Surround Sound Headphones – A Gamer’s Dream!
Surround sound headphones are a worthy investment if you play a lot of games on your PC. Most gamers have only been using the typical two speaker setup. You are missing out! If you use a good set of headphones that have surround sound, you can pick up the minute details of the game that will make your play better. You can actually hear enemies sneaking up behind you in certain games and from what direction.
Some headphones, with all of the built in electronics, can be a little heavy and may not be for eveyone. I have actually been accused of cheating because I was able to get that much better while using the surround sound. If you are serious about your gaming like me, then you should use every available technology to your advantage. I don’t think that is cheating and you shouldn’t either.
Let me give you some technical details of the better surround sound headphones. Some models have discrete drivers that mimic the full components a surround sound system. They replicate the middle front speaker, called the center speaker for dialog. To the side of the drivers will be front speakers which output the normal stereo sound that we are accustomed to hearing. Then we have two rear speakers for the surround sound and finally a dedicated subwoofer for the lowest bass sounds.
The newest models of headphones actually have all of those little speakers built into the oversized ear cups. If you carefully open up the ear piece you will see a center driver, a front driver, a surround driver and a sub driver. Spacing of the drivers allows enough separation of sound to mimic the sound of a home theatre loudspeaker system.
I know what you are thinking, do they actually work? Yes! There are tons of reviews stating how well they work. The downside is their weight. They are heavier than other headphones. Another great feature is these headphones will usually come with a multi-channel usb audio adapter. You can just plug it into the computer’s usb port and it will drive all of the speaker channels right to the surround headset.