decoder, but still a good investment perhaps. And if I start with just decent cans first maybe around $50.00, I have a $200 set up that might sound great. And then later when the wife's not looking, pick up some A900's or something. Also, I could still move the creative labs unti from the basement upstairs fairly easily, yes?
Will this give me a good surround experience for movies and games? Thoughts, changes, other suggestions?
Thanks, maybe others are looking for the same thing I am.
Here is the creative labs porduct link:
http://us.creative.com/products/prod...8&nav=features
It sounds like nearly everyone here feels that most, if not all, surround sound headphone products are mostly gimmick (short of the Hearo line), which while diappointing to me is good info, as I dont want to spend my money foolishly.
Goals: Late night movies as realistic as possible through headphones, and take advantage of dolby digital sound on X-box (Halo, etc.)
I considered the Thrustmaster T-510's, but it sound like they automatically shut off during loads and cut-scenes, and no DTS decoding. Looked at the Philips HD1500 and cant seem to get them in the U.S., and I am farily sure HC Technology might be out business after 2 weeks of trying to contact them.
I didn't want to spend multiples hundreds of dollars, and cant really, but I did have an idea, and just dont know enough about headphone technology to deem if it makes sense.
Here goes: Creative labs makes a spearate decoder, for $150, the DDTS-100, which has dual headphone inputs and decodes basically every possible format to date. If I paired that with a decent set of stereo headphones, which also seems by most people's opinions here to be better for movies anyway, then I have a nice set up.
I know this wouldn't be a tiny portable decoder, but still a good investment perhaps. And if I start with just decent cans first maybe around $50.00, I have a $200 set up that might sound great. And then later when the wife's not looking, pick up some A900's or something. Also, I could still move the creative labs unti from the basement upstairs fairly easily, yes?
Will this give me a good surround experience for movies and games? Thoughts, changes, other suggestions?
Thanks, maybe others are looking for the same thing I am.
Here is the creative labs porduct link:
http://us.creative.com/products/prod...8&nav=features