Surround sound on stereo headphones

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Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby Hicky » Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:44 pm

I've been considering for a while buying surround sound headphones for ED. But by chance on the main forums a poster mentioned this software.

http://www.razerzone.com/gb-en/surround

I honestly did not think it would work, but how wrong I was and it has increased immersion ten fold. I used the free version for a bit, but for the extra refinement I paid the £11 for the upgrade.

If you are thinking of buying surround sound headphones, give this software a try it might save you a bit of money in the long run.

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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby de Carabas » Sun Feb 22, 2015 6:44 pm

Interesting! I'll give it a go. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby Cmdr Kharma » Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:25 pm

Hmmm.....

Have to take a peek at that.....

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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby Xebeth » Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:58 pm

Yep, been using the free version for a while, completely worth it
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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby Hicky » Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:07 am

I thought the free version was excellent until I went Pro, paying the money made the sound experience better than before. If you can afford the upgrade it's worth it, but there is nothing wrong with the free version also.

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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby Hengest » Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:35 pm

Not tried it in-game yet but the demo sounded great so have downloaded and will give it a try tonight.
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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby de Carabas » Mon Feb 23, 2015 8:59 pm

Tried it but for me it made no difference. I run the Plantronics GameCom 780 which has Dolby already so I think that's as good as I'm going to get :)
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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby Dudley » Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:34 pm

Just invested in some surround sound headphones.. Will be giving it a go.. Thanks.
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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby Corsaire31 » Tue Feb 24, 2015 1:05 am

Just tried it on my G430 7.1 headset, sounds great. Thks for info.
Might go for the pro stuff after trials on different things.
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Re: Surround sound on stereo headphones

Postby de Carabas » Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:35 am

de Carabas wrote:Tried it but for me it made no difference. I run the Plantronics GameCom 780 which has Dolby already so I think that's as good as I'm going to get :)

I wonder if maybe I just don't have the hearing for picking up the nuances of the difference in sound? So, anyone else with the same headset as me, please try for yourselves! :D
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