[Abula]

HI,

I just wanted to see if someone have tried this, are they good for $55?

Zalman 5.1 Surround Sound Headphones

Thanks for any info,
Pablo

 

[adhoc]

150hz is an IMO seriously high cutoff for bass.

 

[jarthel]

I doubt that the 5.1 function of the headphone would even sound good.

 

[Nights_85]

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Originally posted by adhoc 150hz is an IMO seriously high cutoff for bass.

all the boom, without all that excess deepness and clarity no one wants

 

[Gluegun]

Let me tell you about something. There is a technology called "Dolby Headphone". It lets you take a QUALITY, "normal" headphone, plug it into your computer, and using your software DVD player, downmix a 5.1 channel DVD into full surround sound for any headphone. Remember, with the right virtualization, you can get full spherical surround sound from ANY set of quality headphones... so the best way to get that "surround" feeling from headphones would be to get something that has good stereo imaging and a good soundstage, and use WinDVD or PowerDVD for the Dolby Headphone feature, with a quality sound card...

 

[Nights_85]

strange I've got dolby headphone on my md and it isn't all THAT good.. I prfer listening to it in normal mode

 

[bootman]

What model MD has dolby headphone?

 

[Gluegun]

It's the difference between dolby headphone being applied to a STEREO source, or a Dolby Digital 5.1 source. If you use Dolby headphone the way it is meant to be -- to downmix a DD5.1 stream into binaural for headphones -- it's great...

 

[Abula]

Heres a review

Toms Hardware Review : Zalman ZM-RS6F The First 5.1 Headphones

Probably not the best place to review headphones, but it is the frist review that I seen about this Headphones.

 

[Snufkin]

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The quality of the rear effects channels and the center channel (which should be more dominant) is inferior to that of a normal multi-channel speaker system.

*gasp*
Who would've thought, a ~$50 pair of headphones not sounding as good as a proper 5.1 speaker setup?

First 5.1 headphones indeed.

The less sales products like this get, the better off we'll all be!
Just gimme some decent binaural material or some of that Lake audio stuff and I'll be happy.

 

[sfxjames]

To those who aren't getting an effective demenstration of dolby headphone, THE TRUTH IS IN THE SET-UP.

Try using a dvd palm player. Those things are not built cheap. This was how I manage to hear my first effective demenstration with dolby headphone. Incredible. Everything up to the front imaging seemed perfect.

No wonder it takes a high quality amplifier as big as the denon to re-create the dolby headphone image. No other amps are quality enough to do it.


All my equipment, my PC, my wow thing box, my dvd player and my stereo could not relay the same image that this little dvd player could because of the quality of headphone jack. A good headphone jack will balance center information IN THE CENTER and not off center like most cheap jacks do. According to what I've read it's the amp from the philips which will improve the imaging and soundstage. I'm sure that thing will be tailored to effectivly make an even greater dolby headphone sound image.

One thing to remember.

We all know that dolby headphone and dolby surround have one thing in common and I think we all know what that one thing is.

think hard

 

[sfxjames]

blah, blah, blah!

Nevermind

don't have an 5.1 amplifier

just a dvd with 5.1 output jacks, not really an amp with the player at all.

I can't even use them without buying a 5.1 amplifier so forget that.