chicolom
Headphoneus Supremus
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I see the CALs are back down to $65 on amazon. That's a very good price an about as low as they ever go (most of the time they stay at $99)
No wonder you dont want virtual surround. That Turtle Beach demo is absolutely WORTHLESS. Trust me, do not take that into account at all. Trust me, its worthwhile getting a virtual surround amp first, and something cheap like the KSC75 first.
Also most good headphones havs 40mm drivers. Driver size does not equal quality.
True that having larger drivers doesn't mean it will automatically sound better, but a lot of the top of the line headphones that I've seen have 50mm or larger drivers(even a lot of the highly rated cheap phones like the Monoprice DJ and Superlux phones). I'm certainly not against getting smaller driver headphones if the quality is better. I can see the appeal of directional audio and I would consider getting an amp if I really like the regular stereo setup. I would think better headphones would benefit from the surround processing a lot more than a cheap clip-on set. Hopefully more reviews of the Monoprice pop up soon. I'm kind of skeptical of the actual headphones themselves, they have smaller drivers than the Monorice DJ set and I kind of get the feeling that Monoprice cut corners on the headset itself to include all of the extra goodies.
Edit - Nevermind all that, I just caved and bought the Monoprice 7.1 headset. Hopefully I can cancel the splitter cable I ordered since I won't have any use for it.
I still have a LOT of testing to do. But one MAJOR disadvantage so far is that when talking on xbox live, I get a TON of feedback.
As far as game SQ, if the Astro mixamp is a 10, this is probably an ~8.5 when set on the music setting. When on default setting, it seems VERY muddy, and even on the music setting there is slight muddiness and the rear cues seem lacking. These will most likely be getting returned due to the Xbox Live feedback..
More tomorrow, we have a 1 week old baby that needs tending to.
-Erik
Quite sure an older HK receiver with Dolby Headphone would suit the HE400 best. The new HK receivers dont have DH, but use HK's own virtual surround which I have no idea what they do.
The HE400 is pretty good for immersive gaming, but arent the best for competitive. Just keep that in mind.
The review that someone linked to above said there were problems with certain xbox controllers (if this is the case, I'll be keeping it and for newbies this would be an awesome way to get into the world of DH, with some upgradability). I will try a couple of different controllers tomorrow when I am messing with it more and see if that helps or not. Anything you guys want to know/see about the headset itself?
-Erik
If your talking about Harman Kardon "Logic 7 processing" it appear to be something that takes 2-channels and can expand it to (I think) a 7.1 surround sound.
So maybe something like the old Dolby Surround, but without the multi channel encoding that Dolby Surround uses.
It started off as something Harman/kardon started off using in their car audio.
At least that's all the info i've been able to find.