[martin vegas]

I've gone through so many headphones, I can't even remember lol. I have own two other Shures (840 and 1840), though, so you may be right. I think it was the 1840, hurt when I had sold it, but soon after discovered the K612 for a fraction of the cost.

I have the 1540, I use them with a Apollo twin and MacBook pro for recording music and video editing p.s I can't believe any of them portable usb dac/headphone amps get good reviews on what hifi!

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

I went and rented killzone 3 for Playstation Now. One thing is for certain: Playstation Now is (at least currently, in the BETA) only outputting in stereo. Absolutely no virtual surround cues. Just left/right and in between. In fact, rear cues actually sounded like they were in front of me for some reason.

latency is decent, and quality is... well i never played this game, so I can't be certain it isn't compressded looking in comparison to the game running off the PS3 itself, instead of the PS4 through streaming.

 

[martin vegas]

I went and rented killzone 3 for Playstation Now. One thing is for certain: Playstation Now is (at least currently, in the BETA) only outputting in stereo. Absolutely no virtual surround cues. Just left/right and in between. In fact, rear cues actually sounded like they were in front of me for some reason.

latency is decent, and quality is... well i never played this game, so I can't be certain it isn't compressded looking in comparison to the game running off the PS3 itself, instead of the PS4 through streaming.

I just want to play the original silent hill and resident evil 2 when now finally comes to England!

 

[Yethal]

They need at least 10x servers for PS Now to fly. Right now lag is too noticeable.
 
On a completely unrelated note, is there anybody who has Astros A50 and wishes to give the new usb transmitter a shot?

 

[gerpogi]

For the sb omni owners, I have a question :

Is there a way to just turn omni into an amp and amp up the volume for my mobo's realtek driver (alc892)?
I just wanted to test my motherboards realtek driver software's features and such but the volume is kinda low if I just plug in my headphones directly...
So yeah is that possible?

 

[Mad Lust Envy]

They need at least 10x servers for PS Now to fly. Right now lag is too noticeable.

On a completely unrelated note, is there anybody who has Astros A50 and wishes to give the new usb transmitter a shot?

Dunno how good your connection is, but the lag is minimal for me. It is definitely there, but a non-timing sensitive game wouldn't have problems at all. I get more lag streaming to the Vita than I do with PS Now.

Killzone 3 is a bad game to test though, since KZ has always had like a built in lag to the controls to give you a feel of 'added weight', which I think is utter BS. PS Now doesn't do KZ3 any favors.

 

[Stillhart]

For the sb omni owners, I have a question :

Is there a way to just turn omni into an amp and amp up the volume for my mobo's realtek driver (alc892)?
I just wanted to test my motherboards realtek driver software's features and such but the volume is kinda low if I just plug in my headphones directly...
So yeah is that possible?

Not that I know of, sorry.

 

[Yethal]

Dunno how good your connection is, but the lag is minimal for me. It is definitely there, but a non-timing sensitive game wouldn't have problems at all. I get more lag streaming to the Vita than I do with PS Now.

Killzone 3 is a bad game to test though, since KZ has always had like a built in lag to the controls to give you a feel of 'added weight', which I think is utter BS. PS Now doesn't do KZ3 any favors.

I can't even connect to it 90% of the time, the network test fails more often than not

 

[Change is Good]

^You're going to have to upgrade your internet, I believe. Do a network connection test under settings to check your download and upload speed.

 

[Yethal]

^You're going to have to upgrade your internet, I believe. Do a network connection test under settings to check your download and upload speed.

Nah, I'm pretty sure the cause of this is that I'm based in Europe and I use US-based proxy server to connect. Still, the netcode could have been better

 

[weibz]

  Hello there,
I've started one thread and redirected here.
Here is my question :
I'm more of a gamer and music fan.
I've a creative ZXR sbx card and wanna use it for gaming and music.
I don't own any amp or dac or whatsoever.
for the past years I've been using gaming headset with virtual surround sound but now I wanna use sound card and audiophile headphone.
Here is my priorities :
1- large and big sound stage
2- I'm not bass head but like bass more than treable because very highs pierce my head
3- I've had big head and prefer big cups
4- I like closed back more than open but sound stage is very very more than important to me
These are my options :
First if you think there is another pair please don't hesitate to tell me.
1- HD 800
2- HD 700
3- HD 650
4- DT 990 600 ohm
5- DT 990 250 ohm
6- K701
7- K712
8- Denon 7000
9- Denon 7100
10- T1
11- T90
12- Razer Kraken Forged
And one another question :
I wanna use creative surround sound but is there any headphone amp or dac that I can connect to ZXR and benefit its sbx system without any distortion?
Because I've heard that I can't use PC virtual surround sound with dacs.
Thanks in advance for your time and help

 
I have Soundblaster Z, and ive tried AD700, Sennheiser PC360, and Q701. Q701 is the best for competitive use in CS:GO.

 

[DesmondKSA]

What is the best sound card for Philips Fidelio X1. Because this headphone needs 500 mW

 

[imac2much]

Played some Homefront today with my Omni and HP100.  Homefront has some janky issues regarding sound, but the surround sound is pretty noticeable in the first stage, especially when a tank comes by destroying all your cover.  
 
I also played some Blops 2 today, and the extra polish is immediately noticeable.  The sound quality is fantastic, but sometimes the vocals sound a bit distant with the Omni.  I didn't have this problem with Homefront so I'm not sure what is causing that.  Also, I don't know if this is normal, but whenever I adjust volume using the Omni, I get kicked out of my full screen game... not a big deal because I don't have to adjust volume too often, but still rather annoying.

 

[Stillhart]

  Played some Homefront today with my Omni and HP100.  Homefront has some janky issues regarding sound, but the surround sound is pretty noticeable in the first stage, especially when a tank comes by destroying all your cover.  
 
I also played some Blops 2 today, and the extra polish is immediately noticeable.  The sound quality is fantastic, but sometimes the vocals sound a bit distant with the Omni.  I didn't have this problem with Homefront so I'm not sure what is causing that.  Also, I don't know if this is normal, but whenever I adjust volume using the Omni, I get kicked out of my full screen game... not a big deal because I don't have to adjust volume too often, but still rather annoying.

I play in windowed-fullscreen whever it's offered.  This lets you alt-tab without drama and would likely fix this issue as well.

 

[AxelCloris]

If anyone's still awake, come join me in watching @Change is Good get his butt eaten in The Last of Us.
 
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