CoachKevin
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For those interested, I just picked up a pair of the PS3 wireless headphones. There were on sale for $80 at Target so I figured they were worth a shot.
Charging them now.
Charging them now.
Does the mixamp support HDMI audio as well as optical? If it doesn't then it well likely be no use for surround sound gaming on the PC unless his PC support DD Live ( which it probably doesn't). For PC use you're probably better off just buying a soundcard that supports Dolby headphone, rather than converting the audio twice.
Damn, I guess I could just get these and buy most of my games on the PS3, the only 360 exclusive I need to play next year is Halo 4 anyways...
I am guessing the headset works with Netflix and blu ray on the PS3 as well?
Then its a bad recommendation as its quite likely it doesn't fulfill the primary goal in the op.Just optical. But they have two USB portsfor unspecified "future expansion". So I would assume that should HDMI audio become the standard for this stuff they would be delighted to sell us a $49.99 HDMI-USB dongle
What sound card do you have, Eatchildren?
I have the Turtle Beach PX5.
Just supporting DTS isn't enough. It needs to be able to encode to it in real time which is very rare for integrated solutions. Its called DD Live and the Asus support site will let you know if out supports it, though its very unlikely. Ideally you want a sound card that has built in Dolby headphone itself, so you can hook the cans to it directly otherwise you'd be doing two real time conversions which doesn't sound like a good idea to me. Have a look at the Asus Xonar range.Shamefully, I don't. I'm using onboard sound from my Asus P8P69 motherboard, which I honestly don't mind. Realtek supports DTS Surround Sound that I've never bothered using.
I could always buy a sound card too.
I was leaning towards a Turtle Beach set, as work had 20% off all Turtle Beach headsets on top of our staff discount, which meant I'd save a fucking ton, but given the more gamer gamer centric focus (specifically with a mic) I decided to pass and go for an audio dedicated set instead. People seem to love them though.
These aren't out yet... But let me tell you, they are amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q2MdjV3VUc
Yep, those look really awesome since they are the first to integrate the actual wireless Xbox Live voice stuff in, making them the first TRUE wireless surround sound gaming headsets for the 360. They look expensive though and I'm not sure how the actual wireless voice chat sounds compared to having a cable plugged into a controller.
I'd just like to reiterate that surround sound headphones are a nonsense scam. It sounds like you've already found that out though, just making sure.
What powers the audio ?I use Logitech G35s
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001O5CCQK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Awesome sound quality, easy switch to turn on surround vs. stereo, and the microphone can be muted by raising the boom or by pressing a button the left ear piece. it also has some buttons on the ear piece which can be used to control other programs, like for music playback and stuff.
highly recommend em!
Seconded, picked it up for $18 here in Canada. Easily best bang for your buck. Dolby Headphone works pretty darn good even with my music centric Shure SRH-840's which have a pretty weak soundstage overall.Eatchildren, the Asus Xonar DG would be a good choice for a cheap soundcard for your PC. Its got a built in headphone amp and supports Dolby headphone so you don't need to bother with the mixamp at all and best of all its super cheap. Only £20 here in the UK.
Seconded, picked it up for $18 here in Canada. Easily best bang for your buck. Dolby Headphone works pretty darn good even with my music centric Shure SRH-840's which have a pretty weak soundstage overall.
Eatchildren, the Asus Xonar DG would be a good choice for a cheap soundcard for your PC. Its got a built in headphone amp and supports Dolby headphone so you don't need to bother with the mixamp at all and best of all its super cheap. Only £20 here in the UK.
Eatchildren, the Asus Xonar DG would be a good choice for a cheap soundcard for your PC. Its got a built in headphone amp and supports Dolby headphone so you don't need to bother with the mixamp at all and best of all its super cheap. Only £20 here in the UK.
The DSS? You'll need this adapter if you have an older Xbox. Optical cable isn't a problem on the newer slim models though, just hook it up directly without the adapter. (The DSS is optical only.)How are these hooked up to the xbox? I hook my xbox directly into my tv via HDMI.
Eatchildren, the Asus Xonar DG would be a good choice for a cheap soundcard for your PC. Its got a built in headphone amp and supports Dolby headphone so you don't need to bother with the mixamp at all and best of all its super cheap. Only £20 here in the UK.
I highly recommend Roccat Kave 5.1 excellent build quality and sound.
http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gaming-Sound/ROCCAT-Kave-5-1/#crb_1
Alright, I have an Onkyo TX-NR609.. if I hook up a decent set of headphones will it do Dolby Digital through the headphone jack?
I honestly don't care about chat.
The Mixamp does not work with his PC as already established. Well it does, but only for movies. PC games output natively in PCM, not DD and you can't carry multi channel PCM over optical which renders the mix amp useless for PC games.Mixamp works with his consoles and PC. This solution does nothing for his PS3.
Why not? It's all digital to the final stage.Not that you'd even wasn't to mix onboard audio + a real time conversion to DD live + real time conversion to Dolby headphone anyway.
No its a better solution imo. It means you can hook the headphones up directly to the source. Foregoing the mixamp's own conversion.You beautiful man.
Purchases are looking like;
- AD700
- Asus Xonar DG
- Astro Mixamp Pro
They fit in my budget and this covers both my PC and console gaming thoroughly.
All I need to do is squeeze the trigger.
EDIT: The Asus Xonar DG doesn't seem to have Dolby Digital Live, just Dolby Headphone. Will this be an issue?
I'd be worrying about the potential of increased latency or the quality of the real time conversion if you need to add in another compressed audio conversion into the pipeline first. Surely its better to go directly from the PCM audio to Dolby Headphone than concert to the lossy DD 5.1 first? I've read complaints about DD Live adding latency, so why bother with the potential side effects when you don't have to? The signal-to-noise ratio of the on board solution isn't going to matter of course.Why not? It's all digital to the final stage.
sounds like your phones are jacked up.