Out Of Your Head - new virtual surround simulator

[Maelob]

Darin thanks, for the clarification.

 

[sling5s]

I could not get it to work on my Mac with Yosemite.  I deleted it but it still shows on my Amarra setting.

 

[darinf]

  I could not get it to work on my Mac with Yosemite.  I deleted it but it still shows on my Amarra setting.

What problems were you having when you had it installed? It's not exactly just plug and play since you usually have to configure your media player app to send audio to the Out Of Your Head audio device. Also, make sure you have the latest version downloaded. Earlier versions had problems with driver signing (security) for the Out Of Your Head driver.
 
To uninstall, you have to use the Out Of Your Head uninstaller. You cannot just delete the app in the Applications folder. There are actually three components that get installed. One of which is an audio driver that must be removed by using the uninstaller. 
 
The uninstaller is in the .dmg file you downloaded. Just open the .dmg file and you can double click on the uninstaller.

 

[SavantGarde]

  Out Of Your Head is software only, so there is no way to do any measurements with microphones, etc. So, the short answer is, no, Out Of Your Head does not do any EQ. However, if you have us do custom measurements, then we can incorporate the headphone EQ measurements into a custom preset for your ears and your headphones. Or for anyone who has Realiser measurements, we can use those to incorporate the headphone EQ into a custom Out Of Your Head preset.

OK, then. I thought that maybe OOYH corrected for a typical/average headphones-pinna-ear-canal transfer function.

 

[hoth]

Wow. I am just blown away by OOYH. I have been into audio for a while now but I have never experienced a surround effect so immersive and one that feels so natural to real life. I'll write more of a review with different equipment of mine in case it would help somebody. But right now I'm getting lost in music in a way I have not before.   

 

[dmbr]

Would someone who has tried both OOYH and the Dolby Headphone Config in Foobar http://www.head-fi.org/t/555263/foobar2000-dolby-headphone-config-comment-discuss please tell me how the two compare?

Thanks.

 

[Brooko]

Would someone who has tried both OOYH and the Dolby Headphone Config in Foobar http://www.head-fi.org/t/555263/foobar2000-dolby-headphone-config-comment-discuss please tell me how the two compare?

Thanks.

 
The dolby headphone config is pretty good (and cheap) - and it does give the impression of widening the sound stage and giving a 3D like presentation.  But that is as far as it goes for me.  I still use it sometimes at work.
 
OOYH though actually sounds like a real room to me (if you get the right preset to suit your preferences).  It is spookily real sounding with a lot of my music, and totally imersive for movies.
 
Big difference for me - dolby gives you a nice impression - but still sounds like a dsp.  OOYH sounds like the real thing.
 
I have no regrets at all purchasing it.

 

[olegausany]

Would someone who has tried both OOYH and the Dolby Headphone Config in Foobar http://www.head-fi.org/t/555263/foobar2000-dolby-headphone-config-comment-discuss please tell me how the two compare?

Thanks.

 
The dolby headphone config is pretty good (and cheap) - and it does give the impression of widening the sound stage and giving a 3D like presentation.  But that is as far as it goes for me.  I still use it sometimes at work.
 
OOYH though actually sounds like a real room to me (if you get the right preset to suit your preferences).  It is spookily real sounding with a lot of my music, and totally imersive for movies.
 
Big difference for me - dolby gives you a nice impression - but still sounds like a dsp.  OOYH sounds like the real thing.
 
I have no regrets at all purchasing it.

+1 cause it sounds more holographic and you can hear room's ambience where the speakers you chose are installed

 

[dmbr]

Just tried the trial...I prefer DH; more distinct sound placement.

Thanks for your reply, Oleg.

 

[Brooko]

Just tried the trial...I prefer DH; more distinct sound placement.

Thanks for your reply, Oleg.

 
If you give it a couple of days rather than a short listen, you might change your mind 

.  I know I did. 
 
But if you prefer dolby-hph, it is still a pretty good alternative.  I continue to use both - but my pref is definitely OOYH.

 

[olegausany]

Just tried the trial...I prefer DH; more distinct sound placement.

Thanks for your reply, Oleg.

What player you tried it with?

 

[olegausany]

Also make sure you try different presets before making decisions

 

[dmbr]

I tried it with foobar...could only get DS to work, WASAPI gave an unrecoverable playback error. JRiver didn't detect the virtual device at all :/

Sampled every preset.

I did prefer it to stereo, and it sounds less "sterile", but the sounds just didn't sound like they were coming from distinct channels; the directionality was blurred, less distinct.

 

[darinf]

I tried it with foobar...could only get DS to work, WASAPI gave an unrecoverable playback error. JRiver didn't detect the virtual device at all :/

Sampled every preset.

I did prefer it to stereo, and it sounds less "sterile", but the sounds just didn't sound like they were coming from distinct channels; the directionality was blurred, less distinct.

DS should work with just about any player including JRiver. I use JRiver for all my demo systems at meets, etc. Not sure why Out Of Your Head would not show up in JRiver. Could be an installation issue.
 
With any player using WASAPI,  you have to make sure you are converting all sample rates to 48kHz/24bit or 23bit before sending the audio to Out Of Your Head. If you don't do any sample rate conversion, Out Of Your Head will not work with any sample rates other than 48kHz/24bit or 32bit.
 
That's why I like JRiver since it will do the sample rate conversion in real-time for WASAPI and it also plays video/surround movies.

 

[dmbr]

I did try re sampling to 48, but to avail