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Buying The Best Gaming Headphones

"Gaming headphones are specifically designed for high quality audio all without the need for large speakers. Most of them do not look anything like the traditional headphones of the late 20th century, due to their shape, color and, occasionally, wireless nature. Game headphones compliment video games, especially online games (or offline games with online modes). In any given video game situation, gaming headphones are useful for co-operation and taunting.
It is important to know which headphones to choose in this generation, and choosing the right ones can be a difficult task. What users need to know is that there are a variety of gaming headphones, including wireless, USB and bluetooth sets. Whether it be for gaming with a PC, iMac, PS3 or Xbox 360, there are headphones all-round. Users can choose between the standard, default headphones such as the Official PS3 Bluetooth headset or third-party headphones such as the Creative Sound Blaster Arena.

The best gaming headphones, are mostly agreed to be the Creative Sound Blaster Arena. Creative has been the leader in audio, so it is no surprise that the Sound Blaster Arena has been rated as the best in terms of value, sound quality and build quality. Another superior set of headphones is the Sennheiser CX 500 Lightweight Portable Gaming Headphone which is effectively a set of earphones. The earphones are extremely bass-driven and are very effective in silencing unwanted ambience. They also muffle out any other noise and the sound is suppressed from any people who may be nearby doing something else, who may be irritated by the whispers of headphones.

In comparison, the Official PS3 Bluetooth headset, which is the official brand of PS3 gaming headphones, is a one-eared device that connects to the PlayStation 3 system during gameplay, without the need for a receiver or wires. It is very easy to use, has an eight hour battery life and a quick recharge. It can however, pick up unwanted ambient conversations and can be irritable to wear after a while. Wireless gaming headphones can take the stress out of audio in gaming, but can be quite expensive and need to be charged every so often.

PC gaming headphones are generally very high quality, with the ability to improve awareness of surroundings and reaction time. PC headphones with surround sound (all around the headphones) are useful in improving the gaming experience, without the need for an actual 5.1 surround sound system. Sennheiser has a reputation for delivering high-end quality and priced headphones. The Sennheiser gaming headphones can also be an alternative to genuine surround sound due to the look and feel of the headphones.

Headphones for gaming are a necessity for communicative hardcore gamers, especially those who play massively online multiplayer video games and need to collaborate with or taunt other players. Players may also want to chat between games, or in a social networking environment such as PlayStation Home. Whatever the player is into, gaming headphones have them covered."

Article source: www.audioplusvisual.com.  All rights reserved to author(s) in the specified source.

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Dolby Virtual Surround Sound Technology

Virtual Surround Sound technology makes it possible to enjoy a 5.1-channel Dolby surround sound through a pair of headphones, or even a single speakerbar playback set-up.

Many may wonder how it is possible to pack five speakers and a subwoofer into a pair of headphones, least image into a single-speaker system! Yet, this is all possible thanks to Dolby Headphone and Dolby Virtual Speaker technologies.
In this article, we discuss virtual surround sound technologies - explaining the principles in the setup of a virtual soundfield around the listener while pointing out the limitations of such systems with respect to multi-channel speaker systems. It may sound somewhat contradictory - playing a 5.1-channel sound system over an ordinary pair of stereo headphones while still enjoying practically the same immersive experience generated by a multi-speaker surround sound playback system.

But when you start thinking about it, there is nothing contradictory in the whole idea; after all we only have two ears through which we capture all sound information, irrespective of the number of different sound sources present at any time.

In simple terms, this is the concept behind Dolby Headphone Technology

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In other words, getting a surround soundstage through a pair of stereo headphones should not be something unrealistic. But what about Dolby Virtual Speaker technology that enables you to enjoy 5.1 Dolby surround sound listening experience over a single speaker system?

Single speaker surround sound systems use advanced virtual surround technologies that manipulate audio signals with sonic spatial cues by applying varying delays and phase-shifts between the different channels in a 5.1 sound source. The whole process is based on extensive room-modeling technologies to reproduce the sonic spectrum and dynamics of a properly placed 5.1 multi-speaker system in a typical room environment.

Dolby Surround Virtual Speaker technology is just one of the many proprietary advanced digital processing algorithms in use today for single-speaker virtual surround.

It is important to understand here that irrespective of the digital signal processing (DSP) algorithm used to generate a virtual surround soundstage, these single speaker systems consist in reality of a speaker-bar with multiple mini-speakers mounted onto the speaker unit.

A minimum of two such speaker channels are necessary; in fact, to be more precise, Dolby Virtual Speaker technology is a 5.1 virtual surround over a 2-speaker playback setup.

It is through the use of these mini-speakers within the single speaker bar unit that it is possible to generate a virtual surround sound stage. More complex single speaker designs incorporate additional mini-speaker drivers and tweeters - all mounted into the same single speaker unit, while some units also include a woofer driver.

However, irrespective of whether a single-speaker bar includes a woofer driver or not, it is best to complement single-speaker surround sound systems with a compact powered subwoofer as their bass response is quite lacking. One such interesting option which can complement the Polk Audio Soundbar 50 featured above is the Polk Audio PSWi225 Wireless Subwoofer. Despite its compact 1 cu. ft design and 100W continuous power rating, the PSWi225 is capable of delivering exceptionally deep bass and the convenience of wireless connectivity." Source & Full article available at www.practical-home-theater-guide.com.